Listening for Calls

This is how they checked to see which direction the whales were in, and also if they were about to come up for air soon. This wasn't done "pro-actively" which is where some places fire off a load of sonar out into the water to confuse the whales into surfacing for tourists. These guys just listened and waited passivley for them. Much kinder ey?

Kaikoura

February 14th 2008
We had a whale of a time in Kaikoura - literally! After what was turning out to be a stormy day we were both dead pleased to find out that the out-at-sea conditions were in the 'perfect' classifications for optimum whale watching. We spent the rest of the day in the boat jetting from one spot to antoher as different sperm whales were coming to the surface for a big breath of air before diving ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Kaikoura

The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more

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