Links galore
Australian Web Sites
Queensland
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Auscetnet-The Australian Cetecean Network"NEW"
Get the latest gossip about cetecean sightings, scientific discussions, etc. at The Australian Cetecean Network. And best part is, you can make a contribution.
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International Fund for Animail Welfare Whale Sighting page"NEW"
Up to the minute whalw watch sightings from all around Australia at your fingertips. Also features newsbreaking stories.
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Watching the humpback
whales of Hervey Bay
Malcolm Thomas of Hervey Bay Motel set up this site to provide information
about humpback whales and whale watching in Hervey Bay. This site features
heaps of pictures and facts about the humpbacks that visit Hervey Bay yearly.
It includes a special feature on the white humpback "Lotus (H2)" who has
been spotted three times in Hervey Bay. Also, a recent addition to the
page is the "daily whale
watch reports (1999)". Quite a complete site in terms of information.
Check this one out...you won't be sorry.
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Tangalooma Dolphins In Paradise
Resort
Recently revamped, this site features Moreton Island's Tangalooma Wild
Dolphin Resort. Tangalooma has an interesting history in that it was once
an old whaling station. The flensing deck of old now serves as a tennis
court for the resort. Tangalooma is also unique in that it has a pod of
in-shore bottlenose dolphins that come in to take fish and interact with
tourists every night (The new baby of the pod Tangles just celebrated its 2nd birthday on the 20th of September). Tangalooma Resort also offers whale watch cruises
from July to the end of October and is one of the two whale watch operators
in Moreton Bay. Its new look site includes a 3D tour of the resort (really
cool) and a amazing dolphin information section featuring heaps of information
(and pics too). Oh and check out my photos at the photo section while you
are at it.
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Moreton Bay Whale Watch
Moreton Bay Whale Watch Cruises is run by Captain Kerri Lopez, recognised
as the only lady skipper in the whole south pacific rim. Moreton Bay is the
other whale watch cruise that operates in Moreton Bay. Kerri can be seen
every Wednesday night during the whale watch season after the financial
news on Seven's Nightly News reporting on whale activity in Moreton Bay.
Kerri also appears frequently on Brownies Coast Watch, also on Seven.
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Hervey Bay Whale
Watching
This is the homepage of the Hervey Bay fleet of whale watching vessels
and gives all the information required for booking and embarking on the
adventure of a lifetime (the individual cruises have their own web pages).
A must for enthusiast hoping to go down to Hervey Bay to catch whale watching
at its best.
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The Official Whale Watching
Australia site, Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia
This site has information about whale watching in Hervey Bay plus information
about humpbacks (general description, migration, characteristics, behaviour,
etc.) and cruise information (just contact e-mail addresses and phone numbers).
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"Amazing
Whales-Facts, Pictures, and Sounds"
A site by a Australian whale watch enthusiast. Features lots of information
about the humpbacks of Hervey Bay, information about several species seen
in Hervey Bay, whale sounds. Also has a review of the various whale watching
vessels in Hervey Bay.
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Humpback
Haven
Another site by an Australian whale watch enthusiast. Features several
whale species plus some stuff on dugongs.
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Humpback Whales
of Hervey Bay, Australia
A personal one page site featuring fantastic breaching shots of humpbacks
in Hervey Bay. Just though you might like to check this one out.
Australia general
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Whales
of Australia
A very comprehensive site based in Australia. Sections of this frame
enhanced site include About Whales (whale biology, etc.), Whale
Species (not an exhaustive list, just whales found in Australian waters),
Watching
Locations and Conservation. If there is anything you need to
know about whale watching in Australia, this is the ultimate site. Every
known whale watching site in Australia is listed from the north to the
south, east and west.
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Whale Dreams "NEW"
An aussie based site, Whale Dreams covers everything
you need to know about the whales visible in and around Australia. This
site features very cool identification illustrations of some of the more
common whale species around Australian waters. It even has a web form for
sightings and an interactive map where you could check out the latest whale
sightings (which has, unfortunately not been updated). The categories include
whale spotting, type of whales, global whale sanctuary, characteristics
and whale songs.
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Whale watching, Sapphire Coast,
NSW "Updated"
Whale watching from southern NSW. This site has information about whale
watch cruises departing from the Sapphire Coast. This site is also jam
packed with descriptions about the whales visible from this vantage point,
plus weekly activity reports about whales. Humpbacks, Blues, Killer, Minkes,
Bryde's and a variety of other smaller ceteceans have been spotted from
Eden and Merimbula. One of the highlights of this site is their whale
watching reports which are updated very regularly.
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The South Australian
Whale Center
Center for dissemination of whale watch reports for the south coast
of Australia. Also has information about Southern Right Whales, the most
frequently encountered whales in southern waters. The only problem I found
with this site was that is has not been updated for a while.
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Warrnambool Whales-Great
Ocean Road, Australia "Updated"
An interesting tourism site featuring the Southern Right Whales. Warrnambool,
southwest of Melbourne and at the edge of the Great Ocean Road is famous
as a "nursery" for the majestic southern right whales. This site has information
on viewing whales from Logans Beach at Warrnambool. Also has a sightings
page which is updated when in season.
Research
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The Oceania Project
"ACTION
ALERT"
Run by founders Wally and Trish Franklin, the Oceania Project is a
non-profit research and education organisation dedicated to raising awareness
about Cetacea (Whales and Dolphins) and the Oceans. Each year, the Oceania
Project runs whale watching expeditions (divided into weekly segments)
to collect as much data about the humpbacks that visit Hervey Bay. Their
"SoundNet"
featuring the latest news in the cetecean world is updated very regularly
(the best source online for the latest news on whales and dolphins!!).
Also, Wally and Trish currently need funds to obtain a new
video workstation for field work in Hervey Bay. Please help.
New Zealand
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Whale watching, Kaikoura, New Zealand
The premier whale and dolphin watching site in New Zealand. Whales
seen here are a resident pod of sperm whales. Also seen are New Zealand's
Hector's dolphins and pods of Dusky dolphins.
Humpback Whale sites
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Nature Humpbacks
Nature Humpback's features our fave whales, the
humpies. Cool layout and good content. One of the more well prepared sites
on the web. Features: the curious humpback, song of the sea, whale tales
and resources.
General cetecean sites
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Whales on the net
A page by Graham Clark. This page is packed with information and pictures
of various cetecean, plus the latest news about whales, whale watching,
illegal whaling, strandings and action alerts where you can make the difference.
Graham even has an online store (with calculator for currency conversion)
for you to browse at your leisure. The best site for whale enthusiast in
my opinion.
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Cetecea "NEW"
Cetecea is one of the most complete cetecean
sites I have seen on the web. By Heather K Ward (UK), it boast of descriptions
of the various whale, dolphin and porpoise species, whale watching locations
(around the world), facts, etc (it even has a glossary page!). One of the
more outstanding sites....well worth a look.
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The World-Wide Web Virtual
Library: Whale Watching Web
Want to know where the hottest whale watching sites are around the
world? Visit this comprehensive site!
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