Celebrating 400 Surveys in our region! – Kangaroo Island / Victor Harbor Dolphin Watch

150 Surveys in Victor Harbor on the Big Duck Boat Tours – July 2024

150 Surveys on Kangaroo Island on KI Marine Adventures – January 2014

Happy New Year! We are looking forward to another fantastic year in Dolphin Watch – our 20^th year!

Following recent Christmas surveys – our 246^th research survey on KI Marine Adventures on Kangaroo Island, coupled with our 154^th on The Big Duck Boat Tours, Victor Harbor, the wonderful Citizen Scientist volunteers of Kangaroo Island / Victor Harbor Dolphin Watch have undertaken an amazing 400 surveys in our regional waters. This milestone achievement is worthy of celebration, not simply because of the numbers involved which make it a longitudinal study of significance, but because of the data collected, analysed and recorded.

The usage of this data continues to bear fruit in terms of enhancing protection for our local dolphin population groups as well as providing invaluable insights regarding dolphin behaviours.

Operational Partners Kangaroo Island Marine Adventures

Operational Partners The Big Duck Boat Tours

It is a credit to the hundreds of volunteers of all ages who have participated over the years, some on many occasions, but the main accolades belong with Andrew Neighbour of KI Marine Adventures http://www.kimarineadventures.com.au and Michael Veenstra and staff at The Big Duck Boat Tours http://www.thebigduck.com.au for their fantastic ongoing support of the project over all these years!

Citizen Scientists at Work on KI Marine Adventures, Dashwood Bay – 2019

Citizen Scientists at Work on The Big Duck Boat Tours, Victor Harbor – 2023

A special thankyou to Nedra Haines who, as manager of the Victor Harbor section, has performed an incredible multifaceted role with such aplomb.

Our wonderful Ambassador Melody Horrill http://www.melodyhorrill.com, our magnificent mentors Dr Mike Bossley AM and Mark Deraad http://www.i-nex.com.au, major sponsors Sealink Kangaroo Island http://www.sealink.com.au and a host of sponsors and supporters, some of whom have been with us since the very beginning, all deserve massive thanks!

We would be lost without you.

DEW Rangers joining Citizen Scientists heading out to Dashwood Bay – 2024

Birdlife Australia Volunteers on Survey in Victor Harbor – 2023

Thumbs up to Skippers Jonathan and Kirk on The Big Duck, Victor Harbor

Thumbs up to Skipper Andrew and Coordinator Tony – Dashwood Bay, Kangaroo Island

As we begin our 20^th year we look forward to celebrating and continuing our ongoing quest for ultimate Cetacean rights and the greatest protection for these remarkable, iconic non human persons, sentient beings and their critical habitats.

One of a number of delightful new calves – Dashwood bay, Kangaroo Island

We have a long way to go…..

Bottlenose Dolphin Female and Calf – Kangaroo Island

#THANKYOU to all who care.

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#love #gratitude