Cry Me A Whale

It's almost time for the annual Whale Festival which takes place from 24 - 27 September this year. Today I bring you the ringer of sightings, Hermanus' very own Whale Crier. At the moment the only whale crier in the world, Hermanus shared this title with India for a while when they also had a whale crier. When a whale is sighted, the whale crier announces the sighting by blowing on his bamboo horn, contrary to popular belief that he actually calls the whales - well, that might be entirely possible what with the whales that have become so much part of the viallge, I wouldn't be surprised if these intelligent creatures had learned the call of the bamboo horn by now.