Young humpback towed off sandbar in first stranding of an early whale season The 9.5-metre, 12-tonne sub-adult is swimming freely in a lake near Forster, but is yet to find its way back to the ocean.

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A sub-adult #humpbackwhale entered the #Coolongolook River. On Monday it stranded on a shallow sandbar. Four boats of rescuers "...successfully refloated the animal on Tuesday."

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