Whale watching

I scored a great deal via Jump-on-it, 2 hours of whale-watching for only $35!

It's half price because we're at the tail end of the whale-watching season, most of the whales having already gone up north to give birth in warmer waters

The weather was amazing, and we departed off a wharf in east Circular Quay so the boat took us past the Opera House, Harbour Bridge, and the various bays that reminded me yet again how beautiful Sydney harbour is, and then out past Sydney Heads to the Pacific Ocean!

i got properly soaked! the weather was great and the waves not too choppy, but at times it was like riding a rollercoaster - we would hang in the air, then slam down into the water...ARGH!!!

sadly i forgot to take something for seasickness, I forgot because the last time I was on a boat was 5 years ago...so...i got really sick not long after we got out to the open sea

I know that the tour the day before didn't see any whales, so i was really happy to finally spot one, even though it was just the back. The whale disappeared, then i threw up, which was really lucky, because after i felt better, the whale appeared again!

the fluke! so magical!

there are actually two whales swimming side by side! and they were so close to us!

errr...this is the aftermath of a magical full breach, which i failed to capture because my camera stopped focusing (great....NOT). The whale flew out of the water, not more than 10 m from us, showing us its white underbelly; it hung in the air and we held our breath and time seemed to stop, and then it was gone again...

I'd seem a full breach before, from the cliffs of Botany Bay National Park (Kurnell side); I saw the sky below the whale's tail fluke! Then as now, the image is seared into my brain but funnily, it's hard for me to believe I had seen it, and that's how my friends felt too.

heading back to Sydney town

beautiful skyline of Sydney

magic!