Whale Holiday: the eighth 07These videos that I've been posting are from a holiday I took in August of 07.
I spent some time in Hervey bay, on a boat, stalking the whales that visit the area. Having spent the winter in the Great Barrier reef, giving birth to their calves, they journey down the coast of Australia returning to the Antarctic for the summer.
The vessel was the Moon Dancer, and a small group of us had paid to volunteer to help with the research undertaken by Trish and Wally Franklin PhD.
The Oceania project is studying the transitory Humpback whale population in Hervey bay, Queensland, Australia.
Anyone can sign up to help out with the research.
This is the link if you're interested in more detail in what they are doing...
http://www.oceania.org.au/expedition/founders.html