Saturday, 21 June 2014

Migaloo the great white whale spotted off Australian east coast

Famous albino whale is with at least four other whales as part of seasonal migration of humpbacks to warmer waters


theguardian.com, Friday 20 June 2014 00.18 BST

Migaloo the great white whale has been spotted making his way up the east coast of Australia.

The famous albino whale is travelling with at least four other whales as part of the seasonal migration of humpbacks to warmer waters

Photograph: whalewatchingsydney.com.au
The white humpback, first noticed in 1991, was sighted off the coast of Eden on Wednesday, and then Cronulla, south of Sydney, on Thursday afternoon. A Port Stephens-based Twitter account reported a sighting on Friday morning.

He is travelling with at least four other whales as part of the seasonal migration of humpbacks to warmer waters.

Although Migaloo’s rough itinerary can be figured out, it is still a lucky whale watcher who spots him, Oskar Peterson, from the White Whale Research Centre, told Guardian Australia.

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