{"id":600,"date":"2012-06-25T17:34:25","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T07:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/?p=600"},"modified":"2012-07-03T08:45:26","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T22:45:26","slug":"orrcas-annual-whale-census-2012-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/?p=600","title":{"rendered":"ORRCA\u2019s Annual Whale Census 2012 – Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sunday the 24th<\/sup> June dawned clear and crisp at Bondi. A cold south westerly kept us all rugged up but apart from that it was perfect whale watching conditions. I joined Shona Lorigan from ORRCA and our first pod of Humpbacks were sighted at 7.30am a few kilometres out to sea.<\/p>\n

Over the next few hours our tally slowly grew so by lunch we had close to 20 Humpbacks recorded.<\/p>\n

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A constant stream of joggers and walkers visited our look little lookout at the tip of Marks Park, which is one the coastal walking track between Bondi and Tamarama. It\u2019s always a delight to see the excitement on someone\u2019s face when you tell them that your whale watching and can show them a pod cruising past.<\/p>\n

The Bondi Whale Festival was in full swing at the Bondi Pavilion during the day. At lunch Shona gave a whale talk to over 150 people with the Marine Discovery Centre and then they led the group out to Marks Park to watch three pods that were passing.<\/p>\n

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All in all it was a fantastic day, lots of great conversations about whales and delighted first time whale watchers.<\/p>\n

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Totals<\/strong>
\nBondi – 31 Humpback Whales and 20+ Dolphins.<\/p>\n

Australia Wide 417 Whales (as of 3pm, 24th June 2012).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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