Torndirrup National Park
The Natural Bridge |
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'King Waves' on even the most calm days have swept tourists out to sea
here. |
The Gap |
"don't stand there!!!" |
that's better!!! |
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fabulous sea and sky |
the Blowholes |
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..now remember the story about Kairen throwing the map out of the car
window in Yosemite NP in the US? |
...is this Laurie retrieving a map that may have exited from his car
window? |
he claims that he was just orientating the map with the road!!!! |
Stony Hill |
Albany from Stony Hill |
The old Cheynes Beach Whaling Station has been turned into a museum to
the whaling industry. |
The skeleton of a pigmy blue whale. The full-size one is half as
big again. |
These were some of the last victims of the whaling station that closed
in 1978 |
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Oil storage tanks that have been cleverly converted into cinemas |
A whaling boat |
engine from the whaler |
the gruesome head saw, for cutting of the whale's head |
the fleshing deck where whales were cut up and the blubber torn off
using winches |
the boilers for rendering down the whale meat and blubber |
aboard the whaler |
'well, hello sailor' |
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'what's down here?' |
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we finished the day at the wind farm that powers Albany. |
not surprisingly it was windy (and quite cold) |
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'air head!' |
We REALLY enjoyed Albany.
A very picturesque town, proud of its history and preserving and
presenting it well.
Vancouver House was a real indulgence and we were thoroughly spoilt
by John and Linda. We even purchased one of Linda's fabulous fruit
cakes.
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