Locals Warn Offshore Wind Project Threatens Whale Nursery in Geographe Bay

The Wind Zone, about 10 times the size of Singapore, 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 Leeuwin Offshore Wind Project, one of three schemes slated for the Bunbury Offshore Wind Zone.