Fifteen minutes into our boat ride we saw...
WHALES!
Two of them!
Humpbacks.
They were young whales, or so our guide told us.
So they were curious.
Which could explain why they hung out with our boat for 40-50 minutes,
popping their noses up,
swimming back and forth under and around the boat,
and sometimes even waving their noses at us when we waved at them (it's true! the guide told us to try it, and it worked! Curious whales sometimes play with people like that, he said).
It was one of the most magical moments of my life.
My son loved it too.
We also saw two Southern Right Whales involved in, ahem, courting.
They were a bit less interested in our boat though.
We even saw sea lions.
It was a day I'm certain I'll never forget.
P.S. This was all while still in Western Australia, for those who didn't read my last couple of posts.