Whales

Platypus Bay seems to be the whales playground.  As we passed through on our way to Bundaberg we sighted 10 to 12 of them, some as long as the boat,  mostly busy moving through the water.  We were the only boat in the middle of what is called Wide Bay with no land in sight when we noticed a spectacular show way off on the horizon.  We could see their tails, which looked surreal as they were big shinny and silver in the sunlight  and huge sprays of water from their breaching.    We changed course to try and get closer until finally we spotted one about 100 metres ahead.  We were under sail at the time with no engines running, so it was very quiet.  We dashed to the front of the boat to try and catch it  on camera  and waited and waited for the whale to surface.  All of a sudden we heard this very loud rush of wind at the rear of the boat which startled us somewhat!  A whale had surfaced about 3 metres from the stern and wouldn't you know it we were in the wrong place!  Christine dashed up the back and was able to sight a second whale passing close by  just under the water and  saw its eye and body clearly.  After that another 5 or 6 whales passed under us (none came close to us though) and then continued on there playful way.  It was very exciting, we just wish we could have managed that  photo.