Giant cuttlefish arriving early at Whyalla prompting hope of a tourist boom

Some giant cuttlefish have started to arrive weeks earlier than usual for their spectacular annual gathering at Whyalla on South Australia’s Spencer Gulf.

The yearly breeding event, known as an aggregation, is a huge draw card for tourists, who scuba dive and snorkel among the gentle cephalopods.

“It’s really, really looking promising,” commercial diver Tony Bramley said. 

“We’re all excited about that, because … with the huge number of animals that turned up last year we also had the best season for tourism that we ever had.”

Usually,…