“There is, one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath...”
― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
On our Whale Cruise at Philip Island last week, we were treated to a special encounter with a Humpback Whale. Boats are not allowed to go within 200 m of whales but if they choose to come close to the boat, then the boats can turn off-their engines and allow the whales to behave as they wish. Whales can be quite curious and this one swam in underwater quite close and then emerged right next to the boat. As you can see, it was so close I couldn't fit the tail in with my lens!
This treat almost made up for the fact that I was looking at another pair of whales and then a dolphin when the whales breached and I missed them!!
Almost.
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