30th September – Whale Watching (and Dad)

Dad and I were booked in on a whale watching tour with the Blue Bay Divers today.

I’d been feeling a bit nauseous last night, so I was a bit worried when I hopped on the boat. Those worries were soon realised – I think going out at sea nudged it over from just ‘feeling bad’ into ‘vomiting’. But we still got a great look at the whales – they weren’t very playful, but they came so close to the boat! One calf came within an arm’s length!

Since I was throwing up over the side a lot, Dad was the man with the camera, so if you have an issue with these photos, take them to him!

The ‘hump’ of the humpback whale.

Mt Warning – Dad pointed out it looked a bit like a humpback whale’s back.

Me between spews.

The whales we saw weren’t very interactive above the surface, so it was mostly these kinds of photos.

A flash of the tail – the underside is surprisingly white, isn’t it?

After the trip was over, we had some fish and chips for lunch, and then Dad and I headed back to Turtle Shell. We had some lemonade and chocolate for ‘dessert’, and took a walk to the beach. I’d never been down there, and it was a pretty nice walk, with lots of butterflies and birds along the way.

The track to the beach:

Dad thought this was a field of blue flowers, then we realised it was water – a creek we had to cross:

For all that it was reflecting blue, when we were walking across the bridge we realised the water was actually tea-coloured. But it didn’t look dirty, probably because the water was clear rather than muddy.