Each year between May and November, thousands of humpback whales travel from the antarctic waters up the eastern Australian coast to breed in the warm waters off Queensland. And then they head south again, this time with the babies.
So in June when we were at Crescent Head NSW the “Humpback Highway” was in full swing. Some times from 50 metres high on the headland you could see maybe 3-4 different pods, each containing 3 or 4 humpbacks slowly making their way north. Sometimes only 500 metres off the shore.
These shots were taken from the drone about 1 km offshore.
What was extra special was noticing the dolphin that was playing with the whales as they travelled. It looked for all the world to me like a excited puppy getting to play with the big dogs.
This was very special.