Wendy the Whale is the story about a lone female southern right whale who gets beached on the shore of Hermanus, a small fishing town in South Africa and all the townspeople come together to help release her back into the sea.
Close to Hermanus, the town of Hawston with its long, white unspoilt beach lies cosily between the sea and the mountain. Named after C.R. Haw, a civil commissioner of Caledon.