Think I can feel that gammy knee coming on.

Good on ya lads. Government are retards and don't know how to act to protect people. If there was any fine i think a go fund me page would take care of it. So happy to see someone do something positive. Lets hope we see more of it.

Towed it 50m..... erm, I know that put it off landing on the point proper (and read the logistical challenges of having a tiny boat) but I can't be the only one thinking that won't really dissipate the danger that much?

How do you humanely get rid of a dead fucken whale???? Fucken idiots

does anyone know what they did with the baby whale that washed up and died at puckeys rivermouth in wollongong a week or so ago?

That's like your favourite restaurant opening its doors and saying "All you can eat - and completely free.....for a month!". I'd live there too.....that's going to be a squirming hell of doubt and uncertainty for the Angourie locals next time they are standing there watching the point fire.....

A dead whale is a BIG problem. And dead whale exploded into millions of SMALL pieces..

different sharks
for different parks,
in angourie,
yogic treehouse tradie thruster themeland
the land based sharks,
have been circling,
unculled for 40 years,
the ex-pro's dreamland
DA is before council,
artists colony,
and bullshit artist colony,
another board factory's
sponno dudes
pros and
cons
and the sons of pros
and cons
boardriders comps
boardroom riders comps
apartments
investments
drones
in a feeding frenzy
of leviathan proportions
who can afford
decaying humpbacks?

Wow....scary looking at that thing chomping away..Wouldn't it be cheaper and more realistic for DPI or such authority to tow a dead whale 50km's out to sea. By the time it hits land it may be so far up the east coast it wouldn't mater or it may be already eaten by whites and other large shark species???. a 2 day old humpback washed up into the nth corner on Treachery beach Saturday morning. Still had the umbilical cord atached. Orca did their best but couldn't get the poor thing around to a suitable launching point to get it back to sea in time therefore it died. they were going to bury it in an undisclosed location off the beach somewhere.

Really Kelly? Most attacks in WA have occurred very near whale activity or carcasses. Wouldn't think any different over east. Well done boys for giving it a go. 10 points fellas. I'd do the same. Get it the hell away from where people are in the water regularly, even if it washes around to a lesser used beach. I think we need a bigger boat.

Kelly is just throwing shade at Laurie because Laurie surfed macking Cloudbreak better than Kelly. Any shark in the area heading towards the whale carcass could have a go at a surfer instead on the way. Ever missed a dinner reservation because you lost track of time at the pub on the way to the restaurant? Anything that draws sharks into spending more time on the coast (rather than out in deep waters) increases the likelihood of a run-in. That's my unqualified hypothesis.

It's washed up in the yuragir national park on the south side of Shelley headland near Redcliffe. NPW and a research crew were up there observing shark behavior with a drone. Only a 2.5 mtr white spotted in cruise mode while I was there. No plans to dispose of it. Its been dead for a while judging by the amount of decomposition already. I would definitely steer clear of this area for at least the next 5 to 10 years.

Im kind of baffled as to why a dead carcass is protected? Surely towing it far out to sea or disposing of it in some controlled manner is a better solution than just letting it (possibly) drift into a beach full of swimmers and surfers? Kind of sounds like a bit of a 'head in the sand' policy - which seems to be the trend for similar instances in the past few years. That footage is pretty awesome, so is attempting to tow a 5 tonne whale surrounded by whites in a dinghy! Well done lads.

You'd think this is only going to become a more common occurrence as whale numbers increase. Various coastal councils would do well to factor it into their coastal management plans hey.

The Office of E&H would be jumping up and down because they didn't get to it first. They hate it when the general public step on their toes. Don't even get me started on their controlled burning ideology.

When are authorities going to take control of a situation like this.Really they could have easily have organised a trawler or police boat or whatever to drag it out wide,perfect day for it too.Now its going to rot and attract sharks to that whole area for ages.Baddy and the boys did well to get it out enough to miss the whole Anga /backbeach thing and well done to em,better off down the coast a few ks than in your own back yard,but still too close to home.

It's outrageous that we should be exposed to such risk! We need more protection from nature, more drones! Bring on the drones!

"Whale carcasses remain protected."

As Nassim Taleb has observed, there is a class of 'Intellectuals Yet Idiots.'

Well done Baddy, that's local leadership. You've got to wonder if this will be a regular thing with Humpback numbers back at 25K or so...

Piss off with your comments KS, just goes to show just how out of touch you are with local surfers, best advice for you is get back to your pool and give advice there
Great job to the lads who saved the point from stinking rotten carcass fouling their local for months on end

"$hark expert. Robert $later"
The guy knows everything. ...........

Which guidelines apply- National Surf Reserve or Yuraygir National Park.

Office of Environment & Heritage/NSW Govt conducted a review into Whale Carcasses.
Google & NSW Govt site returns intro only...if fellow swellnetonians could shed some light.
Perhaps someone here participated in study and has an email to share..be great.
Here's the address for feedback & overview into study (10 Nov 2017)

www.environment.nsw.gov.au/wildlifemanagement/deceased-whales-management...

Ahhh the mudguard weighs in now. Celebrity scientists lol. Go away Robert.

Well done Baddy, Shame the boat didn't have enough muscle to dump it on Iluka...Keep the boys busy over there with something other than damaging cars.

good on them. imagine if it beached in the point. the so called protection agency should have been onto it earlier and dropped it on a National Park beach. simple. Slater is a dud, delist.

"Deceased Whale Management Review (Final Report) Available late 2017/early 2018"

"The NSW Government acknowledges that providing the outcomes of the review is not a a single task,but aims to provide a pathway to ensure that Communities are effectively advised and engaged when whale disposal incidents occur in the future."

Again ...This report would be pretty handy about now...Perhaps it's under constant review?

Review is awaiting Minister's Office approval.

Shelley Beach to Brooms,
is now teeming with sharks,
They're piling-up, old whale carcasses,
in the National Parks
No-one's netting mullet, it's not worth the risk,
Why risk going fishing,
only to become a fish
I seen big great whites there yesterday,
& the day before,
I won't be surfing there again,
in case I see any more
I'm going back to Angas,
where there's safety in countless crew,
whose drones fly overhead,
filming every thing they do
I'd rather be run over,
by cosmic-yobbos garn orf,
than surfing the serenity,
and end up bitten-off

Deceased Whale Management Poem

I am love with her and I feel fine

Floating about, the stink

I am love with her and I feel fine.

fucking love this forum so much. gives me some small slither of hope for humanity .

nature is a wondrous thing.
great poem mort.

Thanks Groper excellent detective work...did well to uncover that much.
Report by Dec/17 or July/18 by next Whale Season, certainly whenever would be better?

Interesting comment from Laurie T on his insta re the Whale Tow

Gemma Sapwell wrote:

A surfer on the New South Wales north coast says he used a boat's anchor to drag a "monster" dead whale 50 metres out to sea to protect board riders from great white sharks feeding on its carcass.

David Treloar said he received a phone call from Laurie Towner on Monday morning that the 12-metre whale was floating offshore just north of Angourie.

"At the rate it was drifting it was going to drift onto Angourie Point. We decided that if it went onto the point it would be un-surfable for months," he said.

"That had happened before with sinew that had decayed and wrapped around the Point."

 

Crazy to see how much power these guys have!

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David said they decided to tow the carcass themselves because authorities have previously failed to remove whales which had washed up on local beaches.

"They don't seem to want to know anything about it. There's one on the back beach already. They never came and moved that one," he said.

A spokesman for the Office of Environment and Heritage said it was illegal for the public to touch a dead whale.

"Whale carcasses remain protected. People are advised not to touch dead or rotting carcasses," the spokesman said.

David said he, Laurie and two other friends used a small boat to drag the whale away from beachgoers.

"We chucked the sand anchor around the flutes of the tail because no-one was going to jump in and put a rope around the tail," he said.

"We only moved it 50 metres because it was a 16-foot boat with a 30-horsepower [engine] trying to move a five-tonne whale, but we actually moved it past the Point."

Laurie posted footage of the whale and a warning on social media advising surfers to stay out of the water.

 

WARNING ! Do not surf the point or anywhere around home right now. Just had an epic experience watching a couple decent sized whites chopping into this whale that jut missed washing up on the point just now! Amazing to watch

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Kelly Slater weighed-in on social media, disagreeing that the dead whale put surfers in danger.

"Probably safest time to surf. They know they want that whale blubber and not some skinny surfers!" the 11-time world champion said.

Marine authorities said they had no plans to dispose of the whale carcass at this stage.

Deputy unit commander for Marine Rescue Iluka-Yamba, Jeff Clout, said he would wait until the carcass was beached before making a decision.

"The decision has been made to stand down, allow the carcass to drift in and once it's beached then we'll deal with it and dispose of it humanely," Mr Clout said.

Last week, the Department of Primary Industries told the ABC it was working with two PhD students from Southern Cross University to track shark movements around dead whales.

Lead scientist Paul Butcher said the DPI is using drones to track shark behaviour to help determine the best way to dispose of dead whales once they wash ashore.

"The ultimate aim of both PhD studies — through the drone project and the whale burial project — is to provide some protocols and some answers to ongoing questions that the public and the Government have asked: do whale burials attract sharks?" Mr Butcher said.

David said he found the experience of moving the whale while it was surrounded by sharks adrenaline-inducing.

"I can right now still smell the dead whale on my hand from the anchor rope slipping through it, and it's a massive whale," he said.

"The shark activity was insane. I mean, when we first got there, I reckon one shark might have been eight feet long with its head out of the water chewing into it.

"It's a monster whale and it's going to take a long time for that to disintegrate."

A dead whale washed up at Angourie beach in September 2017 but it was not buried. Photo: Steve Axford.

//Gemma Sapwell, Hannah Ross and Sarah Maunder
© Australian Broadcasting Corporation. All rights reserved.

The authorities don't know sh@t. Let nature do its thing and feed the food chain. Well done guys!!

Seems an obvious risk management response to tow the carcass way out to sea. I'm usually cautious about 'obvious' solutions but sometimes waiting for all the data to come in is the dumb thing to do.

Like when your house is burning down, don't wait for the data to be analysed, just get the f#%& out of there.

Towed out 5 nautical miles would be far enough out into the currents ...full consumed in 4-5 days.

I'm glad we don't have any whales or white sharks in South Oz waters.

Little do you know Mort. Plenty of lefts here and rights too! I'm originally a east coaster{30 yrs ago]. Something about the constant here swell got me.

2019 { Whale Towies Award } (*No longer Sponsored by NSW Govt)

Angourie will now hand over the ceremonial Harpoon Gun...just let go, boyz!
Again this year we have deserved winners, who went above & beyond...

Congratulations to 'The Crescent Head Whaling Station'.

Locals tractor towed their pet Whale Carcass uphill for a back yard burial.
https://www.bellingencourier.com.au/story/6476277/fed-up-locals-take-mat...

Unreal scenes today from Noosa as Beachgoers & Surfers free a Whale Shark.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9191475/Brave-surfers-rescue-wh...

Whale Sharks in Qld exclusive swellnet file...(updated)
https://www.swellnet.com/forums/wax/13776?page=6#comment-633512

Continuing from above Surfer Towies 2018 >2019
2020 Whale Carcass Towies
NSW 2
Qld 2
WA 1
Tasmania (Mass Pilot Whale Tow with Boom Net)

Details in exclusive swellnet Whale Carcass timelines
https://www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-dispatch/2018/11/22/buried-whale-...

Stu's ..."An issue dead and buried" reviews 2020 Whale carcass changes.
https://www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-dispatch/2020/10/15/issue-dead-an...