On Sunday, July 9, 2000, I traveled to Nelson Bay, NSW.� After attending a church service, my friends Esther, Annie, Phillip, Minu, and I drove to the bay to spend a day relaxing by the water.� It was freezing when we left Richmond at 6 AM so we were all wearing sweaters and heavy coats.� They day turned out to be beautiful, we went to a local shop to purchase tourist clothes--hence the funny hat. :)
The guys wanted to go fishing, so Esther, Annie, and I just lounged around.� We saw a notice board advertising whale watching expiditions and all agreed that we had to go.� We were only on the water for about 10 minutes when the captain spotted the sprays of two humpback whales.� Unfortunately, three other ships were already making their ways toward the pair, so he decided to search for our own pod.� I'm glad he did.
We ended up finding a pod of five humpback whales and� followed the group for around three hours.� The whales put on a wonderful show for us.
During the voyage, the whales did tricks like the 'tail show' above.