This is the "Pygmy" Blue Whale that washed up at Stricko's around Chrissy (???) 2005. That nice big green hole in the background is the keyhole at the end of the left



It festered on the reef for a few weeks before it was trucked out to Narrowneck where it was buried to slowly leech into the ocean and attract sharks for many years to come. Kudos to the RIA for disposing of the whale at the narrowest point of a porous limestone island, managed almost as well as the piano debacle.

It was 2005 ; me, my bro and a mate rocked up to find that wave smoking with no one out. We surfed by ourselves all day. Couldnt belive it coz its normally crowded and this was a saturday. When we got home on the news it said the beach had been closed due to risk of shArks from the whale. Ignorance was bliss eh! (didn't even know the whale was there on the beach)

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swalkington said...

It was 2005 ; me, my bro and a mate rocked up to find that wave smoking with no one out. We surfed by ourselves all day. Couldnt belive it coz its normally crowded and this was a saturday. When we got home on the news it said the beach had been closed due to risk of shArks from the whale. Ignorance was bliss eh! (didn't even know the whale was there on the beach)

Couldnt you see it?

If that's a Pygmy Blue whale then how farkin huge must the fair dinkum Blue Whale be.

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Scotty88 said...

If that's a Pygmy Blue whale then how farkin huge must the fair dinkum Blue Whale be.

Bigger.

ATM we have at least 3 whales in various stages of decomp buried on our beaches. One was uncovered in the last swell we had, not good but guess at least the beach is netted

That's a big catch for such a flimsy looking fishing rod.

think it was actually still in the water which is even worse, heard ther were signs on the beach re issue but hard to see them from a boat, 3 out @ smoking strick and jim beams on the way back,,,now i'm scared paddling out at local beachy, how times have changed

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smicko said...

This is the "Pygmy" Blue Whale that washed up at Stricko's around Chrissy (???) 2005. That nice big green hole in the background is the keyhole at the end of the left

Has anyone else noticed the four rather large bite marks near the pectoral fin closest to our fisherman friend - they are bigger than his torso

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Beelzebub said...

That's a big catch for such a flimsy looking fishing rod.

He swore by braided line

Looks like my brothers ex wife.

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beastsurf said...

Looks like my brothers ex wife.

your brother was married to Gina?

That must have been before she put on the extra weight.

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SP said...

Scotty88 said...

If that's a Pygmy Blue whale then how farkin huge must the fair dinkum Blue Whale be.

Bigger.

ATM we have at least 3 whales in various stages of decomp buried on our beaches. One was uncovered in the last swell we had, not good but guess at least the beach is netted

What's arse to mouth got to do with anything?

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Beelzebub said...

That's a big catch for such a flimsy looking fishing rod.

Yeah I did that too