www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-15/whale-carcass-near-carnarvon/2901308
Way to wreck my holiday. Where are the Japanese when you need them.
Thats a bit of a worry
Cant they haul it out or bury it or do something with it?
Would it affect tombies?
LAst time I saw a whale carcass in the exmouth gulf a few years ago the slick from the oil went a long, long way. It was a calm afternoon and you could see the slick going out towards the murion islands.
If with the prevailing southerlies that slick will more than likely head north and it will pull in the nasties from a long way away.
There is some footage of a white pointer having a go at a carcass (and the zodiac filming it) from about 2002 /3 . This was in Exmouth . So its a fair chance that you might get a pointer or two hanging around the burley slick.
YOu might have to cancel gnaraloo and head further north. Go exploring plenty more reef all the way to Exmouth......
That just wrecked my day
Thanks for the heads up anyway...
Hope its not one of those first of April posts!