Locals Warn Offshore Wind Zone 10 Times the Size of Singapore a Threat to Whale Nursery

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The Bunbury Wind Zone lies to the southwest of Perth and along the entrance of Geographe Bay.

Locals Warn Offshore Wind Zone 10 Times the Size of Singapore a Threat to Whale Nursery

A humpback whale tail breaches off Sydney Heads in Sydney, Australia, on June 23, 2011. Cameron Spencer/Getty Images

Crystal-Rose Jones

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Western Australia’s Geographe Bay is home to many things—business, tourism, recreation and perhaps most precious of all, it’s a birthing ground and nursery for Australian whales.

But locals fear all this could be lost if plans go ahead for the three schemes slated for the Bunbury Offshore Wind Zone.

Crystal-Rose Jones

Crystal-Rose Jones is a reporter based in Australia. She previously worked at News Corp for 16 years as a senior journalist and editor.

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