Humpback Whales

This was my first trip on a whale watching expedition that lasted…well…about 5 hours. In this season, the humpback whales were migrating to warmer waters down here off the coast of Moreton Bay. Some facts I learned on that trip was that in its lifetime, the humpback actually accumulates barnacles on its bodies, so much so that the total weight of the barnacles can weigh a tonne. I’m not so sure how much a humpback weigh to start with, but I guess in comparison, it might probably be a regular person carrying a laptop’s weight (distributed mainly around the belly region). So they would normally brush themselves on the ocean floor-bed to get rid of the excess weight once in a while.
The breaching (surfacing of the whales) was just spectacular! Although I’ve only managed to capture a glimpse of a full breach where the body of the whale was almost vertical in the air and splashed on the water, it was heart-warming enough to know how marvellous God’s creations are. Breaching was meant to be a form of communication between the whales (or us) and you thought it was only whale speak like in Nemo. Most of the time on deck was actually trying to figure which direction would the whales breach. And the waters were sure rocky to make us stumble around trying to get a snapshot with one hand, as the other was holding on to the railings.
Sure was great fun.