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Day 6 Westbound for Fremantle

Day 6 Calm Weather and the Influence of the Leeuwin Current… (Written on Feb 23, 2013) Whale Song has been tied to the Trawler Wharf in Portland and it’s very convenient for the crew to hop on and off, visiting the local pub, wandering in town and a welcome chance to shut-down our “house” generator…  […]

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Day 5 Westbound for Fremantle

Day 5 Its great to be alive! (Written Feb 20, 2013) Midnight comes around quickly when you only go to bed at 10… That will teach me!  With almost two hours surrounded by albatross, my usual bed-time was much later than usual, but I was thrilled for the reason!  We are doing a 5 knot […]

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Day 4 Westbound for Fremantle

Day 4 Bass Strait Night Light Show Upstaged by Albatross All Around! (Written on Feb 19, 2013) A perfect half round of Edam cheese hanging in the sky is a welcome view as I begin my watch.  Above the sideways-oriented moon, golden-hued streaky clouds appear exactly positioned, like an Asian street market oil painting on […]

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Day 3 Westbound for Fremantle

Day 3 Port Welshpool enveloped in morning fog… (Written on Feb 18, 2013) At 0205 am Curt, Dale, Resty and Sam anchor Whale Song off the long jetty wall in Port Welshpool, Victoria.  We are here to rendez-vous with our colleague Dr. Pete Gill from the Blue Whale Study based in Portland Victoria, whom has been […]

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Day 2 Westbound for Fremantle

Day 2 Common dolphins all around!  (Written on Feb 17, 2013) It’s midnight, my feet hit the cabin floor and in five minutes I am alive and wide awake!   We are at sea again, I am so happy!   “What is the elixir?” I quandary while brushing my teeth…  The answer is not far away… Resty […]

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Day 1 Westbound for Fremantle

Day 1 Hooroo to Jervis Bay and Happy Birthday Maria!  (Written on Feb 16, 2013) At 0750 we drop the last line at our stern and back out slowly as Curt toots the horn three times, the mariners signal indicating “I am moving astern”.  He loves this air-horn, and as I am positioned on the […]

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Farewell Creswell!

Whale Song in Jervis Bay, ACT (Written on February 14, 2013)     Over the last week Whale Song has been fortunate to be operating in the beautiful waters of Jervis Bay supporting a variety of Defence activities in this immediate region. White gleaming, curving beaches fringed by pristine native vegetation under bright blue and […]

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HMAS Creswell, Jervis Bay

HMAS Creswell, Jervis Bay (Written on Feb 07, 2013)     Anchoring at Darling Road at 0210 on Feb 07, 2013, once again we are in a beautiful anchorage inside Jervis Bay.  Today we are making final arrangements for exercises over the next week, empty sonobuoys are off-loaded and equipment set up by Rodney and […]

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HMAS Kuttabul, Garden Island Visit, Sydney Harbour

HMAS Kuttabul, Garden Island Visit, Sydney Harbour (Written on Feb 06, 2013)     Our small journey across Sydney Harbour this morning took us alongside for the day at HMAS Kuttabul on Garden Island for a meet and greet with Navy personnel.  Nicely positioned on a wharf near Harry’s Cafe de Wheels we chose pies […]

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Whale Song’s Sydney Visit to the Australian National Maritime Museum

Sydney Visit to the ANMM (Written on Feb 06, 2013)     Whale Song has had a lovely and busy five days alongside at the South Jetty of the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) in Darling Harbour.  We caught up with colleagues from the Museum whom we met last year and made new contacts with […]

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