![]() ![]() ![]() Moulin Rouge at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney “Sometimes, you can barely steer the boat,” says Captain Higgins. Every January, some 60,000 humpback whales-their numbers, happily, are increasing every year according to Captain Higgins-leave the frigid, krill-rich waters of Antarctica and undertake the longest mammal migration in the world. They travel 5,000 kilometres to the warmer waters of Northern Australia to mate, calf and nurture their babies. Then they turn around and return to their home waters in Antarctica around March. “In the winter, it is like a whale highway,” says Captain David Higgins, as he steers the large sailboat towards Manly Beach off Sydney Harbour in Australia. In front of us, up yonder, stretches the south Pacific Ocean. ![]()
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