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Title: First whale in the lake today!
Post by Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM on Apr 13^th, 2026 at 2:54pm

... only a juvie... last year's probably... had an escort of dolphins..

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Title: Re: First whale in the lake today!
Post by Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM on Apr 13^th, 2026 at 2:56pm

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Title: Re: First whale in the lake today!
Post by tallowood on Apr 13^th, 2026 at 4:30pm

There were reports from Lake Wallis in Foster.

Quote:

A young humpback whale has made a surprise school holidays visit to a Mid-North Coast lake delighting locals and tourists.

A crowd of onlookers got a very close view of the calf as it rested near a pier around 4.30pm on Sunday.

Adding to the delight of the crowd dolphins playfully circled their much larger cetacean cousin.

Local David King posted images of the interaction on Facebook calling it an “unbelievable moment”.

There were concerns the whale appeared young and might have lost its mother.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/mid-north-coast/humpback-whale-makes-surprise-early-appearance-in-forsters-wallis-lake/news-story/3b82d2f94b8888eeaf0c52011fb17cc9?amp

It is subscription only link but I read it in text mode.

Title: Re: First whale in the lake today!
Post by aquascoot on Apr 13^th, 2026 at 4:46pm

The whales are thick off the gold coast in late winter early spring.
They are there in bigger numbers each year.
Very curious animals....come up to the boat and definitely look at you

Title: Re: First whale in the lake today!
Post by Dnarever on Apr 13^th, 2026 at 10:06pm

Seems a bit early for that far north. They migrate north from about May though you mostly see some earlier than that. Guess that is about now.

Title: Re: First whale in the lake today!
Post by Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM on Apr 13^th, 2026 at 10:58pm

Dnarever wrote on Apr 13^th, 2026 at 10:06pm:

Seems a bit early for that far north. They migrate north from about May though you mostly see some earlier than that. Guess that is about now.

It is early - wasn't expecting any until May, and this is a young one on its own. Doesn't seem injured, and was resting. Tired. Not sure what the protocol is - if there are more it might follow their sounds.