'A timely reminder of how far we've come since the days of routine slaughter, of how hard conservationists fought to bring it to an end, and how vigilant we must be in making sure that the dark days of whaling are behind us forever.'
Tim Winton
'... an important contribution to Australian history and to the protection of whales... it chronicles the people and events which created Greenpeace in Australia and ... seeks to understand the minds and thinking of those who hunted whales in Australia.'
Steve Shallhorn, CEO Greenpeace Australia Pacific
It's the end of the seventies and a young reporter is bearing witness to the final days of Australia’s whaling industry. That reporter, Chris Pash, now tells the very human story of the characters and events that brought whaling to an end in his compelling book The Last Whale.