There are fears the rare white whale washed up on a beach is the world-famous humpback Migaloo first spotted off Byron Bay in 1991 and who went on to become a celebrity.
An albino whale's carcass has been discovered washed ashore at Mallacoota, in eastern Victoria, on an Australian beach only accessible by water.
Migaloo, which means 'White Fellow' in Aboriginal, went missing two years ago after losing his tracking device and is the only known all-white humpback whale in the world.