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Log from One Ten East   The RV Investigator is currently undertaking oceanographic research along the 110°E meridian off Western Australia as part of the second International Indian Ocean Expedition. The voyage is led by Professor Lynnath Beckley of Murdoch University and the research is supported by a grant of sea time on RV Investigator […]

Testing, Testing, 1,2,3! By Prof Lynnath Beckley   The RV Investigator departed Fremantle yesterday afternoon after loading equipment and supplies for our month-long voyage as part of the second International Indian Ocean Expedition. Everyone is finding their sea legs and adapting to the 24/7, 12 hours on and 12 hours off watch system. Today, as […]

In the Wake of HMAS Diamantina Prof Lynnath Beckley   On 14th May 2019, the Research Vessel Investigator will depart Fremantle on an oceanographic voyage to the 110°E meridian in the south-east Indian Ocean. This voyage will be following in the wake of the HMAS Diamantina, which in the 1960s, took Australian scientists to study […]

Voyage Title: A coupled bio-physical, ecosystem-scale, examination of Australia’s International Indian ocean Expedition line (110º E). Around 60 years ago, marine scientists aboard ships from 14 countries combined their efforts to explore the largest unknown area of earth, the deep waters and seabed of the Indian Ocean. This expedition generated a wealth of information and […]

Blue whale savaged off the south coast of WA by hungry killer whales ABC Great Southern By Katie McAllister and Gianni Di Giovanni Updated 36 minutes ago Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.   VIDEO: Killer whales attack a blue whale (ABC News) RELATED STORY: Rare footage of […]

Filmed on location in the remote Kimberley, the exact location was kept a secret for 15 years. This WA humpback whale population was slowly but steadily recovering from heavy whaling which continued until their near extinction in the 60’s. Having found a calving ground in these warm, tropical pristine waters, in the interest of protecting […]

We wish to advise that most of our Video Diaries have been renewed and are available for viewing. Three entries are yet to be be renewed but the majority have been uploaded and are ready to play. Inday Ford our CWR Research Assistant produced these in-house videos aptly recording the journeys of Whale Song travelling around […]

Thanks to Studio 10 for the invite for Micheline to speak with the panel, Sarah, Denise, Jo and Angela. Thanks to Leighton De Barros and Jodie De Barros at Sea Dog TV International for providing the footage from the NAT GEO WILD documentary “Birthplace of the Giants”. And of course, thanks to the wonderful humpback […]

With 340 participants performing in various venues in and around the heart of the Melbourne CBD over the course of 10 days in late August to early September, the Melbourne Writers Festival was a wonderful and invigorating event and it was an absolute privilege to attend.   Micheline Jenner represented the CWR Team with her […]

Books, books and more books… Recently Micheline Jenner AM was able to attend the Byron Writers Festival held on Aug 3-5 at Elements of Byron in Byron Bay, northern NSW. This was an unique opportunity to join three panels discussing Curt and Micheline’s whale research over the last 30 years, current issues facing the world’s […]