Whales!

As teased in the previous post, there were whales to be seen at the Head of Bight. The southern right whale comes north to the bight to calve before heading south for the summer to feast in the rich cold waters of the antarctic. We were able to see at least 9 whales on our visit, mostly mother and calf pairs.

Head of Bight

Between Tasmania and mainland Australia is the Bass Strait. Just to the west of this is a region called the Great Australian Bight. You can tell on map where this is by the northward bulge in the coastline as you head west from Port Lincoln. The northernmost point in this bulge is called the Head of Bight. This is coastline at this place.

As a teaser, you will notice that we are not alone. There is a whale just off-shore in the above photo. More on these critters later.