The Whales of the Whitsundays, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Queensland's Cetacean Ecology Group, engaged citizen scientists and tourism operators in the Whitsundays to record whale vocalisations and songs with hydrophones - devices used to listen and record underwater sound that can then be read using a spectrogram. These recordings are then contributed to the Humpback Whale Song Long-Term Monitoring Program.

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Our contribution will help them expand their study to other areas of the East Coast and help to monitor changes in the song occuring every year.