Friday, April 22, 2016

Albany. Western Australia's first settlement

Albany was settled in 1826 after the French claim to the area expired. It has a mix of historic buildings, ANZAC links and a wonderful coastline
We started at the ANZAC site visiting the Princess Royal fortress in the historic park with lots of displays from WWI. The lookouts provided views over the harbour that the 1914 convoys sailed from.

Albany was settled due to the harbour and it was for this reason that the convoys left this port for the fighting in Africa and Europe in 1914


Gail on the replica of the brig Amity that took the settlers from NSW to settle the west. Soldiers and convicts!

We drove out to Frenchman's Bay visiting beautiful and rugged headlands and beaches along with the historic Norwegian whaling station and the Australian not closed until 1978! The stand out places were The Gap and the Natural Bridge. Simply cannot be captured on film to do it justice!


Gail at the Gap. The viewing platform is seen in the background. Only opened this year.


                                     Gail over the Gap. Interesting with the see through floor!


                                                            The view from the platform


                                                    The vegetation on top of the cliffs


                                         The natural bridge. This coastline is dangerous!


We drove as far as we could along the peninsula but finally returned to Albany for the night.


1 comment:

Miss Di said...

Gorgeous photos. Shame the weather hasn't been as nice as it was in Forster!