Whales or Wails

16 July – Monday

Whale watching day – the least said about it the better! What a disappointment, nothing like the advertising which implied that orcas are resident in the area and these are what we go looking for. Once underway on a smallish boat, we are told there have been sightings of a humpback whale the last couple of days and this is what we will be looking for. Despite most of the 17 passengers wanting to see orcas, we spent over 2 hours looking for a small, solitary humpback whale who wasn’t very interested in entertaining boat loads of tourists. We have seen bigger whales, more of them and good displays of fluking at Ulverstone! Of course, what goes out to sea must return to land and fortunately it was fairly calm (someone doesn’t like boats and is not a good sailor!). The most exciting part of the day was watching the seaplanes land and take off. Breakfast was the BEST part!

Remainder of the day was spent shopping and someone is having a birthday soon. Les had a busy afternoon as he had to buy a new suitcase to replace the one that American Airlines tried their best to remove the handle.