Thanks to you and to the crew.

Fred

Our 3rd Cruise from Redcliffe is a post from: Moreton Bay Whale Watching Reports

Just a short note to say thank you very much for you kind invitation to join you on ‘Eye-Spy’ for a whale watching trip. I took the opportunity on saturday last and it was a great day at sea and I enjoyed seeing the whales in their natural habitat particularly as this was my first time seeing a whale breach.

I had a most enjoyable day. The food was lovely, the surroundings were first class and the staff were most hospitable and helpful. It was as your brochure suggests a truly magnificent breathtaking experience. I will recommend this great cruise to our visitors and locals alike.

Once again thank you for your kind hospitality and I wish you all the best for this current and future seasons.

Councillor James Houghton
Division 5
Redcliffe North – Redcliffe

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Date: Saturday 4th September 2010
Departure Point: Brett’s Wharf, Kingsfordsmith Drive, Hamilton
Boarding: 4.15pm
Departure: 4.45pm
Returning: 9.00pm

Enjoy cruising the city’s electric atmosphere whilst our crew and live entertainment further enhance the experience of RIVERFIRE!

Fireworks: 7.00pm – 7.30pm

Once the fireworks have been completed ‘Eye Spy’ will remain in the city area to enjoy the atmosphere and celebrations

Inclusions:
RIVERFIRE River Cruise

• Buffet Dinner
• Beer
• Wine
• Champagne
• Soft Drinks
• Tea and Coffee
• Live Entertainment

Cost: $185.00 per person

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Traditionally the humpbacks will give birth to their calves in the warm waters of the Whitsunday’s, around the end of August through to mid September, it is then that they will start their return journey back to the Antarctic, however what a delight it was to see two new born calves this week.

As we approached I thought it was a dolphin slapping its tail playing with the whales, then just as if to show her baby off the humpback mother swam directly to the boat and the little fellow put on a playful display.

A female will have a calf every second year, this calf can weigh between 1 – 3 tonnes , be 4-5 metres in length and will drink up to 600 litres of milk per day, it is one of the longest bonding relationships in the mammal world with the calves remaining with their mums for up to eighteen months before she will wean her baby off, the gestation period is eleven  months and they become sexually mature at the age of five.
If they are born on the East coast of Australia they will continue to migrate the east coast and likewise with the west coast.
Perhaps the warm sheltered waters of our bay are fast becoming the chosen breeding grounds for the Mums to birth.

The humbacks become sexually mature at the age of five and the gestation period is 11 months

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This week we experienced the magical sound of the humpbacks singing, the males will sing to serenade the females….one large male will produce the call song and from there each and every other male will continue on with the same song,  however whilst the males sing to attract their potential mates the females make grunting loud social sounds.

Each and every year the song will change, it is passed on to the genetic memory of future whale generations.

If you are fortunate enough to have listened to the whales singing then you will understand how their music can filter into your senses and your soul, then and only then you are changed as a person.

Recordings of these songs are used to identify individual whales and possibly individual pods of whales as they navigate their particular oceans.  These melodious songs can be heard through the hull of a boat without the aid of the sophisticated underwater microphones.

Whilst diving in the pristine warm sheltered waters of the Moreton Bay Marine Park you will no doubt hear the whales sing.

CAPTAIN KERRY
BRISBANE WHALE WATCHING

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