After donning our uber-sexy life preservers (unfortunately i don't have photographic record of their stylishness) we set out to try to catch a pod of Humpback Whales that we'd heard were in the area. After a tense chase reminiscent of the chase after OJ in '94 (except that to my knowledge the whales haven't committed any felonies...), we finally caught up to them and excitedly watched as they blew water out of their blow wholes and slapped their tails. On a side note, listening to people whale watching is almost as entertaining as whale watching itself.
"C'mon. Be a good whale and show us your tail," I heard one woman plead. Or my personal favorite,
"Excuse me, but Whale, do you know how much we're paying for this boat ride?"(I can answer this one: Um, no, because its a Whale. ) "If we can't get a leap can't we at least get a little tail flap?"
Another tangential observation I made today is that whale breath REEKS. At one point the whale got close enough to our boat that we could smell it and all i can say is that somebody needs to introduce the Megaptera novaeangliae species (thanks wiki!) to some listerineus extremus.
Montague Island Lighthouse
Rainbow, WEEEEEE
Mark, our faithful guide, led us up to the Reserve's lighthouse and around its hills and brushes, all the while lecturing us on the islands ecology and history. Unfortunately, we didn't see any of the fairy penguins that reportedly live on the island but we did run into some very friendly seals who waved enthusiastically at us.
Seal Salutations
After docking in Narooma, it was on to the Blue Pool - an ocean water swimming pool cut into a crag 5 minutes out of Bermagui. In addition to enjoying a beautiful view, i really enjoyed this beautiful sign.
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