Whales in the Whitsundays

After 3 aborted whale watching trips over the last 20 years, we finally gave up and bought our own boat so we could see some whales. We have had two close encounters with a mother and calf, and a more distant one with whales breaching.

Grassy Island – while the winds were very light we took advantage of a calm anchorage on the north side of Grassy, then in the morning we greeted to a pod of whales breaching and playing just off Little Grassy Island.  

The day got even better when we turned into George Bay and another whale was just cruising up and down beside us.  We stopped the engines and just watched in awe.  By the time we anchored for lunch two more whales had come into the bay and we had good views of them too.