Antarctic minke whale swims alongside passenger ferry near Sydney – video

The whale was seen following the boat as it approached Bundeena wharf on Monday, a sighting the ferry company manager, Christine Hack, called 'very rare'. Dr Vanessa Pirotta, a wildlife scientist at Macquarie University, said she and other experts had identified the creature as likely to be a juvenile Antarctic minke whale, and that spotting one in Sydney’s warm waters was very unusual

• ‘Very rare’ sighting of juvenile Antarctic minke whale off Sydney coast