Deirdra Kennedy: Whales returned to ocean after mass stranding!

Eleven whales that survived a mass beach stranding on Tasmania's far north-west coast have been returned to the open ocean.
Rescuers have been working since early yesterday to save the long-finned pilot whales, the only survivors from a pod of 65 that became beached near Stanley.
It is hoped the group will be able to rejoin another migratory pod.
Parks and Wildlife Services manager Chris Arthur says 12 whales, up to three metres long, were transported 17 kilometres along the Bass Highway on trucks equipped for the purpose to deep water at Godfreys Beach.
"Unfortunately, one whale died as we were returning it to the water," Mr Arthur said.
"The efforts of the volunteers and the Circular Head community has been outstanding."
Mr Arthur says the surviving whales are a mixture of young and old.
Satellite tracking devices were placed on some of the whales and a reconnaissance plane will undertake a flight on Monday to check their progress.
Samples for scientific research have been taken from the dead mammals and a mass burial will be arranged.
Mr Arthur says whale strandings are not uncommon in Tasmania.
"The area where they have stranded this time is an area where there have been strandings for hundreds of years," he said.