Southern Right Whale

[Head in the Clouds]

We took a little trip down to Victor Harbor (South Australia) on the weekend, about an hours drive from where we live. Thought we'ld take the kids to the beach and do some beach combing. To our surprise, there were two sets of Southern Right Whales having a ball just off the beach we stopped at (right near Port Elliot & Middleton for those who might know the area). It was 2 mums with there calves, so I thought I'ld share some of the shots .....

A bit of a belly roll .... (big blob on the left is mum, fins belong to the calf who is upside down ... )


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and calf on its own doing belly roll with fins in the air ...

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Mum and calf together (up the right way this time) ...

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Kind of shows how emense mum is .... kind of dwarfs the little cormorant in lower right .... :huh

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They were in really quite close to shore which was great ...

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Some snout action from baby ...

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Can you see his eye? ... he is actually upside here too ....

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closer crop on his snout/nose/face .... eye looks pretty freaky ha? :uhoh

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A bit more mucking about from bubs ...

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Mum lets off some steam .... toddlers can be so difficult sometimes! :D

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Hope you enjoyed! :):

Oh - and for those who are interested - the underwater side of the whale looks like this: http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/coasts/whales/intro.html

[Skippy]

We took a little trip down to Victor Harbor (South Australia) on the weekend, about an hours drive from where we live.

Wow I've never seen a Whale in the water, though our couries who do the Coastal runs often tell us they stopped to watch the whales.

They look so graceful, yet awkward because of their amazing size.
Glad you and your family got to watch them, I'm sure it was quite a treat.
Good for you :thumb thanks for sharing........... Skippy (Australia)

[Harryb]

That sure must have been a thrill. Thanks for sharing it with us.