Friday, 8 August 2008

Whale watching - Victoria






Today we went whale watching on a very rocky boat an infatable zodiac - it was rather like a rollercoaster travelling at 45-50 mph and at times I was thrown out of my seat ! All worth it though as we saw some visiting transient killer whales. The research boat ahead of us was trying to take skin and faecal samples to analyse where they had come from. We also observed them killing and eating a sea lion - thier favourite food apparently !
We then went to a sea lion sanctury - a protected area so not allowed to go on the rocks.
We were all dressed in orange boiler suits - looking a bit like Telly Tubbies but needed then once the bat had got to full speed !
The Pam Pam took the gentler option of a ferry ride around the harbour and a guided tour of The Parliament Buildings.

1 comment:

Jon Bryan said...

Not like Tiger to be wearing Orange!

Safe journey back home and can't wait to speak to you and hear all about it!

Love from Jonny, Myrtle and the Bump x x x