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| Torbay Inlet camp |
Just like the brochures say, this place is truly amazing. We spent three nights in Albany exploring what it has to offer. Our base camp was a perfect little beach camp at Torbay Inlet. There is nothing like being camped out in the bush and at night listening to the sound of the waves while sitting by the fire.
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| Torbay Inlet |
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| The Brig Amity ship |
The highlight of the first day was climbing aboard the replica of The Brig Amity ship and learning about the life on board for the major, soldiers, convicts, ship’s crew and staff for the six weeks they took to travel from Sydney to Albany. It really is hard to imagine how these 61 people would have been. Not only was it the people on board but also their food supplies, a small farm which consisted of a horse, a cow, geese, chickens, 6 sheep, a ram, a pig and their feed. As well as building materials needed to build a settlement when they arrived in Albany. How they survived the cramped conditions and the stench and poor hygiene would have been unbelievable. But they all made it and managed to build the first settlement, complete with a goal, here in Albany. Kate was excited about going on the ship, but once down below in the dark and closed conditions she was quick to keep climbing up the ladders to the top for air every few minutes.
Dog rock is the in the middle of town and it is just one example of the rock boulders you find around the place.
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| The wind farm |
Our second day we did the drive out to the Torndirrup National Park to see The Gap and the natural bridge.
We stopped to have a look at the wind farm on the way and the blades on the wind turbines were huge. But the view of the coastline from here was just awesome, even the girls loved it as it was different to any coastline we had seen on the trip so far. Darrin was fascinated by the hundreds of stairs that had to be taken to reach the base of the cliff. Enjoying the walk which provided veiws of the coastline, wind farm and Albany township we also came across a snake on the path which did not seem to be too scared off by us, so frozen we stood not knowing what type of snake it was, so Darrin layed on the ground to get the best angle for a photo as the snake tried to move forward it lost traction and moved sideways down the hill and slide right onto Darrin. The girls were quite concerned as the snake was getting closer to Darrin, but he laid frozen solid so the snake did not bother him, we were relieved when the snake reappeared from out the sleeve of his shirt and into the bush. The wildflowers, once again, were spectacular on this walk.
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| Loads of wildflowers |
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| The hundreds of stairs |
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| What type of snake is this? |
The coastline of Torndirrup National Park was truely beautiful. Mesmerized by Cable beach we sat on the boulders just taking in the shear beauty of the white sand and clear blue waters. Even the smooth large round boulder rocks were gorgeous and the mass of wildflowers just added to this amazing coast.
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| Admiring Cable Beach |
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| Sitting on the boulders of Cable Beach |
The 'Gap' and the 'Natural Bridge' are the most visited and popular sections of this National Park, but after being mesmerized by the beauty of Cable beach we did not think these were as awesome as the brochures make out. Craving to see more beautiful coastline we checked out Salmon Bay and Jimmy Nule inlet, just amazing, the water crystal clear.
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| Jimmy Nule inlet |
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| Salmon Bay |
We finished the day off with a visit to the museum, learning so much about the early settlers and also life during the war years. It was a lot of reading and not so much hands on learning for kids, but the girls did get a lot out of the displays and pictures that were there.
We got back to camp that afternoon and there were another couple camped there who are also from Canberra and travelling for 12 months in their Troopy. It was nice to catch up with them and hear their stories of their trip so far.
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| Goodbye Amazing Albany |
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