by Cetacea | Jul 30, 2014 | Daily Sightings, In the Field
We had a wonderful whale watching interaction today with two very curious juvenile Humpback whales. These two young cetaceans approached the boat, diving under and around the vessel, and circling the boat for nearly two hours. The whales were just as curious about...
by Cetacea | Apr 23, 2014 | Daily Sightings, In the Field, Photography
Broome’s Dampier Creek It’s early morning in the mangroves lining Dampier Creek on the fringe of Broome’s Chinatown, and air is alive with birdsong. A small female Broad-billed flycatcher alights briefly on mangrove pneumataphores, the spiky...
by Cetacea | Mar 3, 2014 | Daily Sightings, In the Field, Photography
Heading across the bay to the waters off Thangoo, we spotted six of these gorgeous little newborn Zebra sharks (Stegostroma fasciatum) swimming along on the surface. Only about 30cm long at birth and fairly recently hatched, the pups hatch live from a clutch of up to...
by Cetacea | Feb 22, 2014 | Daily Sightings, In the Field, Photography
On a humid February evening, we took the boat out to a sandbank in the middle of Roebuck Bay to photograph the tropical marine life that is only exposed on this vast expanse of fine, silty sand on a very low spring tide. Brightly coloured sponges, Comb stars, Brittle...
by Cetacea | Aug 3, 2013 | Daily Sightings, In the Field, Photography
Interesting day with a variety of whales, and several mating Stokes’ Sea Snakes on the surface off Cable Beach.
