Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister Katy Gallagher said that her eyes "nearly fell out of her head" when she first saw a diagram of The Skywhale's design, but she had come to like it and believed that it would challenge the perception of Canberra as a boring city.
Delstatens førsteminister Katy Gallagher sagde, at "øjnene næsten poppede ud af hovedet" på hende da hun først så et diagram over The Skywhale's design, men at hun nu har vænnet sig til det og at hun mener, at designet udfordret Canberras image som en kedelig by.