Simon & Caroline's World Tour 07/08

This weeks day of fun was spent out on the high seas, on the search for the migrating humpback whales. The whales spend most of their time in the Antarctic feeding, but head north in winter to warmer waters to calf, losing a third of their body mass in the process. Fortunately for us, it means we don't have to go to the Antarctic to see them, so we took a 4 hour jaunt out into the Pacific. We encountered quite a few pods of whales, identified by their blows, tail slaping and tails showing as they dive. A couple of curious whales also came up to the boat for a look (see photo), and then headed off on their long trip south. The females with calf will pass by Sydney in a couple more weeks time, but much closer to shore and visible from some points - that's a cheap day out for the future!

Caroline has nearly finished her nannying, and is already looking forward to being on holiday again (2 weeks on, 2 weeks off, at least!). It's also her 30th birthday on Thursday, but alas she'll be working, I'm sure we can make up for it somehow. As for me, I'm on week 4 of 12, not that I'm counting..

It's also warming up here, meaning I get to use my convertible trousers to the full - shorts on commute, trousers in office, and no, I don't care how stupid I look whilst I've got half trouser, half shorts on!

P.S. Cat - I know the photo is not as impressive as your whales, but I promise I took it! ;-)