| Porthole 22 Dec 25

A 20-million-year-old fossil of a whale’s backbone washed up on the shores of Victoria over the weekend.

The fossil was found on Ocean Grove Beach in Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula, just outside Geelong.

It is believed that the fossil wound up on the beach through irregular currents and shifting sands.

The remnant of the prehistoric creature was responsible for rudely interrupting a family’s day at the beach, who had to go report it to the news, and find people to put their paleontology degree to use.

The scientists will examine the fossil and verify its age, before it gets tired and decides to disintegrate of old age.