Three days down in Albany (overload of photo's)

Its July holidays here in Perth....and to get away for a while we

 drove 4  1/2 hour's to get to Albany. We took off at 9am in the morning.

 First big town was Williams.

Then we stopped off at Kojonup town

After going through a few smaller towns and then through Mt Barker

(which there is no chicken's cruising through the pub, free range!)

 we finally arrived at Albany at 2pm

Since we were only here for a few days..we made the most of it.

We drove around the town then travelled down Frenchman's Bay road

right around to the family rocks on Eclipse Road

Then a little bit further we got to the Gap.

This is two natural features carved from ancient granite

by the forces of nature. It measures a 25 metre sheer drop

to the ocean. Very dangerous point!

Then the Stony Hills road to Jimmy Newhills harbour.

A small protected harbour named after a fisherman

Then to the blowholes which was a 900m walk

Only problem was that there wasn't enough wind for the
 blowholes to work. Darn it...

Then we continued to drive to Whaleworld

These whale skeleton's where amazing and huge!

Here is us under the biggest whale jaw bones.

and a little baby whale...so tiny!

Here are the bins where they kept the blubber from the whale

They still smell a bit..but now have movies in each one!

This place was interesting but still disturbing as so many
 whales were slaughtered, but it was also a way of living for workers
 back then. Then we retired to our Motel we were staying
 at Emu Point Motel.

Whale watching...

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Poor Jess did so well..but eventually ended up down stairs as she

became very sea sick!

 What a day we ended up seeing 31 whales..

the most they have ever seen in a day!

40 tonnes or so jumping out of the water

Mostly we saw Humpbacks as they played in the ocean...

one was even protecting his playmate by slapping his tail in the

 water a few times. Just spectacular!

The waters very so clear and beautiful!

Here I am with the Captain of the boat John! 

Such a character..classic!

If you are ever down in Albany please go see the Albany

Whale Tours...a family owned business and you are well
looked after. We then cruised the town and saw all the sites.

Love this place..wool shed!

I said it was a overload of photo's

But we had so much fun..and I wanted to share it with you!

Who doesn't love holidays

Love and Skullies

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