A full bus load of 60 people went with Busi Maqubela, Maryka Pace and Jani de Bruin from MTN Sciencentre on Saturday, August 18.Their destination: the pretty coastal town of Hermanus. First stop: the Whale Show, with sculptor/painter and environmentalist Noel Ashton.
Pre-schoolers Lusanda Khalala from Gugulethu, Thando Dube from Langa and Nelisiwe Dunge from Bellville were among the very youngest of the visitors who were impressed by Noel's impassioned call for people to halt whaling.
Noel also lined up a special guest visitor: Zolani Baleni, the whale crier, who 'called' the whales by blowing on his horn made from dried kelp.
Next stop: the look-out point over the Old Harbour. After that, the group split up with their picnic baskets and checked out a spectacular site: three southern right whales breaching simultaneously. Breaching is when the whales leap out of the water - no mean feat when you weigh 45 tons!
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