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Whale in ocean baths.

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Created by Wollemi > 9 months ago, 1 Aug 2012
Wollemi
NSW, 350 posts
1 Aug 2012 10:43AM
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How you going to get that out of the pool? It is 8 to 10m long. Check the 9th picture for the logistics problem of removal of the deceased humpback.

www.smh.com.au/environment/dead-whale-washes-up-in-sydney-ocean-pool-20120801-23dwj.html

rod_bunny
WA, 1089 posts
1 Aug 2012 8:58AM
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It probably heard it was safe from sharks in there

nebbian
WA, 6277 posts
1 Aug 2012 10:20AM
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Dynamite!

(Had to be said )

Sailhack
VIC, 5000 posts
1 Aug 2012 12:45PM
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^^^ +1


FlySurfer
NSW, 4460 posts
1 Aug 2012 2:59PM
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sausage
QLD, 4874 posts
1 Aug 2012 3:44PM
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Mustn't have been able to read and dived in at the shallow end......

PS - Flysurfer, are those your own shots. They're pretty good.

jbshack
WA, 6913 posts
1 Aug 2012 2:49PM
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Puts meaning to the saying "A whale of a problem"

tightlines
WA, 3510 posts
1 Aug 2012 3:13PM
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"Whale oil beef hooked."

Torch
WA, 521 posts
1 Aug 2012 3:48PM
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Gina just wanted a swim

sn
WA, 2775 posts
1 Aug 2012 4:10PM
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Torch said...

Gina just wanted a swim


Hey Torch in case you didnt notice.............(its a boy)


maybe you should call it Clive instead

stephen

sn
WA, 2775 posts
1 Aug 2012 4:17PM
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realistically- they are probably best draining the pool, calling in a pet food mob or a rendering company, and let them cut it up- then take it away and turn it into meat meal, pig food, pet food or fertiliser.

there must be decent access to the pools as they look like they were made out of concrete- so trucks must be able to get there somehow.

stephen

FlySurfer
NSW, 4460 posts
1 Aug 2012 7:09PM
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sausage said...


PS - Flysurfer, are those your own shots. They're pretty good.


Yes.
You can smell him 200m away.

busterwa
3782 posts
1 Aug 2012 8:14PM
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BEAched as bro

Pharlap
TAS, 6 posts
1 Aug 2012 11:18PM
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call Hancock!

Hamsta
505 posts
1 Aug 2012 9:37PM
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Chainsaw. FarmBoss Chainsaw

Stuthepirate
SA, 3591 posts
2 Aug 2012 1:00AM
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Reminds me of the Aussie olympic swim team

ka43
NSW, 3105 posts
2 Aug 2012 9:08AM
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Its out of the pool, high tide and big surf got it out overnight but now its having a play on the sand further up the beach. Quite pongy too.

According to NPWS options are hope the tide takes it out to sea where it will sink (after the noahs have had their go) or get in some earth moving equipment and cart it away.

sausage
QLD, 4874 posts
2 Aug 2012 11:08AM
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Torch said...

Gina just wanted a swim


and left her lunch behind...

jbshack
WA, 6913 posts
2 Aug 2012 10:32AM
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ka43 said...

Its out of the pool, high tide and big surf got it out overnight but now its having a play on the sand further up the beach. Quite pongy too.

According to NPWS options are hope the tide takes it out to sea where it will sink (after the noahs have had their go) or get in some earth moving equipment and cart it away.


Typical of NSW local councils. Lets hope it drifts down the coast and becomes another shires problem[}:)]



felixdcat
WA, 3519 posts
2 Aug 2012 11:09AM
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sn said...

Torch said...

Gina just wanted a swim


Hey Torch in case you didnt notice.............(its a boy)


maybe you should call it Clive instead

stephen

My god Gina is a ladyboy! This explain that!

felixdcat
WA, 3519 posts
2 Aug 2012 11:12AM
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Put a for sale add in Gumtree Tokyo..... you will see a Jap whaler in the area in no time..... sushi!

Skid
QLD, 1499 posts
2 Aug 2012 1:21PM
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sn said...

Torch said...

Gina just wanted a swim


Hey Torch in case you didnt notice.............(its a boy)


maybe you should call it Clive instead

stephen


I am pondering the irony of green thumbing this post from one of Clive's computers

doggie
WA, 15849 posts
2 Aug 2012 11:24AM
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Skid said...

sn said...

Torch said...

Gina just wanted a swim


Hey Torch in case you didnt notice.............(its a boy)


maybe you should call it Clive instead

stephen


I am pondering the irony of green thumbing this post from one of Clive's computers


Do it

Poida
WA, 1922 posts
2 Aug 2012 2:45PM
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this is how the eskimos do it


Wollemi
NSW, 350 posts
2 Aug 2012 5:03PM
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Warning: some people may be upset by these pics.

For others, um... check out the 2nd pic in the SMH. Pic 8 is quite touching under the full moon at dusk last night, though.

www.smh.com.au/environment/dead-whale-washes-up-in-sydney-ocean-pool-20120801-23dwj.html


Early this morning, [NPWS]... donned protective suits and Kevlar leg armour, smeared Vicks VapoRub under their noses, and began the gruesome task of sawing apart a 11.6-metre dead whale.

They started with knives, slashing through about nine centimetres of blubber around the head and the tail, then deployed the chainsaws. It was physically hard labour, the crews said, with pairs of chainsaw operators alternating regularly.

Bulldozers operated by Pittwater Council staff helped by pulling on one end of the carcass, allowing the cutting crews to step into the breaches. Flesh and sinews regularly clogged the chainsaws' sprockets, and other staff continually cleaned and resharpened the soiled equipment.

Read more: www.smh.com.au/environment/whale-watch/chainsaw-gang-slice-through-30-tonnes-of-rotting-flesh-20120802-23hjq.html#ixzz22MiSnOY0

FlySurfer
NSW, 4460 posts
2 Aug 2012 9:46PM
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I would have gotten a tug... taken it out (way out) for the fish... it's natures way.
Now they just chummed up the beach... BRAVO!

And maybe thrown in a grenade for fun ... way out at see.

Oh and youtube'd it to with the explanation of making it easier for the fish too eat.



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