AR-News: (AU) Whale watchers wanted

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

July 01, 2004  
IF whale watching appeals and you can cook and wash  dishes a couple of 
university researchers would appreciate your company on their  research vessel.

There's another little  catch, you'll also have to pay – somewhere between 
$850 and $1250 – for the  privilege of being aboard the vessel with the 
romantically sounding name,  Moon Dancer.  
The offer has come from whale researchers at Lismore's Southern Cross  
University, who spend August, September and October photographing, recording and  
filming the whales in the Hervey Bay area of south-east Queensland as they head  
back to Antarctica.  
In reality it's not all washing dishes and cooking.  
The volunteers help by collecting skin sloughed from whales, taking notes on  
observations and recording other data, sampling water quality – as well as 
the  enjoyment and thrill of watching whales at play. 

full  story:
_http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10009159%255E17
02,00.html_ 
(http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10009159%5E1702,00.html)  



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