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GANSBAAI ACQUIRES ITS OWN PERMANENT WHALES!
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Two Oceans Productions based in Roggebaai has been busy with the production of a German film set in Kogelbaai for the past few months. The producers’ hope that with the film titled “Song of Whales” will create awareness about the effect of irresponsible practices on nature. Life-size whales were manufactured out of fiberglass at great cost in order to play out a stranding scene. Once filming drew to an end, the producers decided that the whales should be used to promote further conservation efforts by making them available to institutions actively involved in whale conservation. Willow Howell from Two Oceans Productions contacted Wilfred Chivell of Dyer Island Cruises to offer the whales at no cost, in view of the fact that he is largely involved in whale conservation, and has also made a huge contribution to marine conservation in South Africa. The Dyer Island Conservation Trust, which was founded by Wilfred three years ago, promotes marine conservation and funds numerous research projects regarding different species on Dyer Island and the surrounds. It was agreed that the recipients would be responsible for the transport costs of the whales and relevant arrangements. Each whale weighs in at about 800 kg, and is 13 m by 5 m, and therefore they had to be lifted up onto the low bed transport vehicle with a crane. At the moment the two large whales are lying in the parking area behind the Great White House, in Gansbaai, from where they will be relocated in the near future to more strategic places in order to tell visitors a story about these wonderful, majestic creatures that visit our coastline for half of the year.
  
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