ORRCA annual humpback whale migration census day 2019

Julia Driscoll
Updated June 24 2019 - 1:02pm, first published June 20 2019 - 8:00pm
Migration: There are an estimated 30,000 humpbacks swmming north along our coastlines to their Queensland and Western Australian breeding grounds over the next few months. Photo: ORRCA member Jodie Lowe
Migration: There are an estimated 30,000 humpbacks swmming north along our coastlines to their Queensland and Western Australian breeding grounds over the next few months. Photo: ORRCA member Jodie Lowe

Every year on the last Sunday of June, from dawn to dusk, whale watchers gather on coastal vantage points to count humpbacks during their migration for the ORRCA (Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia) Annual Census Day.

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Julia Driscoll

Julia Driscoll

Journalist

Julia Driscoll has worked as a journalist for the Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Times for seven years. She values the deep connection with community that being a rural and regional journalist brings. Career highlights have involved environmental stories - bringing the plight of the little known endangered Manning River helmeted turtle to the attention of the public, resulting in wide-spread knowledge in the community and conservation action; and breaking the news of the Manning River ceasing to run for the first time in recorded history.

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