Our local friends have been telling us to try whale watching in Sydney, so we went to Dee Why, up to Narrabeen; down to cliff at Watson bay, further to Bondi and Congee to end with disappointments during the Winter-Spring seasons. What? Don't you know there are cruises bringing you off the coastline to search for whales, this comes the enlightenment moment. It's supposed to be even better experience in Port Stephens or Nelson bay probably 2+ hours drive from Sydney. Nevertheless, the evil side of me urge me to be lazy and choose the Cruise just in Sydney.
The vessel first past by Watson bay, where we cross the Lady Bay beach, hmmm..., it's one of the legally naked beach in NSW. Of course that means you can stay naked for as long as you like on that beach. Hehehe... to disappoint you if you are thinking dirty, you will only see tonnes of loosely and fatty bellies, old penises hanging around on that beach. Don't expect more than that mate! A local guy is whispering and giggling with the girls pointing to that beach, a tourist besides me is obviously at lost in why we are so interested in this particular beach. :p
And comes the boring moment of cruising for more than 1/2 hour until we reach about 5km off Bondi beach, Voila! a Humpback whale wagging tail 300 metres away.
There are 1 pod with 3 whales, 1 adult and 2 calves. By regulation, the vessel cannot approach it from behind or block it in front, where it can only *accompanying* the whales 300 metres away from left or right. So we are cruising besides the pod from left all the way from Bondi to Congee. Here's some whale in action, blowing, flipping, etc. enjoying themselves very much!
All of us have been expecting the whale to jump out of water doing stunt act, but the whale are smarter than us than to perform the silly stunt just for us, knowing that it will consume more energy than it can absorb from slowly filtering out prawns as their main food source. Knowing that we are not satisfied (one of the tour member whispering for refund beside me), the guide took out a model humpback and start explaining.
Yeah! You probably see dozens in San Francisco bay, but this is one really crazy and fun seal that can't resist its temptation to show-off its dancing besides our vessel. It's a real bonus to us!
We have been drifting towards south following the whales, this is their migration season to the colder regions that last until probably November, oh, hardworking whales, probably they should invent some air conditioning for themselves to save the trouble of migrating around.
And this is the famous Bondi beach view from 5km off coast. See the wide coastline? No wonder it's so famous!
Want to go whale watching in Sydney, just book from any one of the operators, cost around AUD50-80 per person, it's a lifetime experience. Click my sponsor links besides on the operators if google is smart enuf to detect such advertisements, else just search for Sydney whale watching.
On the way back, I was hanging around at the front of the vessel, following the waves up-and-down, just like our life. You have heard that our life is full of ups-and-downs, but do you know that whenever there is a major up-wave, it will normally follow by a major down-wave. And don't be disappointed with major down-trend, coz the next best up-trend is following right after this! Cheers mate!
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