Watch and welcome whales at festival

Updated July 24 2017 - 11:05am, first published July 13 2017 - 3:54pm
STARS: The star of the Welcome the Whales festival on July 29 and 30 is the whale, seen here off North Stradbroke Island.
STARS: The star of the Welcome the Whales festival on July 29 and 30 is the whale, seen here off North Stradbroke Island.
STARS: The star of the Welcome the Whales festival on July 29 and 30 is the whale, seen here off North Stradbroke Island.
STARS: The star of the Welcome the Whales festival on July 29 and 30 is the whale, seen here off North Stradbroke Island.

Whales ‘blow’ tourism numbers skywards as North Stradbroke Island prepares for its biggest-ever Welcome the Whales festival  on July 29 and 30.