{"id":529,"date":"2012-05-24T15:42:04","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T05:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/?p=529"},"modified":"2012-05-26T15:44:27","modified_gmt":"2012-05-26T05:44:27","slug":"a-great-night-gawura-spirit-of-the-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/?p=529","title":{"rendered":"A Great Night &#8211; GAWURA Spirit of the Whale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-531\" title=\"Patagonia Sydney\" src=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat001.jpg 960w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat001-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat001-601x563.jpg 601w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat001-930x871.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A great time was had by all as we celebrated the beginning of the\u00a02012 whale watching season at the Patagonia Sydney Store.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-532\" title=\"Tom welcomes us to the Patagonia Store\" src=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat004.jpg 960w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat004-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat004-601x343.jpg 601w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat004-930x531.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Doyle gave a moving and insightful Acknowledgement of Country and sang a wonderful whale song. Then Shona Lorigan from ORRCA taught us all about whales and what to expect this season, as well as\u00a0ORRCA&#8217;s good work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-533\" title=\"Shona's whale talk\" src=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat005.jpg 960w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat005-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat005-601x343.jpg 601w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat005-930x531.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A raffle raised $150 towards ORRCA&#8217;s work with great prizes from Patagonia, Whale Spotter and Sydney Adventure Cruises.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat002a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-534\" title=\"Raffle tickets\" src=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat002a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat002a.jpg 640w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat002a-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat002a-601x901.jpg 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All this was followed by a drag good chat over a few cleansing Mountain Goat Beers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-535\" title=\"Matthew and David\" src=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat007.jpg 960w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat007-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat007-601x343.jpg 601w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pat007-930x531.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All Photos by\u00a0Nicky Akehurst <a href=\"www.nickyakehurstphotography.com\" target=\"_blank\">Nicky&#8217;s Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftTagList\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A great time was had by all as we celebrated the beginning of the\u00a02012 whale watching season at the Patagonia Sydney Store. &nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Doyle gave a moving and insightful Acknowledgement of Country and sang a wonderful whale song. 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