Synchronised Dancing
'Synchronised dance' is how one international tourist described the whales when she went whale watching in Hervey Bay recently.
Her comments were captured by reporter Kristen Shorten of the Courier Mail, while photographer Megan Slade snapped several close up shots when they went whale watching aboard Quick Cat II.
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Celebrate, Educate, Congregate
If you want to change the world ... your world ... start here at the Hervey Bay Whale Festival .... It's cause for celebration.
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Whale Riders on U on Sunday
A must read is the article by Mike Bruce in U on Sunday on the history of whaling and where we have come in the past 50 years since we stopped slaughtering them.
Wally and Trish Franklin from the Oceania Project get a mention as does Vicki Neville the founder of what is now known as the National Whale Day. Brian and Jill Perry get a mention as the pioneers of the whale watch industry.
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Is whale tourism the saviour of the whales
A report released by IFAW for National Whale Day has generated considerable media interest on the theme 'Is whale tourism the saviour of the whales'. You can find out what they say by downloading the report from the IFAW site:
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International interest stirred in Hervey Bay whales
Brian and Jill Perry of Hervey Bay Whale Watch joined Trade and Investment Queensland and the partners of BDO, one of Australia's largest associations of independently owned accounting practices, and some of Queensland's leading exporters including Ken Bennett of Griffith University and James Bowles of Cook Australia at a luncheon in Brisbane on 20 April.
Hervey Bay Whale Watch won the Regional Exporter of the Year Award at the 2010 Premier of Queensland's Export Awards. The awards are sponsored by a host of blue-chip companies and organisations and acknowledges the important contribution that businesses make and recognises the role they play in boosting the State and Australia's economy.
Brian Perry said he believed the national and international recognition they received as a finalist in 2008 and as an award winner in 2010 has significantly contributed to greater awareness of whale watching and the Fraser Coast region.
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Two Natural Wonders in One Day
Experience two natural wonders in 1 day.
Whales & Fraser Island. Both voted in the top 5 of Queensland's Must Do's.
Departing at 7:00 am Quick Cat II will show you more of Fraser Island and surrounding islands on route to pick up passengers from Kingfisher Bay Resort. On return you can upgrade and hop off on Fraser Island and enjoy Kingfisher Bay Resort at your leisure & return on the 2pm or 5pm ferry. (any purchases at your own cost)
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Youngest Perry takes out Young Achiever
Sarah Perry has been involved in whale watching since she was just three months old; now 23 years later Hervey Bay's Sarah Perry has taken out Young Tourism Achiever of the Year at the 2009 Fraser Coast South Burnett Tourism Awards for Excellence.
Sarah is Hervey Bay's only female whale watch skipper and one of the youngest.
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