Mass Cachalot (Sperm whale) stranding on Flinders Island, Tasmania. Updated 20241010

2024, October 6. Tasmania, Flinders Island, Bass Strait. Five Cachalots (sperm whales) found stranded on Marshall Bay Beach on Flinders Island have all died, officials have confirmed, despite efforts to save two overnight. Crews from the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service and the Marine Conservation Program found three of the whales dead when they first arrived to inspect them on Monday.

(Supplied: Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania)  

(Supplied: Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania)

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All the below meteors were caught on camera on the 7th, the day after the stranding. 

Meteor Map – Fireballs Aotearoa

Further activity

2024, October 3. New Zealand, Auckland, Bay of Plenty and Waikato. Fireball. Time: around 09:20UT. 22:08NZDT.

2024, October 7. New Zealand, South Island. Fireball. Time: around 06:59 UT. 19:59NZDT. Seen at Canterbury and Tasman travelling east in the N.W of island.  

2024, October 10. New South Wales / Queensland. Fireball. Seen in locations 700km apart from western Sydney to Toowoomba in Queensland.