I had zero clue there were orcas in Australia until halfway through our trip around the country when a new friend casually mentioned that ‘The orcas had arrived in Bremer Bay’. A bit of Googling told us we’d arrived on WA’s South Coast for orca season and within 24 hours we’d booked ourselves a day out on the boat looking for one of the most powerful, intelligent, and majestic creatures in the ocean. The big day arrives and we pile onto the boat with nervous excitement and prepare for the hour-long journey into what seems like the middle of the ocean. But the place we’re heading isn’t random. The Bremer Canyon is a 5000m deep trench off the edge of WA’s South Coast. Every year when nutrients well up from this vast drop off, all kinds of sea life come to feed and the orcas are at the very top of the food chain. Read more: Remote Surf and Whale Watching at Red Bluff WA