Whale Watching

Whale watching. What could be better than getting out on the harbour, thence to the open ocean, to meet with those magnificent denizens of the deep - the Hump-Back Whale.

As they track along the coast from their winter feeding grounds in the Antarctic to the warm waters of Queensland to breed, these creatures simply amaze as they blow spray high into the air and leap, full length, from the deep in sheer joy.

With much anticipation of the hunt to come, we gathered in Darling Harbour...

Across the harbour is the Maritime Museum - worth a couple of hours of anyone's life. And you get to go in a submarine. Woot!
A quick glance at our place as we head out.
From below the Harbour Bridge, you can see the bridge climbers on their way up. Good trip, that.
And finally out through the heads to the proper sea.
Nice look back at the city from the ocean.
And it looks like others have the same idea.
How to find a whale: tell a load of kids there's a whale out there and tell them to point at it when they spot one.
Spotted!
And, err, that's it. A hump back whale. Impressed?
Nice shot of this sea-plane on the way back in though.

Dunno why anyone would bother saving them, really. They're rubbish.