Joanne Marsh News Today

Joanne Marsh passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the The Daily News of Newburyport on 2023-09-13.

Just two weeks ago, Albany’s Cheynes Beach was the site of a mass whale tragedy. But now local whale researchers have been overjoyed at the sight of a rare white Southern Right calf off the coast. 

Volunteers in kayaks gently herded 45 surviving whales into deeper water, but they returned and beached themselves again.

Volunteers in kayaks gently herded 45 surviving whales into deeper water, but they returned and beached themselves again.

Volunteers in kayaks gently herded 45 surviving whales into deeper water, but they returned and beached themselves again.

Volunteers in kayaks gently herded 45 surviving whales into deeper water, but they returned and beached themselves again.

Whales line the shore of Cheynes Beach for about 100 metres while about 30 people brave the cold and wind to try to move them back into the water.

A large pod of pilot whales have become stranded on a beach having previously attracted attention for gathering in a strange formation close to shore.

By Freddy Pawle for Daily Mail Australia

Authorities are racing to save a pod of pilot whales which have become stranded on a beach in Australia.