ORRCA
Australia is a country familiar with whale strandings.
ORRCA (Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia) works with the New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage and other government agencies at these events.
Effective rescue procedures took quite a long while to perfect. Even by the mid 1980s few animals could be saved. However, Australia now has a leading role in the development of whale rescue techniques and has an excellent success record at mass strandings.
ORRCA is leading the way in developing more effective ways to rescue whales and other marine mammals and is the most experienced and successful whale rescue organisation in Australia.
Every year ORRCA trains many members of government agencies (including the Office of Environment and Heritage) and its members in marine mammal rescue.
2012 Humpback whale sighting
We are thrilled to announce that we have had confirmed sightings of Humpback whales off the mid north coast of NSW over the past week.
If you do happen to sight a whale, or any marine mammal, please let us know on 02 9415 3333.
Happy whale watching everyone - look forward to seeing lots of wonderful photos this season!
Incident Management Systems Workshop Nowra
Upon the invitation of NPWS Nowra, a small number of members recently attended an Incident Management Systems workshops together with Department of Defence and Booderee National Park representatives. This was a very informative course that will enable us all to use one organisational structure at incidents.
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