Between June and July thousands of Humpback and Southern Wright Whales, travel up the East coast of Australia. They are heading to breeding grounds close to the Great Barrier Reef, and this year whale watchers are reporting a 50% increase in numbers.
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Yesterday with my wife and some friends, we went to North Head at the entrance to Sydney harbor, to look for whales travelling up the coast line.
This is the view into Sydney city from North Head. 
My wife and I generally go a few times a year in the hope of seeing some whales, and sometimes we manage to see one or two in the distance. Yesterday was amazing, we saw 3 groups of whales and several whale watching boats chasing them for views. You can see on this photo i took, a little water blown into the air from a whale blowhole, and the whale is splashing in front of the boat on the left. Sorry my camera is not good enough for a close up from the shore.
Another shot of the whale watching boats chasing the whales. It was so thrilling to see the whales so close to the shore, and to see so many groups of them in such a short time. It is very hard to get a shot of the whales as they only surface for moments and are gone again. The 4 boats are chasing 2 seperate groups of whales, people pay a lot of money to go on those whale watching boats.
After a while we went to local cafe for a drink, and shared this panna cotta, another perfect day in paradise. 
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Very nice. Looks like you had a great time. I've seen humpbacks around The Oregon Coast before. Beautiful creatures!
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Wow, you have been active... more posts than I have done in a year..and more followers. In South Africa we also have Southern Wrights come for breeding... but there are strict laws around boats and ships and proximities to the whales. The boats in your photo's would have been fined big time by the Coast Guards.
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Nice post and pictures!
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