There was plenty of whale action and even a very new calf … that was possibly only a few days old.

Here’s a  few of the best shots from the day.
You can see more of the photos from the day by clicking here

Carol gets pretty excited when she sees any humpback whale. So she was ecstatic when she heard that Migaloo was spotted off Port Macquarie on Sunday the 28th June.

According to Tony and Carols calculations that meant Migaloo would be off the Gold Coast around Tuesday or Wednesday.

They were pretty much spot on because the ‘big white fella’ (aboriginal meaning for Migaloo) was spotted off Evans Head on Monday then again off Ballina late Tuesday afternoon.
I was out on the Whale watching charter with them on Tuesday morning and got some nice tail photos of several humpbacks cruising north in very glassy windless conditions.
When we heard that evening that Migaloo was off Ballina, we were a little concerned that he may have passed during the night. And we would miss him.

And sure enough there were reports the next morning that he had been spotted off Moreton Island up north.
By now I was beginning to understand how Captain Ahab felt when he was chasing the elusive ‘Moby Dick’
Wednesday morning we headed out with a full charter of about 40 people .
The weather was the complete opposite of the day before choppy, windy and crossing the Tweed Bar was a bit like a Theme Park ride!!.

We spotted a pod of whales not far off the coast, but with all the bouncing around from the northerly wind swell … it was a nightmare trying to get photos.
Then we got a call on the radio from Mal of Fingal Charters that he was following Migaloo about 10 nautical miles off the coast.
We headed out there and I managed to get a few shots.

Migaloo is truly an amazing whale to see. He is completely and totally white.

I just wish he had been a little more active .
The photos below are from the 30th June and 1st of July 2009.

Many thanks to Tony and Carol of Aquatic Blue Charters Whale watching for getting me out there.

Aquatic Blue Charters boat the ‘Whale Watcher’ from Tweed Heads was out amongst the action again and Tony (the skipper) used his wealth of experience to get some great angles for us to view the incredible show of at least 5-6 pods of whales breaching and playing ……….

check these great shots from the day

Tony and Carol Hunt of Aqautic Blue Charters are old hands at the ‘whale watching’ Experience, having worked out of Port Macqaurie for many years.

With there new boat the ‘Whale Watcher’ now based out of Tweed Heads on the Southern Gold Coast, Tony and Carol are bringing people closer to those magnificent animals of the Ocean………………The Humpback whales.

I was lucky enough to go along on one of their charters recently and scored some great shots.