PROCESSION OF WHALES.
INTERESTING SIGHT. Recently large numbers of whales have been sighted off Sydney Heads, moving northward, and at times close inshore. On one day the signalman at South Head station reported eight whales. They were moving leisurely, and were visible for considerable periods. Alost of them were well-covered with barnacles about the flukes and fins, indicating great age. Their spouting created great interest among residents on the coastline.
Air T. C. Roughloy, economic zoologist of the Sydney Technological Museum, explained that the procession of whales northward was usual at this time of the year. They were travelling from the Antarctic waters to the warmer waters off northern Queensland, their breeding ground. He had seen whales as far north as 50 miles beyond Cairns, f .id it was probable that some went even further north. They were one of the interesting features of the Great Barrier Reef marine life during July. Air Roughlcy said that whales* would pass Sydney again, with their calves, travelling * back to the Antarctic, about the end of August or early in September. -
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 196, 20 July 1936, Page 2
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178PROCESSION OF WHALES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 196, 20 July 1936, Page 2
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