Our First real stop since we started our Hassie Adventure was Albany. Albany is a port city in the Great Souther region of WA. Albany is about 418km SE of Perth and according to Wikipedia its the 6th Larges city in Western Australia.
E and I spend a total of 31 nights in Albany area. We choose to stay between Cosy Corner East and West which is a free camp site. We saw a lot of travellers from Germany, France and a lot of retired couples from Australia.
E and I soon realised we don't easily socialise with campers of our age but find it comforting to start a conversation with the older generations choosing to camp around Albany. We concluded that our generation judges easily or just don't care to make conversation and that might be us included.
While in Albany we:
- Went to Shelly Beach
- Visited the Southern most point of Western Australia
- Went to Dog Rock
- Walked on Middelton Beach
- Walked past the Amity Boat
- Bought wine and candles at Berthalomews Meadery (Denmark)
- Attended the Porongorup Wine Festival
- Got wine at Wingnals Winery
- Driven to Borden
- Saw a 16 story Windmill
- Took Nude photos at the "Caution Nudist Crossing" Sign
- Climbed Mt Bluff Knoll
I would say we did quite a bit and still managed to enjoy our time there, besides the rain.
I worked 2 weeks while E enjoyed doing nothing. We redirected or mail - but didn't receive much.
Touristy things we recommend you should do but we didn't
- Visit the Natural Bridge and Gap
- Go see the Western Power Wind farm
- Have a picnic at Cosy Corner West
- Take a small drive to Denmark
These things E and I have done in the past but not this time while in Albany. It rains almost all the time which makes the country nice and green.
For tourist its really accommodating, Free showers (hot water), free drinking water, Lovely environment and all in all a peaceful town, If it didn't rain as much it could have been better.
We would Give Albany
If you do choose to visit Albany make sure to visit the Website.
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