Coffs Coast Advocate

Whale trail funds: something fishy indeed says Council

“It appears for whatever reason this is a bit of mischief making and indeed fishy.”

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07th Jan. 2021 9:01 AM

Coffs Harbour City City Council's Director of Sustainable Infrastructure Mick Raby says the whale trail grant was given based on the car park and path upgrades.

Shark alert continues as second whale carcass washes up

A second dead whale has washed up on a Tweed beach only a week after the first prompted a warning for shark activity in the...

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13th Oct. 2020 5:10 PM

This dead whale has washed up on Casuarina beach on October 6.

Four whales euthanised as rescuers try to save 20 more

Twenty whales are still clinging to life, with hopes there could be more found alive and able to be rescued, while others...

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25th Sept. 2020 7:09 AM

Supplied Editorial A Dead pilot whale on Ocean Beach bear Strahan. Day four of rescue
operations. Thursday September 24, 2020. Picture: PATRICK GEE

Whale rescue enters day four, almost 400 dead

The race is on to save the final 30 pilot whales still stranded and alive on Tasmania’s west coast in what is now believed...

National effort needed for whale emergency, Greens say

The Greens say the mass-stranding of pilot whales on Tasmania’s west coast was a national environmental disaster and...

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23rd Sept. 2020 2:09 PM

The Greens say the mass-stranding of pilot whales on Tasmania’s west coast was a national environmental disaster and deserved a national response.

25 whales rescued as mission continues

Part of the stranded pod has been rescued, with authorities targeting the healthiest and strongest whales to transport back...

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22nd Sept. 2020 6:09 PM

Part of the stranded pod has been rescued, with authorities targeting the healthiest and strongest whales to transport back out to see.

From the Daily Mercury Editor’s Desk

The weeks were going so slowly during lockdown earlier in the year and now it feels like they are going at warp speed.

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21st Aug. 2020 12:08 PM

Incredible clouds as the sun rises over Town Beach in Mackay. Picture: Rae Wilson

Having a whale of a time off Lamberts Lookout

There was plenty of whale action as they cruised past Mackay on the weekend. Have you spotted them?

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21st Aug. 2020 5:08 AM

Whales breaching off the Mackay coast as they swam past Lamberts Lookout on Sunday. Picture: Rae Wilson

Whale of a time off Lamberts Lookout

Did you spot whales off Lambert’s Beach in Mackay on the weekend?

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20th Aug. 2020 7:08 PM

GALLERY: Watch as mother humpback saves her ‘lifeless’ calf

The amazing moments were captured in photos

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20th Aug. 2020 5:08 PM

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