Whale Watching on the way to Rottnest

We left the pen early in the morning to enjoy the flat ocean in the light easterly breeze. We saw the dismasted Leewin II again, the dented roof of the WA Maritime Museum before hitting the whirlpool at the heads.

We saw the first whale not long after leaving Fremantle and, once we passed the big cargo ships anchored off Gage Roads, there were pods of happy whales everywhere.

The photos can’t express the amazing feeling of being so close to these creatures, some of them larger than our boat. We ended up at Geordie Bay for morning tea and got back to Freo just as the breeze was picking up.