Introduction

The list of whales below are by no means an exhaustive list of whales. I have draw upon the pages of the Oceania Project by Wally and Trish Franklin and set out to compile a list of whales and their common traits and characteristics to enable ease of identification should you encounter these whales yourself in Hervey Bay. For further questions regarding these whales, please refer to the "Oceania Project" web page or send an e-mail to Wally and Trish.

Whales:

• Wedgewood (large Y shaped black pigmentation on lower belly stretching from pectoral fins) and China (calf 1996)
• My Auntie (odd shaped dorsal fin and scrape marks on upper left side of body, probably caused by propellors)
• Venus (2 distinct dots on upper left hand side of fluke, often seen feeding with extended fluke in Hervey Bay), with Cupid (calf 1995) and Cherub (calf 1998)
• Marbles (very unique skin coloration, like a marble cake pattern, probably skin condition, featured in "Angels of the sea")
• Lotus (H2) (a very unique all white albino whale, first sighted by Paul Hodda in 1991 from Cape Byron. Lotus has been resighted in Hervey Bay in 1992, 1993 and in 1998. Lotus has been observed singing, indicating that it is a male)
• Phantom (has a very unique mask-like white patch on the left hand side of her body) with Opera (calf 1997) and Raoul (calf 1998)
• Raindrop (has a water drop shape on the dorsal) and Dewdrop (calf 1995)
• Brutus and Caesar (distinct white dorsal coloration that looks like a roman face sideways, these two females are the largest whales ever sighted in Hervey Bay reaching more than 12 meters in length)
• Flat top (near absence of a dorsal fin) and Flat line (calf, strong white line on the base of the dorsal fin)
• Flithy (distinct white body patterns all the way up to the dorsal fin)
• Nibbles (a yearling, 1998. Tail badly scarred by attacks from Orca whales)

• Slaphappy
• Merlin
• Oceania and Oceanus (calf)
• Roxanne (featured in "Angels of the sea")
• Timantha and Elmo (calf, both featured on the cover of "Angels of the sea")
• Bonnie and Clyde (male and female, featured in "Angels of the sea")
• Nala (featured in "Angels of the sea". Seen feeding in a fluke up position. Calves in 1992, 1994, 1996 and 1998)
• Pavarotti (featured in "Angels of the sea" and "Sounds of Oceania")
• Gregono
• Silky (yearling, 1997)
• Harmony
• Burnham Burnham
• Himalaya (tail feeder)
• White Wolf (tail feeder)
• Floppy
• Hockey Stick (a regular escort, male)