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  • Operation Cetus to protect whales and people
    Posted by: Wild About Whales | 28 July 2011 | 0 comments Leopard Seal NSW

    Operation Cetus is in the process of being introduced in NSW. It is being managed cooperatively within NSW by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), NSW Water... read more

  • Hear Ye, Hear Ye!
    Posted by: Wild About Whales | 05 July 2011 | 0 comments

    Scientists have recently designed underwater microphones that could one day help track migrating whales. The microphones have been designed from a similar structure to the... read more

  • Whales at the forefront of technology
    Posted by: Wild About Whales | 30 June 2011 | 0 comments

    By copying the ears of killer whales, scientists have designed underwater microphones that could one day help track migrating whales, guide robots toward leaking undersea ... read more

  • Count Me In!
    Posted by: Wild About Whales | 16 June 2011 | 2 comments binoculars bird watching

    This Sunday, Port Stephens will host the 11th annual Community Dolphin Census. We’d like to extend an open invite to anyone who wants to get involved in working alongside Nati... read more

  • It's That Time of Year Again!
    Posted by: Wild About Whales | 13 May 2011 | 2 comments

    Hello and welcome to the new and improved Wild About Whales website! After such a successful whale watching season last year, we decided to add some tweaks to the website ... read more

  • Fur Seals
    Posted by: Wild About Whales | 06 February 2011 | 0 comments

    Over the past couple of years, the sighting of seals in the Port Stephens-Great Lakes Marine Park appears to be on the increase.  There are two types of fur seals found in... read more

  • Know your approach zones
    Posted by: Wild About Whales | 06 February 2011 | 0 comments

    2010 was an absolutely year amazing for whales and seals in NSW (in fact the whole east coast had a cracker!), we had visits from really uncommon Antarctic species such as... read more