You're Invited to a Free Premiere Film Screening: Whale Patrol

Photo courtesy of Leighton Debarros

Support the Kimberley & Marine campaigns, and watch a great new film!

Join The Wilderness Society, and the film producers, at the premiere screening of Western Australian film - Whale Patrol.

Whale Patrol follows the remarkable and perilous journey of close to 17,000 Humpback whales as they leave their summer feeding grounds in Antarctica to breeding sites in tropical waters off the west coast of Australia.

Where: Scitech, located on Sutherland St, City West.
Click here for a map of the location.

When: Sunday 11 October, starting at 5pm (doors open 4.45pm)

Cost: This event is free, but we need RSVP's so that everybody is assured a seat!

Please contact 9420 7255 or email wa@wilderness.org.au

Photo courtesy of Leighton Debarros

Director/Cinematographer Leighton De Barros and Senior Wildlife Office Doug Coughran will be there on the evening to talk about the film and answer any questions from the audience.

The Wilderness Society’s Kimberley and Marine campaigners will be providing information on our work to protect WA’s whales and marine environment and will talk briefly about our recent whale survey work.

More about the film:

This is a journey whales have been making for thousands of years, and it is fraught with danger. While the encroaching winter storms can wreak havoc of their own, the whale's greatest threat is man-made. A potentially fatal obstacle course of nets, ropes and buoys.

Entanglement can mean a slow and painful death for a Humpback whale, but thankfully an elite team of wildlife officers, led by whale rescue veteran Doug Coughran are on alert. They are the Whale Patrol. With breath taking whale footage and unprecedented access to a whale disentanglement crew, Whale Patrol is an exhilarating and moving story of the fight to protect the migrating whale population off the coast of Western Australia.

Caution the audience there are some confronting scenes in the film including entangled marine life, and it may not be suitable for young children – parental discretion advised.

Visit the film's website - www.whalepatrol.com or www.abc.net.au/whalepatrol