The albino humpback Migaloo thrilled whale watchers on the north coast yesterday as it made a cameo appearance on its way south.
The white whale swam through the centre of Byron Bay and passed with 500 metres of Cape Byron.
The visitor services officer at the headland reserve, David Moore, says it was the first time in 10 years on the job he’s seen the rare mammal.
“It didn’t breach which was unfortunate but it was sort of quite playful, a bit of tail slapping and stuff so it was good, the public enjoyed it,” Mr Moore said.
“The people that were here, it’s busy anyway with the holidays so there was (sic) a lot of people here at the time and yeah, everyone was very excited and it was quite visible, like that was the main thing, you really can see it quite easily,” he said.
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