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

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

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

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.