Whale of a Time…
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(NB Four hours drive is close for us, if you are from England, or New Zealand or Japan, this will seem bizarre. Sometimes I feel like we single-handedly keep a small oil country in business!)
It usually takes a bit to impress this old, jaded, ex-journo… so imagine how our kids reacted when they laid their eyes on their very first gentle giants of the deep? Eyes were almost popping from their heads as they wordlessly watched the playful mammals just metres from the safely of the boat.
Slow and enormous but graceful and gentle…
These boys were flirting with some nearby females (not human) and showing us some impressive belly action (hmmm, reminds me of a group of blokes after about 20 rums at a pub in my 20s – must be a testosterone thing? Wonder if they required stitches?). Now where was I? Oh, Hervey Bay… It was four hours of our lives that vanished in an instant – we communed, we gazed, we photographed (OK mostly me). It was fabulous…
But all too soon it was time to wave goodbye to our whale mates (and they seemed to wave back!) … we headed back to shore and our holiday units, the kids were exhausted but still up for some bath time whale impersonations that night.
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Wishing you happy splashing with an animal you love too!
Bush Babe
PS Whale season is not til later in the year, when the mating age whales head up the coast of Australia to warm waters more conducive to ‘whale dating’. It’s definitely worth including on your itinerary if you are in this corner of the world…
3 Comments
debby
I saw the humpback whales migrating off the coast of Oahu. It was awesome. I never saw this close up. How lucky your children are to see this. How lucky you are to see your children getting to see this.
Raising Country Kids
What an amazing opportunity. I’ve never been to the ocean. I guess that’s a pitfall of living my entire life in Montana!
Pencil Writer
Great photos! Why do we love to watch whales? Because they are so large and yet so graceful? I’d love to have photo skills! And your children, pets, awesome! I enjoy visiting with you via our blogs. Thanks for the kind comments. Family is quite fun and wonderful to support us, ehhh?
Best to you! Pencil Writer