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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Day 14 Voyage Report – Mission Complete!
Day 14 S-Y-D-E-N-E-Y! (Written on Feb 02, 2013) My early “alarm” clock for my midnight watch was in the form of a bright and breezy (but then apologetic!) phone call from Micah in the west, being three hours behind us! Hmm, 8pm becomes 11pm where we are on the east coast! Spilling into the wheelhouse […]
Day 13 Voyage Report
We have arrived Safe and Sound in JB! (Written on January 31, 2013) I am spared my usual tapping at the door as we travel through the night and will be anchored in Jervis Bay during my watch. The guys decide they’ll cover my watch anchoring during this time, so kindly they let me sleep. […]
CetaceanTunes – A poem by Micheline Jenner
Cetacean Tunes The oceans’ sound Is deeply profound The orchestration Of frequency segregation Most astounding And compounding Cetacean tunes Belting under full moons Carefully chosen frequency Across the whole spectrum you see Dolphins squeak at higher Hertz Blues in low tones blurts Will they have all conferred? To keep the signals un-blurred […]
Day 12 Voyage Report
Day 12 Last Day of Survey… ohhh… (Written on Jan 30, 2013) The midnight deployment records blues and whistles in 120 metres of water, but when the RF range is poor the systems are shut down and Whale Song is quiet once more… In the deep canyon crossed yesterday, sperm whale foraging calls were […]
Day 11 Voyage Report
Day 11 Bouncy Bass Strait! (Written on Jan 29, 2013) Thoroughly getting into the groove of my midnight watch I have been naturally waking five minutes before Resty’s gentle knock-knock-knock on our door. The soft light of the highly appointed moon fills two port windows of the wheelhouse. Almost immediately upon deployment of the […]
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