The music is contagious
Pods singing with heavenly sounds
Awakens the sleepy ones
Up the coast we swim towards the warmer seas

One breach, two breaches and then a twist, splash
It’s a celebration
Dreams of mating and giving birth
Are now becoming a reality

The stunning Gold Coast skyline comes into view
With Spirit vessel in the distance
Is that Skipper Jason at the helm?
Passengers eagerly awaiting our arrival
So curious to see us again

Oh, if they only knew
How excited and curious we are too
To see them again clapping incessantly
Showing off our aerobatic tricks

Screams of delight draws us closer
Spy hopping to get a better view
Hands and arms outstretched in anticipation of a gentle touch
Up breaches a juvenile with a leap, twist and splash

We must journey on, and wave our pectorals
See you on the way back we sing with joyous enthusiasm
With our calves and mates
Until Spirit is just a speck in the distance

“She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso, a line tugging in her mouth.

A fisherman spotted her just east of the Farralone Islands (outside the Golden Gate) and radioed an environmental group for help.

Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her…

A very dangerous proposition!

One slap of the tail could kill a rescuer.

They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her.

When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles.
She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, and nudged them, pushed gently around – she thanked them.
Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives.

The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth says her eye was following him the whole time, and he will never be the same.”

Whales are so amazing, they can change your life…

What a day, what a cruise
Oh how privileged we are

Take a look at this
Four Whales mugging the boat

What a sight
So close to the boat
The crew reaching out to give them a rub
Passengers looking in awe

Oh how naughty she was
On her back displaying all
What a sight, just pure white

The other Whales had something else in mind
Let’s clean ourselves; it’s been a long time
Under the bow they went
Rubbing off their barnacles

Passengers curious
What’s happening, they shouted?
Will they turn the boat upside down?

No, says the Skipper
They’re here to play

And play they did
Frolicking up and down and around
Nudging the bow

Then came the blow
Spray all around
The crew soaking it in
Everyone in awe

What a show
Go Whales go

Oh Mother Nature
How wonderful you are!