Tail time - Humpback whales, Gold Coast Australia Choose Print Size:90cm x 60cm ensuring the same scenario plays

ensuring the same scenario plays out over and over again

On this morning before sunrise

while on the the Kings Canyon Rim Walk in Watarrka National Park

000 tiny islands dropped into a sea so blue it looks artificial

of paradise found

Tail time - Humpback whales, Gold Coast Australia Choose Print Size:90cm x 60cm ensuring the same scenario playsA mother Humpback whale teaches her baby how to tail slap, a behaviour known as lobtailing. Whilst lobtailing is often done in play, it is also for communication, cooling down or driving away predators or unwelcome suitors. However on this occasion it serves a much higher purpose. This young calf is perhaps only a month or two old and does not yet have full strength in its pectoral fins or tail. So while it seems like a fun game for this youngster,