Friendly Locals in Hervey Bay.

[44'cruisingcat]

Up near Rooney point on Fraser island a couple of days ago, some of the regulars dropped by...

[ozsailer]

Way cool guys, have been keeping a lookout for you but now understand why we have not seen you.

[MV Wanderlust]

Wow! Very cool experience.

[Dave_S]

Nice!

Are you just drifting, did they just come up for a look?

[daletournier]

Very cool. We have them here in Madagascar at the moment as well.

[44'cruisingcat]

Originally Posted by ozsailer

Way cool guys, have been keeping a lookout for you but now understand why we have not seen you.

Hi Greg, sorry, we never made it to NSW this year. Had a bit of boatbuilding work in Qld.

Are you guys sailing north this year?

[44'cruisingcat]

Originally Posted by Dave_S

Nice!

Are you just drifting, did they just come up for a look?

Yeah. While they're in Hervey Bay the whales are often very friendly and inquisitive. They often come right up to the boat. We even had 3 playing round the bows like dolphins in slow motion, we were drifting along at about 1 1/2 kts.

[Peregrine1983]

Wow! That's amazing.

We got buzzed by one last year in Lower New York bay of all places... Not anywhere close to an encounter like this though.

[Jim Cate]

We've had them come up close like that whilst anchored in that area. Good thing there were not whale cops around... those w hales would have been fined for coming too close to a yacht!

Some friends had a whale give birth right next to their boat in the same area a few years ago... that was a once in a lifetime experience. Marvelous place, that!

Jim