Albany

Two weeks since we left home and it seems as if we are just starting our trip after all the socialising with friends – old and new.

A bit cooler down here which is very pleasant – although Linda had to dig out a long sleeved shirt for the walk into town for dinner.

Staying in a B&B with a couple of garden suites – proprietors are a retired sheep farmer and his artist wife. She asked us to preorder our breakfast before 7.00pm – there are only 2 couples staying – and still managed to cock it up. Made us appreciate how well my cousin Sue copes with up to 24 guests with a much larger menu and no pre-ordering. God knows what will happen tomorrow when the third suite is also occupied.

We are only here for one more night and then we move to a self catering house on the side of Mount Clarence.

Had a great day today visiting the Gap, the Natural Bridge and the Blowholes in the Torrindup National Park. 

Also visited Whale World – the last whaling station in Australia – which closed in 1978. Great exhibition and a chance to look over one of their whale chasers – I'm sure we converted something similar into a standby boat in the dim distant past.

Then found our way down onto Salmon Holes beach for a lunch in the shade of a giant boulder – disappointed to find that there was someone else there - but they were more than 100metres away at the other end of the beach.