End of a Bumper Blue Whale Season!
It’s just been just over a week since the 2012 Geographe Bay whale season ended. The team have had a few days to tidy up, get all the equipment sorted, […]
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Raffle Winner!
The winner of the SouWEST raffle is a (very delighted) Bridget Haak of Dunsborough! Bridget will be receiving: $50 voucher for Eagle Bay Brewery $35 Simmo’s voucher for a family […]
Listening in, not looking out!
As big storms and massive swells swamp the coast of Western Australia, the theodolite team has taken cover for a few days and temporarily ceased observations. On lovely calm days […]
Super-pods, strange pigmentations and science outreach!
Some really interesting sightings from up the hill this week, including a humpback whale mega-pod, some large blue whale groups, and a pair of extremely-pigmented humpbacks! On Monday afternoon Angela, […]
Free SouWEST Talk in Busselton and TV Episode Link
On Wednesday, SouWEST researcher Sarah Marley will be giving a free public talk to the Busselton Naturalists Club. The talk will cover information about the history of whales in Geographe […]
First week a (theo)delight!
It has been a busy first week, with the theodolite team undertaking monitoring shifts twice a day, the unveiling of SouWEST’s “Whale Count Boards”, and a whale-spotting trip to Point […]
TV appearance on “Wild Things”
On Friday, Dr Chandra Salgado Kent – co-directer of the Centre for Marine Science and Technology (Curtin University) and one of the founders of SouWEST – will be appearing on […]
Sightings Update and SouWEST Seminar!
It has been a busy week for D-CALC volunteers and Chris Burton of Western Whale Research! The community volunteers have been spending an average of 30hrs per week conducing observations […]
First Blue Whales of 2012!
The Geographe Bay whale season has welcomed its largest visitors this week, with the appearance of the blue whales! Chris Burton (Western Whale Research) has been conducting land-based surveys from […]
Whales have arrived!
Chris Burton (Western Whale Research) and Ron Glencross (Dunsborough Coast and Landcare) – two of the founding members of SouWEST – were out at Pt Picquet last week and had […]
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