Day 162 - Albany and Surrounds

A cold night heralded clear skies and a sunny day, perfect for a trip around the western portion of Albany's coastal area.  This place is, to say the least, picturesque. Albany itself is built on the side of a hill which drops down to its port area on Princess Royal Harbour.  The Harbour is well protected from the Roaring Forties and it is no wonder it was chosen as the original port for WA.  Subsequently of course, Fremantle got the nod.  Even so, Albany's port ships four million tonnes of produce per year, mostly grain and woodchips.

The place is alive with beaches, bays, headlands, surf and anything marine.  It would have one of the most spectacular coastlines we have seen to date, and if not, then the most picturesque. The huge rocky headlands, with foaming blue waves from the Southern Ocean, the white sand, the turquoise waters of the more protected beaches and the 101 little bays, provide a smorgasbord of delights for we amateur photographers.

We lost ourselves in the various bays, beaches, harbours and islands, so rather than attempt to describe them, we thought it best to let the pictures do the talking - with some incidentals like a brig, a whaling ship, a port picture and a picture of Albany's main street.

150914 Middleton Beach from Ellen Cove

150914 Looking across Ataturk Entrance to Princess Royal Harbour with Possession Point in the centre

150914 York St, the main street in Albany

150914 The Brig "Amity" which brought the first settlers to Albany

150914 Grain and wood chip storage at Albany's port

150914 Whaling Cove

150914 Whaling Cove

150914 Mistaken Island

150914 Mistaken Island Beach

150914 Cable Beach

150914 Natural Bridge

150914 The Gap - about 40m down - lighting does not show the sea in the top RH corner

150914 Jimmy Newells

150914 Salmon Holes

150914 Misery Beach - a misnomer one might say

150914 Isthmus Hill - which ends in Misery Beach 

150914 Goode Beach

150914 Old whaler at the Whaling Museum at Discovery Bay

150914 Discovery Bay