Is that you, Migaloo? Tourist captures video of familiar-looking whale over Great Barrier Reef

Second sighting of white whale off Queensland’s coast within weeks has ocean watchers wondering if it could be famous humpback

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The second sighting of a white whale off Queensland’s coast within weeks has ocean watchers wondering if it could be Migaloo, the elusive albino humpback who has not been seen in three years.

A tourist flying over the Great Barrier Reef filmed what appears to be a white humpback whale swimming north, as thousands of humpbacks make their annual migration from Antartica to warmer waters to breed.