“Fly-bridge – this is the wheelhouse, hey we have “carpenter-fish” – sperm whales, the bearing is to the south, see if you can see the blows, the signals are strong, the animals must be close!” From the flying bridge of Whale Song, the cetacean observation team are looking for marine mammals in the […]
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Darwin Departure and Scott Reef
Darwin Departure and Scott Reef 2 emailed 09/10/12 Daffy wings away and we are back to The Usual Suspects Five, now getting ready for our transit trip home to Fremantle via Scott Reef. We have some unfinished business out there and must go back en route. On September 25th we up anchor at 1245 and […]
Sea Gypsy – A poem by Micheline Jenner
Sea Gypsy How does it feel to be a sea gypsy Travelling the oceans so free? Our own little world of freedom And watch-keeping regimen Twelve till three my times each day At midnight and midday Don’t be late You’ve a very important date […]
Aussie Exercises
Aussie Exercises emailed 09/10/12 With solemn hearts we lift the anchor and head offshore into the warm tropical seas to assist and support two Australian Military Exercises. Whale Song is a quiet ship and her task in the exercises is to track submarines. This is another new job description added to her “Swiss army knife” […]
Darwin Preparations and Sad News
Aussie Exercises, Darwin Departure & Scott Reef – emailed 09/10/12 Darwin Preparations and Sad News After a few days in Darwin preparing the equipment, some rest and relaxation, taking on supplies (our funny grocery event was previously mentioned) and re-fuelling, we make final preparations for the next journey. The crew for this journey are The […]
And Whale Song
And Whale Song Whale Song by name Whale Song it came By day Seeing the whales play By night Still in our sight Screens of unreal sound In ocean depths abound Real time tunes accompany our work Records of those beneath that lurk Smooth tones fill the wheelhouse Rather […]
Whale Song – A poem by Micheline Jenner
Whale Song Our beloved Whale Song Purrs along Waves break gently at her side Through darkness glide Quiet as a church mouse And awfully nice house Listens on our world below While western waters flow Built for a hydrophone […]
Common Bottlenose dolphins cruise the Fishing Boat Harbour!
For many years fishermen and charter boat operators have seen Bottlenose dolphins Tursiops aduncus (also commonly known as bottlenose dolphins) hunting and fishing inside the Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour seeking small fish that congregate along the rock walls and near the jetty pilings. It is encouraging that such successful co-habitation by marine mammals and humans […]
Listening from Freo to Darwin – WAAP emailed Sat 08/09/2012
Just wanted to fill you in on yet another amazing project, in which we were able to participate recently. The good ship Whale Song left Fremantle Harbour on August 13 at 1315, bound for Darwin. With rousing hoots and hollers from Sam, our deckhands’, family excitedly waving from the groin of the Fremantle Fishing Boat […]
Tropical Feeding Frenzy!
We recently travelled from Fremantle to Darwin and while en route experienced an incredible sunset feeding frenzy with several species of marine animals. After a long day of searching for whales, at 5:20 pm I was relieved to see a large cetacean-sized splash two nautical miles away on a bearing of 045 degrees. Calling the […]
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