Friday, May 29, 2009

First possible whale sighting of the year!

Odyssey, a local Broome charter boat spotted three large shapes on the radar this morning off Point Columb at 6.15am. Richard Costin, naturalist and cruise director on Odyssey, believes that the shapes may have been whales.

Keep your eyes peeled, and get out your cameras as Kimberley Whale Watching are running a competition with the Broome Advertiser for the first Kimberley whale photo of the season. The prize is a large whale photo on canvas. Photos must be taken with a digital camera and include metadata with the time and date. Good luck!

Volunteers welcome for Kimberley Whale Festival

Volunteers welcome for the whale festival! Contact Fiona Galloway on (08) 9195 5503 or Annabelle Sandes at kimberleywhales@bigpond.com.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Kimberley Cetaceans.


All eyes are on Kimberley waters for the first sightings of Humpback whales for 2009.

First sightings for 2008 were at the end of May, so the whales are due to turn up any day now! Recent sightings of cetaceans off Broome include False Killer Whales, Pilot Whales and Spinner Dolphins.

The Broome Advertiser and Kimberley Whale Watching are running a competition for the first whale photo of the season to kick off the Kimberley Whale Festival. Get out your cameras!

Kimberley Whale Festival 2009

Join us in Broome on the 7th of June to celebrate the arrival of the world's largest population of Humpback whales.

Beginning on Cable Beach, we will form a life-sized human whale for an aerial photograph. Listen to whale song, have your face painted, and stake out your own whale tail for our IFAW whale tail project, and be photographed for "Tails for Whales" to help protect Humpback whales. View your photos on our web site.

Join us at the Boulevarde Shopping Centre for thechildrens' whale art competition, and adults' whale photography competition, both with great prizes.

In the afternoon, join us for a fish cake cook-off at Matso's with wonderful prizes, a sausage sizzle, Sunday Session music, and finally a picnic, wildlife and whale films on the grass at Cable Beach.

A great family day out!

Sponsored by Kimberley Whale Watching, Sentosa Charters and The Department of Environment and Conservation (Broome).

Special thanks to local Kimberley businesses; Eco Beach, Broome Heliocopters, Printing Ideas, The Kimberley Bookshop, Matso's and Monsoon Gallery.