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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Lucinda Garbutt-Young

UNCOVERED: Watch whale disentangles itself off newcastle beach - The Untold Story

Humpback calf freed after being tangled off Newcastle coastline

A humpback calf freed itself from a SMART drumline just 20 metres out from the shore of Newcastle Beach this morning as scores of people observed.

It is the third whale to become tangled in a drumline or ocean debris this week, after extensive rescues off the coast of Norah Head and Wollongong.

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