A baby minke whale dies after beaching itself for the second time within hours, despite the desperate rescue efforts of volunteers.
The whale was first spotted by Sylvia Dansie, who was on an anchored boat at nearby Spalding Cove in Port Lincoln National Park.
"I thought something must have been chasing fish because there was a lot of splashing and I saw a long shape, and then nothing.
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