Wed 23rd Aug - Albany

Weather much improved today, camera still knackered :(. With the weather much nicer, I back tracked slightly to see the Elephant rocks at William Bay and up the road to the Valley of the Giants tree top walk, which takes you from ground level right up into the canopy of the tall trees. It's well worth a visit. I'd hoped to see both of these yesterday, but skipped them because the weather was so miserable.

Moving on to Albany, I had some lunch and got myself sorted with accomodation for the night. For 70 dollars I had a whole 'apartment' to myself, which came complete with living room, kitchen and 2 bedrooms. They'd just painted one of the bathrooms, hence the knock down rate. I headed off to see the sights around Albany, which involved a stop at Whale World, the former whaling station which closed in 1978 and is now a museum. You can see that whaling was a large contributor to the economy in the area at the time.

Near Whale World, ther's a naturlal limestone bridge which has been formed by erosion from the sea. Back when the whaling station was still open a tourist fell into the ocean at this spot and was miraculously rescued by the whaling boat. A nice story, but doesn't realy take away from the nastiness of how they used to make a living at the whaling station.