The Winter days are at an end though the weather remains cool <br />And for the weekend Ken and Joan have taken their children Luke and Kate for a drive to Warrnambool <br />To watch the southern right whales with their young calves from Logan's beach swimming in the shallow sea <br />A thing of natural beauty and a marvellous sight to see. <br /> <br />The children excited about the trip are smiling in delight <br />A five hour journey doesn't seem long for to witness such a sight <br />As gentle marine giants surface for air a hundred metres from the ocean shore <br />For to see such a wondrous thing some would travel for a day or even more. <br /> <br />The southern right whales in Warrnambool for a month to six weeks stay <br />They will soon swim far from Logan's beach in deep waters far away <br />But they will return again to give birth within view of the sandy shore <br />Their breeding place for centuries and where their descendants will breed forever more. <br /> <br />The children are delighted free of the boredom of school <br />For the weekend with their parents on the road to Warrnambool <br />To watch the southern right whale mothers with their young surface for air <br />A wondrous thing of Nature and few sights with it to compare.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bound-for-warrnambool/
