Annual Migrations

The annual migrations of the great Southern Right and Humpback whales along the Australian coasts in the coming months bring more and more tourists to see and wonder at these splendid creatures.Under the guise of 'for scientific purposes', the Japanese Government want to make it legal to kill these magnificent mammals and have allegedly even offered financial support to the Pacific Island nations for their votes at the International Whaling Commission.To see these glorious animals cavort in the ocean, diving, their tails high in the air beside the tourists boats, is something wonderful to behold.Much better than seeing them bloodied and wounded, dying in agony to be hoisted into the whale boats.

WHALES

Up onto the beach
they came
flinging themselves into oblivion
answering the call
of some wounded companion.

Did memories stir
of men and destruction
in that place?
Not willingly they came
that time.

Laurel