I just love winter

I mean it I really love winter in Byron Bay. Whilst on my morning beach jog today I saw 4 whales just cruising along. The sun is out, the sky is blue and it will reach a balmy 21C today. It certainly beats rushing around, trying to navigate my way through crowds trying to get to a job I didn't like that much.

Having a whale of a time

The annual migration of the humpback whales has started. In June - July every year they travel up from Antarctica to Hervey Bay, where they have their babies and mate. Then in Aug-Oct they head back with their calves. Byron Bay Australia's most easterly point gives people a front row seat to this annual spectacular. We now take people whale watching at Cape Bryon on our new Byron Sensations Tour. We have seen 3 whales thus far this week. Last weekend I spent a few hours at the Cape with my friends Jill and Tony and we saw about 12 whales, plus about 20 dolphins. At the moment the whales a only surface swimming and blowing. In the next few weeks, when the males really start showing off for the females we expect many more sightings and more extravagant behaviour such as breaching and flipper slapping. There is nothing quite like seeing a 45 tonne mammal launching itself out of the water. I love my job!