Wales Tourism and Visit Planning

Holiday In Wales A rare white whale has been sighted off Australia's east coast, exciting whale watchers but prompting suggestions that special laws might be needed to protect it from curious onlookers. The white humpback has delighted hundreds of whale watchers who have chartered boats to watch as it breached and leisurely swam off Queensland state's Gold Coast tourist mecca the last two days.

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Holiday Wales Diver Gary Philpot captured extraordinary images, broadcast on national television on Friday, as he swam close by the whale. "It was the most incredible thing I've ever experienced. This thing was just like a huge white submarine," Philpot told Ten Network television.

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Cottage Holiday In Wales But Philpot's frolic with the 46-foot whale prompted reminders from state authorities about fines of up to $5,921 for people who come within 300 meters of a whale.

Whalewatch, whaling coalition, has spoken out against Norway plans to increase its commercial whale hunt quota this year.

Caravan Holiday In Wales "The white humpback whale which has been the focus of attention over the past 24 hours is a fascinating creature but may need to be protected to some extent from an over-abundance of interest," Queensland Environment Minister Dean Wells said.

The main industries of Albany are tourism, fishing, and agriculture. Whaling, before the 1950s, was a major source of income for a lot of people in the area and provided a tremendous economic boost to the region. Major portions of the population were employed through whaling, making it a huge industry and creating the Whaling Station which closed in 1979. Since then, the Whaling Station has become a whaling museum that interests a lot of visitors to the region. The Whaling Station was one of the only working whaling stations left at the time that it closed, making it one of a kind in Australia and in the southern hemisphere.

Camping Holiday Wales Locals have nicknamed the whale "Moby," after Herman Melville's famed 1851 novel about a sea captain obsessed with a white whale. Melville's Moby Dick was a sperm whale rather than a humpback.

Accommodation Holiday Wales Local media also reported that one aboriginal elder had called the whale "migaloo," or "white feller."

Holiday Last Minute Wales Whale researchers said the white whale has been seen many times off the coast of Queensland and New South Wales since 1991.

Catering Holiday Self Wales Up to 5,000 humpbacks migrate up Australia's east coast from April to August each year from feeding grounds in the Antarctic to feed and breed in tropical waters.

Holiday Wales Walking Reuters - 7/12/2003

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