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DolphCom Solutions is committed to making a difference to families living with disability or chronic illness and has joined forces with the organisers of the Sydney Harbour Swim Classic www.sydneyharbourswim.com and Newcastle based charity Rush Haven www.rushhaven.org.au to co-create a dolphin assisted wellness program for 25 people in March 2009 in the blue water wonderland of Port Stephens NSW.

The DolphCom Solutions swim team will participate in both the 1KM & 2 KM ocean swim races on Sunday 1^st March 2009 while towing helium filled inflatable dolphins to raise awareness and funds for the best overnight Dolphin Adventure on the planet! Check it out at the following link: http://vimeo.com/2743105

Join DolphCom Solutions as we help make a difference to families living with disability or chronic illness. You can help in the following ways: by swimming in beautiful Sydney Harbour, joining the marketing team, being a fundraiser, volunteering to assist on our open water adventures or help us identify local families who would really benefit from the Dolphin Adventure Wellness Program.

To have some fun and get involved contact Andrew Parker for more information info@dolphcom.com.au

Please forward this information to any of your contacts who may be interested. Many thanks!

Songs From The Sea:
Deciphering Dolphin Language with Picture Words

Key words: Dolphin, Acoustics, Language, CymaScope

In an important breakthrough in deciphering dolphin language, researchers in Great Britain and the United States have imaged the high definition imprints that a dolphin sounds makes in water, for the first time.

The key to this new technique is the CymaScope, the brain child of British acoustic pioneer, John Stuart Reid. The instrument reveals detailed structures within sounds allowing their architecture to be studied pictorially. Using high definition audio recordings of dolphins, the research team, headed by Reid and Florida-based dolphin researcher, Jack Kassewitz, has been able to image, for the first time, the imprint that a dolphin sound makes in water. The resulting “CymaGlyphs,” as they have been named, are reproducible patterns that are expected to form the basis of a lexicon of dolphin language, each pattern representing a dolphin ‘picture word.’

Certain sounds made by dolphins have long been suspected to represent language but the complexity of the sounds has made their analysis difficult. Previous techniques, using the spectrograph, display cetacean (dolphins, whales and porpoises) sounds only as graphs of frequency and amplitude. The CymaScope captures actual sound vibrations imprinted in the dolphin’s natural environment—water, revealing the intricate visual details of dolphin sounds for the first time.

Within the field of cetacean research, theory states that dolphins have evolved the ability to translate dimensional information from their echolocation sonic beam. The CymaScope has the ability to visualize dimensional structure within sound. CymaGlyph patterns may resemble what the creatures perceive from their own returning sound beams and from the sound beams of other dolphins.

Reid said that the technique has similarities to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs. “Jean-Francois Champollion and Thomas Young used the Rosetta Stone to discover key elements of the primer that allowed the Egyptian language to be deciphered. The CymaGlyphs produced on the CymaScope can be likened to the hieroglyphs of the Rosetta Stone. Now that dolphin chirps, click-trains and whistles can be converted into CymaGlyphs, we have an important tool for deciphering their meaning.”

Kassewitz, of the Florida-based dolphin communication research project SpeakDolphin.com said, “There is strong evidence that dolphins are able to ‘see’ with sound, much like humans use ultrasound to see an unborn child in the mother’s womb. The CymaScope provides our first glimpse into what the dolphins might be ‘seeing’ with their sounds.”

The team has recognized that sound does not travel in waves, as is popularly believed, but in expanding holographic bubbles and beams. The holographic aspect stems from the physics theory that even a single molecule of air or water carries all the information that describes the qualities and intensity of a given sound. At frequencies audible to humans (20 Hz to 20,000 Hz) the sound-bubble form dominates; above 20,000 Hz the shape of sound becomes increasingly beam shaped, similar to a lighthouse beam in appearance.

Reid explained their novel sound imaging technique: “Whenever sound bubbles or beams interact with a membrane, the sound vibrations imprint onto its surface and form a CymaGlyph, a repeatable pattern of energy. The CymaScope employs the surface tension of water as a membrane because water reacts quickly and is able to reveal intricate architectures within the sound form. These fine details can be captured on camera.”

Kassewitz has planned a series of experiments to record the sounds of dolphins targeting a range of objects. Speaking from Key Largo, Florida, he said, “Dolphins are able to emit complex sounds far above the human range of hearing. Recent advances in high frequency recording techniques have made it possible for us to capture more detail in dolphin sounds than ever before. By recording dolphins as they echolocate on various objects, and also as they communicate with other dolphins about those objects, we will build a library of dolphin sounds, verifying that the same sound is always repeated for the same object. The CymaScope will be used to image the sounds so that each CymaGlyph will represent a dolphin ‘word’. Our ultimate aim is to speak to dolphins with a basic vocabulary of dolphin sounds and to understand their responses. This is uncharted territory but it looks very promising.”

Dr. Horace Dobbs, a leading authority on dolphin-assisted therapy, has joined the team as consultant. “I have long held the belief that the dolphin brain, comparable in size with our own, has specialized in processing auditory data in much the same way that the human brain has specialized in processing visual data. Nature tends not to evolve brain mass without a need, so we must ask ourselves what dolphins do with all that brain capacity. The answer appears to lie in the development of brain systems that require huge auditory processing power. There is growing evidence that dolphins can take a sonic ’snap shot’ of an object and send it to other dolphins, using sound as the transmission medium. We can therefore hypothesize that the dolphin’s primary method of communication is picture based. Thus, the picture-based imaging method, employed by Reid and Kassewitz, seems entirely plausible.”

The CymaGlyphs of dolphin sounds fall into three broad categories, signature whistles, chirps and click trains. There is general agreement among cetacean biologists that signature whistles represent the means by which individual dolphins identify themselves while click trains are involved in echolocation. Chirps are thought to represent components of language. Reid explained the visual form of the various dolphin sounds, “The CymaGlyphs of signature whistles comprise regular concentric bands of energy that resemble aircraft radar screens while chirps are often flower-like in structure, resembling the CymaGlyphs of human vocalizations. Click trains have the most complex structures of all, featuring a combination of tightly packed concentric bands on the periphery with unique central features.”

Regarding the possibility of speaking dolphin, Kassewitz said, “I believe that people around the world would love the opportunity to speak with a dolphin. And I feel certain that dolphins would love the chance to speak with us – if for no other reason than self-preservation. During my times in the water with dolphins, there have been several occasions when they seemed to be very determined to communicate with me. We are getting closer to making that possible.”

Contacts:

Jack Kassewitz 001-305-235-0288 www.speakdolphin.com

John Reid: 011-44-17687-79006 www.cymascope.com

Literary & dramatic rights: Ken Atchity 001-323-932-0407

MESSAGES FROM DR HORACE DOBBS

Horace joined both of the one week expeditions to Bimini in the Bahamas organized by Operation Sunshine in October/November 2008

CONGRATULATIONS to Andrew Parker for his excellent video that really captures the spirit of joy and freedom which is the foundation of the OPERATION SUNSHINE family therapy programmes - a registered charity founded by Jackie Connell who has put in a prodigious amount of energy and love into helping families with special needs.

OPERATION SUNSHINE

Jackie’s programmes are not focused exclusively on those with identified neurological problems such as autism and clinical depression. They recognize that the ones who look after those with special needs are often going through trauma and stress themselves. And are therefore also in need of help!

HOLISTIC APPROACH

The holistic nature of the OPERATION SUNSHINE approach combines orthodox medicine combined with various complementary therapies - of which swimming with free dolphins is an integral part - but not the entire focus. The aim being to find out which combination of these best suits all concerned. And which may be different for each member of that family.

ART THERAPY

Spontaneous art is a therapeutic activity used in many institutions that care for special needs. Its aim is to release the minds of the all those involved from the problems of day to day life and let them wander freely into whatever creative realms their artistic endeavors take them.

In Bimini Jackie introduces art as an optional activity with the help of a local multi-discipline artist who provides all of the materials needed after the families have wandered along the beach combing it for shells and other items they can incorporate in a montage.

The art classes - which allow those taking part to express themselves in any way they wish - are conducted with enormous joy and fun.

The originality and diversity of the finished works of art always astounds me. Their individually unique nature makes me aware of how different we all are and that we all have qualities that that may not be appreciated or respected by those around us. Think of Vincent van Gough who committed suicide because nobody recognized what he was trying to say through his art.

DOLPHINS*DESPAIR*TRAGEDY*ROMANCE*JOY

Twenty nine year old Craig Bowler was a member of the first group that went to Bimini 2008. For him Operation Sunshine was a life changing experience. Craig became so depressed in 2007 that in an attempt to commit suicide he climbed an electric pylon and put 33,000 volts through his body. Miraculously he survived but had to have to have both of his legs and an arm amputated. While in hospital, he fell in love with his physiotherapist, Abby, worked with him as he was being fitted with new metal legs. And she fell in love with him! The two decided to get married at Queenstown on the tiny Bahamian island of Bimini.

A MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN

The twenty strong Operation Sunshine group was based at the WildQuest Centre on a part of the island well separated from Queenstown. The main mode of transport on Bimini is the golf cart. I was volunteered to give away the bride who I had met for the first time just a few days earlier. So when the wedding day came Abby and I travelled half the length of the island sitting on the back of a golf cart waving at the laughing, smiling, cheering, black native population who made their visitors so welcome. I then escorted Abby across a beach of silver sand down an isle of conch shells, each with a flower blossom.

The service took place under a palm arch palm arch a few metres from a vivid, sparking blue sea. When the service was over the couple, including the groom on his new NHS legs, walked happily to a table on the beach where they both singed the register.

On 10th January 2009 I attended Craig and Abby’s wedding blessing in the town of Olney where they live. With his new legs hidden inside a smart black trousers, and wearing a cravat tie, Craig could have been a film star. His beautiful wife, Abby, dressed in her wedding gown was again accompanied by Sonya as her Maid of Honour with her two delightful daughters, Ellie and Annabelle, as Bridesmaids.

They all walked from Craig and Abby’s house in the bitter cold to the Olney Centre for a blessing in which the bride and groom renewed their wedding vows. There could not have been a starker contrast between the event in Queenstown on Bimini and that in Olney in Buckinghamshire. What was common on both occasions was joy and the obvious love that Abby and Craig had for one another. At the reception at the Marle Inn in nearby Milton Keynes the happy couple told me that they planned to start a family.

The moral of this story, which would make a great movie, is that out of despair and tragedy can grow romance and joy - with a little help from the dolphins.

Elise Bailey

Cetacean Biologist - Enchanted Earth Ocean Foundation

Elise Bailey is a cetacean biologist with over fifteen years of field research. She has been studying cetacean behavior, communication and intelligence world-wide and has captured a large amount of her observations on film. Elise experienced intricate details of the cetacean’s world because she was accepted by the dolphins into their social communities, and traveled among them as an accepted member of the pod. While with the dolphins, Elise logged literally thousands of hours in the water with the animals.

This enabled her to capture extensive amounts of data on behavior and communication. During this time Elise developed an advanced working knowledge of the cetacean social structure and witnessed behaviors that had never before been captured on film. Through this work she has uncovered unique and sophisticated vocalizations with advanced patterns and detailed structures. This led her to develop an exciting research project, which is currently cracking the codes of cetacean language.

This groundbreaking work will bring the advanced communication process of the cetaceans to a visual audience. Because of her magnificent relationship with the dolphins, Elise has been featured in many television shows and documentaries, as well as created and hosted her own national televisions series entitled “Elise Bailey’s Enchanted Ocean” and “Dolphin Adventures”.

Elise is on the cutting edge of cetacean research and is constantly working to give cetaceans a voice in the world.

Melding with the Source Mind

By Andrew Eric Parker© Dec 08

DolphCom’s Whale Song Play-shop Haano Island Ha’apai Tonga August 2008

Today was our day off. Whale Song Ha’apai Tonga 2008 had been hugely successful thus far. Of the first group 14 participants from five different countries had travelled vast distances to experience the beautiful Tongan culture and idyllic island lifestyle while journeying to meet the southern hemisphere Humpback whales who travel 10,000 plus kilometers on their annual migration to the sacred site of protected Tongan reefs and shallows to mate, gather, sing and give birth to the next generation of whales.

Here under the expert guidance of New Zealand’s own Whale man, Glenn Edney of Happy Ha’apai divers my groups were having a whale of a time, meeting and surpassing their own expectations and actually swimming in open waters with these gentle leviathans. For the past 3 days we had taken the 41 foot ocean catamaran ‘Cat Knapp’ on many miles of ocean, we had snorkeled the most beautiful reefs I have ever seen, passed uninhabited island paradises, surround by unexplored reefs in abundant seas. Together we had left our usual lives far behind in London, Portugal, Germany, Austria and Australia and had found what we were looking for.

Here in Tonga the remnants of a once mighty family return each year, following the song lines, navigating vast distances to return to the energetic vortexes of the Tongan trench. The waters are filled with a cacophony of sound as huge amounts of information are transmitted via the waves and dense liquid mediums. Here we came to meld with the source mind. Minds of an ancient lineage. Minds containing the information of the evolutionary progress of millennia! 30,000,000 years of wisdom!

Having met and played with our hosts and teachers, these southern Humpbacks myself Andrew, Peter Cummings a NSW registered barrister, his daughter Isobel and our dive-master Jen and two Tongan deck hands took Glenn’s dive boat Mohe Vai (sleepy water) out to the reefs off Ha’ano Island to the north of our home base Foa to explore the underwater paradise on scuba.

Descending the anchor mooring we found ourselves on a large coral bombora. Waiting at the bottom for my buddies to arrive, I peer into the depths of the drop off toward the deep blue just in time to see a large nurse shark rapidly making its escape from the menacing bubble creatures. I spent long minutes cruising along the drop off amazed at the prolific life this area supports. Tonga is a largely untouched wonderland of bio-diversity and the quality of corals and abundance of life make this a diver’s paradise. Our time passed and our dive ended, we returned to the dive boat for our surface interval, (the time allotted to divers to flush excess nitrogen from the bloodstream) before commencing another dive. We laughed and joked, at Lucy’s pumpkin scones for the 7^th day in a row until we heard the blow.

Two whales were barely 50 meters of our bow in the deep blue of the drop off. Our adrenaline surged, it was a mother and calf and they were coming toward us. The captain got on the two-way to Glenn who was many miles away on Cat Knapp and we asked the question “Can we”? Glenn holds licenses for both boats and the jubilant answer was if the whales are happy for us to be around them then YES we can!!

Jen, myself, Pete and Issy were in our mask and fins in a few moments and together we very gently eased our way over the side so as not to disturb or frighten the pair. Together we moved as one, away from the boat into the deep blue. There was no wind, the water was very calm and clear and we listened, peering into the abyss searching. Then he came. The baby, not so small either. He was a yearling, quite a healthy young bloke too. He confidently swam over to us and broadsided, giving us the good once over and promptly disappeared.

This game of cat and mouse went on for 20 minutes or so. He would come and surface quite close, roll to his side or appear behind us and blow to attract our attention then disappear. His mother was nowhere to be seen the entire time. He left us for what appeared to be the last time and we began to make our way to the boat. Then she appeared deep down and rising slowly, ever so slowly…

The mother glided out of the deep blue of the drop off, rising like a submarine parallel to the surface and stopped barely six meters from my face. Our eyes met and locked, I felt her searching me, looking into my very soul. Her child, the young male who had been playing with us as she obviously kept an eye on proceedings from a safe distance, slowly slid around her massive streamlined head and slipped under her gently coming to rest under her belly with his tail protruding rather comically from under her mouth.

As we held each other’s gaze and I felt myself connect with a being so immensely wise and loving, her eyes softened with a mother’s love and her immense pectoral fins slowly and gently embraced her child..

I had been told years ago to always be respectful when approaching whales and dolphins. I had until then always kept my hands behind me or to my sides, never reaching or attempting to grab. As I watched her embrace her child and melded with her eyes I lost all sense of self. I became one with her; there was nothing, no outwards sounds, and the dense water medium warm like a womb. I felt safe and loved, held in her eyes as she physically held her baby. It was then I took a chance. Slowly I brought my arms from my side and brought them out in front of me, cupping them in an embrace, mimicking her embracing her son.

Time stood still as she watched me watching her. I then slowly moved my arms out straight, with a slight pause our gaze locked together so did she. My heart began beating in my chest, she knows me I felt. She feels our connection and she wants to show me. I moved my arms forward both at once. Again she moved her beautiful arms as I did, forward. Oh my God her eyes never left mine for instant, ecstatic waves of joy pulsed through my body, seen by such a being. I took another chance. I moved one hand forward and one hand backward in a deliberate move, offsetting, and opposite, difficult. This immense being mirrored my move exactly, I can’t begin to tell you how I felt, and there are no words that can describe this feeling of profound connection, of actual communication without words.

Something was happening; her eyes left mine and moved nervously. What had I done? Had I upset her with my monkey like attempts of understanding? She and her child began to move, purposely, intently away, surfacing to blow and picking up speed the moment had ended. I breathed deeply and raised my head. A big German fellow with long brown hair on a surf ski with two young ladies came past us paddling like crazy, whooping and splashing as he charged after the departing mother and calf. He just wanted what we had, closeness, and intimacy. Forgive us for we know not what we do

Time had stood still, 40 minutes had passed in this interaction, twice the time of the first encounter and I had been oblivious to all. We climbed on board, laughing, hugging each other. My companions had been with me the whole time, had seen the entire connection marveling at the level with which we had actually communicated.

Sometimes you are given gifts of experience. Gifts that change our lives, a chance encounter, a glance, an unexpected windfall that alters our course forever. This was one of those moments and I choose to share it with you now.

Andrew Parker owns DolphCom Solutions. An adventure training company taking people on life changing adventures in amazing locations worldwide to meet dolphins and whales.

You can find out about his programs to Tonga or Australia by visiting www.dolphcom.com.au

Atlantis Road Part II

Little did I know exactly what waited on this journey to the fabled Atlantis Road? I knew in my heart as I booked the flights many months ago this would be big, life changing. This journey was to connect me with legends of the dolphin / human world. Traversing the Pacific Ocean commenced an odyssey, to meet pioneers of dolphin / human therapies, observe the latest breakthroughs in human technology deciphering the holographic picture language of cetaceans. Return to the crystal blue waters of the Bahamas and the cheeky spotted dolphins of Atlantis road and marvel at the contrast of fast paced Hollywood where I reconnected with a beautiful dolphin researcher and filmmaker exploring the song in the sea….Read more

UK Dolphins in Atlantis

Being a long time supporter of International Dolphin Watch http://www.idw.org I was excited to be given the opportunity to attend, observe and film the up-coming Bimini open water dolphin assisted therapy program created by Jackie Connell and her professional team in the U.K called Operation Sunshine.

To attend events and being Australian usually means traveling great distances from our isolated and very beautiful continent down under. To ensure the best use of such a high quantity of carbon burned to attend, I designed a journey that would connect me with as many legends of the dolphin world as possible. Legends like Dr Horace Dobbs, the founder of Operation Sunflower and undisputed father of open water dolphin assisted therapy. I visited Deena & Peter Hoagland of Island Dolphin Care the most advanced, modern and loving dolphin assisted therapy centre in the world, I’ll share a lot more about this amazing facility and the people involved in the issues and months to come.

Let’s speak dolphin

Making my way north of the Keys I found myself entering the research centre of advanced inter-species communication speakdolphin.com, meeting the wonderful founders Jack and Donna Kassewitz who proceeded to blow my mind with the latest breakthroughs in Cymatics. Through the use of the Cyma-scope and Cyma-glyphs (the first photographs of a dolphins ultra-sonic beam. This is an entire article in itself and I will share with you in detail the wonderful and groundbreaking exploration of cavitation. We will explore the high-frequency technology already developed and evolving to decipher and build a lexicon of three dimensional holographic imagery, ultimately allowing the researchers to break the dolphin language code and establishing scientifically, indisputable facts about the complexity and intelligence of dolphin / whale language. Yes, we are close to true inter-species communication thanks to the love and commitment of the team at www.speakdolphin.com

Three sisters and the Bahama banks

Bimini Bahamas and WildQuest was the next stop on this odyssey of adventure. Here Andrew joined the UK based charity Operation Sunshine to meet again his mentor and inspiration Dr Horace Dobbs and to observe the open water therapy program created by Jackie & Terry Connell and their hard working team of volunteers and assistants. Andrew’s intention was to provide support as an in-water cameraman.

Operation Sunshine family therapies intention was to provide respite to families living with children and young people experiencing difficulties brought about by various disabilities. WildQuest are a professional organization who bring a gentle quality to their facility, providing a caring environment and a safe, albeit quite slow mode of transport designed to allow interaction with the resident Atlantic spotted dolphins who rest and play along the miles of shallow sand banks lining the gulf stream drop off.

All involved in this program were cared for, loved, given opportunity to experience another part of the world, were shown that they and their children were perhaps capable of creating outcomes that they never believed possible. I praise the efforts of Jackie Connell and her team, for their vision and commitment to sharing the prospect of a better life with others. They worked diligently to raise the funds and organize the entire program for the participant families for their complete benefit. I am sure they learned a lot from the experience, as did I.

Los Angeles and the Enchanted Ocean

Sometimes one travels the world searching for a lost friend or family. On this journey I found many friends and reconnected with family wherever I went. It was the nature of this journey and I knew long ago what I would find. I found what I have searched for from the beginning of time.

There are many tales and insights from the journey to Atlantis Road. Each segment will feature in upcoming issues of the Dolphin Oracle. Until then I wish you dolphin love

Andrew Parker

ROAD TO ATLANTIS

On the 29th of October Andrew begins a journey north that will take him many thousands of kilometers across the greatest ocean on the planet and twice across the united states on an odyssey of discovery.

Following his heart down the road to Atlantis his adventures will bring him in close contact with the keepers of Atlantis, legends, musicians who speak dolphin, leaders in the field of Dolphin therapy and a beautiful filmmaker and researcher in LA.

MIAMI SPICE

Flying into the bright lights of Miami Andrew will be travelling down to Key Largo to share some quality time with Deena Hoagland at her Dolphin Assisted Therapy facility Island Dolphin Care. Here some of the most advanced and intensive Dolphin Assisted Therapy programs take place. Families from all over the world seek out Deena and her team for their expertise and professionalism and of course the dolphins. Andrew will be observing a program, meeting and filming the team and interviewing Deena while he is there.

Jack and Donna Kassewitz have been using their knowledge of music and technology to break down the recorded sounds of dolphins and synthesizing music in an attempt to communicate with dolphins.

The organization speakdolphin.com has made huge in-roads into the mystery that is the complex language of delphinese. Imagine an acoustic picture language ranging from the sub-sonic to ultra-sonic pulse up to and beyond 10 times our capabilities of hearing. What a task!! Andrew is meeting these two dedicated individuals as they share a little of their progress and breakthroughs.

In his spare two hours, Andrew has a speaking engagement arranged by his friend, author, teacher and presenter Karen Coffey at a local metaphysical church in Miami where he will share his vision of human / cetacean connection through his trademark Purpose, Passion and Performance the ‘Way of the Dolphin’ presentation.

ATLANTIS ROAD “the road less traveled”

Bimini Bahamas and Dolphin Connection WildQuest is the location for United Kingdom’s charity Operation Sunshine family therapies annual Open Water Dolphin Assisted Therapy program. Here Andrew will join the legendary Dr Horace Dobbs , his right hands Jackie and Terry Connell and around 20 blessed individuals here to share the gifts of the location, the beautiful weather, the company and the Atlantic spotted dolphins. These vocal individuals have been transforming lives for many years now. Atmo and Amlas and their dedicated team will feature in future writings.

Andrew brings his knowledge and experience to assist the healing process and to document the program through in-water photography and the production of a program video for the charity and participants. Special thanks to Kerry Smith of PVD Australia .

ENCHANTED OCEANS

Journeying overland Andrew then meets up with his good friend and film maker / researcher the beautiful Elise Bailey . Elise has been filming and researching the human / cetacean connection for many years and is one of her country’s preeminent authorities on dolphin / human communication. Whether it is the inshore Bottlenose dolphins that often visit her at her marina home for a chat or the Orca of the South West Canada sounds or the Atlantic Spotted Dolphins of the Bahamas that she knows so well, Elise has many gifts to share with the world.

Through her documentary series Enchanted Oceans and her many projects created to enrich the lives of those she touches as she brings the wonderful world of dolphins and whales into the homes of ordinary people. Andrew will be accompanying Elise on her journeys, meeting her dolphin friends and hearing about her recent advances in the realm of human / dolphin communication.

Follow Andrew via his website www.dolphcom.com.au and this publication “The Dolphin Oracle.”

Andrew will return 18th November immediately recommencing his trademark Dolphin swim programs at Port Stephens NSW for the summer BOOK NOW to check dates and availability

‘Whale Dreamers’ the Movie

This year DolphCom was given the opportunity to support one of the great award winning documentaries of this century. Whale Dreamers is a Kim Kindersley / Julian Lennon production due for national release on September 17th 2008.

To celebrate this release DolphCom, Ocean Blue Adventures Ha’apai , Rising Sun Travel and the wonderful Sandy Beach Resort has provided four people the opportunity to attend 2009 Whale Song play-shop in Tonga to swim with whales. The promotion was on National 9 Today show and ran from 28th July - 1st August. Congratulations to our winners:)

Support the movie…support the whales and support the Aborigines. Watch the trailer of Whale Dreamers below

AMVE Aquatic Marine Viewing Experience (Swimming with Dolphins) commences 6am - 9.30am Saturday & Sunday 20th September 2009 through to April 2009 on selected weekends. Book Now
Operation Sunshine Family Therapy have asked Andrew to be a ‘guest therapist’ on their Bimini Bahamas Dolphin Assisted Therapy Program November 2nd -8th 2008.

Andrew will be traveling to the states to inspect the Island Dolphin Care facility in West Keys Florida meeting world renown Dolphin Therapist Deena Hoagland, then to hook up with Donna and Jack Kassewitz from speakdolphin.com to get the rundown on their amazing program of musical communication with our Dolphin family.

Andrew will then share with people in Miami about the ‘Way of the Dolphin” and the opportunity to swim with dolphins and whales through DolphCom’s adventure play-shops before heading down to the Bahamas to assist Jackie Connell and the inimitable Dr Horace Dobbs and their Operation Sunshine proposed Dolphin Assisted Therapy program in Bimini Bahamas.

This program is run by the amazing organisation WildQuest:see DolphCom’s up coming programs for our Bahamas Play-Shop in November 2009 WildQuest