Whale Museum Eden

This is the Whale Museum at Eden. I have been here before when I was four, while we were moving from Toowoomba to Point Lonsdale. I loved it so much that I wanted to take Jacob there to see everything.

These are some whale bones on display which were able to be touched. I’d love one of these in my collection.

There was a small section of ship equipment set up for kids to have a play and discover. Jacob and I had a lot of fun playing together.

Above us was a nice specimen of a whale skeleton hanging with the boats.

Here is a skull section of a large False Killer Whale.

This skeleton of a False Killer Whale was called Croajingolong Jill, which is named after the Croajingolong National Park. It is 4.1m long and one of the 87 False Killer Whales (marine mammals) which were stranded on Point Hicks beach in Victoria on the 18th Jan 1983.

Jacob and I using some sonar equipment they had on display which was used for fishing.

Me standing under the jawbones of a Blue Whale. Blue Whales are the largest creatures to have ever existed, even bigger than the dinosaurs. This one would was 30m long.

This is the skeleton of ‘Old Tom’. He is referred to as being a world famous Killer Whale Pack Leader. Back in the days when whaling was legal, Old Tom would alert the whalers at the whaling station that Baleen Whales were near. He would do this by leaping out of the water and splashing about until they launched their boats. Then he would lead the whalers to where the Baleen Whales had been rounded up by the wild Orca pack. 

Toms body was found floating in the bay in Sep 1930. No more Killer Whales returned the next season.

Here are some details of ‘Old Tom’. Judging from his teeth experts say he was about 35 years old. He was 6.7m long.