wow!

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Wow, wow, wow. All I can say is wow..
This morning we boarded a ctamaran called Eye Spy and it took us out past Moreton Bay to see if we could spot some whales.

The captain spotted some a fair distance away and stopped the boat - there are only two whale watching boats allowed out from Brisbane and they have to stop well away from the Whales.

We waited.

And slowly, the magnificent creatures come closer, closer. They disappear from view - and suddenly there they are right next to the boat, blowing water upwards at first, then coming up and diving down - they are curious. The pod of three whales wants to interact with us - they want to say hello!!
They dive under the boat and come up at the other side and we all rush over to see them - and they put their heads right up out of the ocean as if to say 'welcome'.
The three wonderful whales play with us for a good hour, swimming away a bit and then coming back flapping their tails and lifting themselves up to see what we are doing.

I got quite emotional watching them - can't explain why, but just to see them so close in the wild, not scared of us, wanting to come close and interact was very moving.
A wonderful day - I could have stayed watching them forever, but they were on their way south, so eventually they headed off.... and we had some lunch and sailed back to port.

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Photos

Whales
wow, wow, wow!

saying hello
emotional

Comments

[Bill]

Fantastic
As someone else remarked, it is fantastic that we can keep up with your adventures like this. The whales looked pretty impressive too.