Coinciding with the beginning of the winter school holidays and the end of Port Stephens’ annual Naturefest – a program of events showcasing the area’s unique natural beauty – the annual Human Whale event is now in its fifth year and runs in recognition of whale conservation and the booming whale-watching season.
Part of Port Stephens’ annual Naturefest program of winter events, the human whale last year saw a record 1000 people form the shape of a 100m-long humpback whale, with locals and visitors alike uniting to create the spectacle, with more whale-formers expected this year to exceed the record.
More than 20,000 humpbacks are expected to trace the local coast between now and November, during their annual migration.
All participants will receive a certificate of appreciation and a ‘Love Nature, Love Port Stephens’ wristband entitling them to 25 per cent discount on merchandise at the Port Stephens Visitor Information Centre in Nelson Bay (excluding postcards).
To celebrate what is shaping up as a record whale watch season in Port Stephens this winter, school holiday visitors and locals alike are invited to help form the shape of a giant human whale on Shoal Bay Beach on Sunday 3rd July 2016. Coinciding with the start of the winter school holidays and the end of Port Stephens’ annual Naturefest celebration during June, the free human whale event is expected to draw a record 1000-plus crowd which will be captured forming the outline of a humpback by a helicopter hovering overhead.
Around 1000 people formed a 100m-long human whale on the sand at Shoal Bay last winter in what is now an annual celebration of Port Stephens’ increasingly popular whale watch season, with more than 18,000 humpbacks tipped to trace the local coast between now and November.
The whale will be created on the western end of Shoal Bay Beach in Port Stephens on Sunday 3rd July for a noon formation, with registration opening at 10am and participants to be in place by 11.45am at the latest.
Organisers from Port Stephens’ three major whale-watch operations – Imagine Cruises, Moonshadow Cruises and Tamboi Queen Cruises – are hoping hundreds of families and whale lovers will come and help form a 100m-long outline of a Humpback whale on Shoal Bay Beach in Port Stephens.
Make a Giant Whale – Western end of Shoal Bay Beach, Port Stephens. Parking along Shoal Bay Rd, Government Rd and Beach Rd.
Where: Shoal Bay Beach, Port Stephens
When: 10am for Noon formation, Sunday 3rd July 2016
Parking: Shoal Bay Rd, Government Rd and Beach Rd.
For more information about the Human Whale event, visit www.portstephens.org.au
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