Albany’s Beautiful Coastline

We are enjoying an extra week here in Albany as a result of Derek’s credit card being hacked, they had card number, email, name and phone number, and we are now waiting for a replacement card. Like we wouldn’t notice $1700 worth of alcohol being charged to his card. Emails from Dan Murphys saying welcome and thanks for your order got his attention first. The bank have reversed it, they were great about it.

But that is okay, there is sooo much to see along the rugged granite coastline here in Albany.  Many of the names are French or named by the French as they spent a lot of time around the south western coast of WA, this is why Albany is the first settlement in WA, long before Perth and Fremantle, to protect the British interest.

I have highlighted the coast we have covered....still got Mount Martin Botanic Park to explore

Nanarup Beach has a great surf side and a beautiful lagoon and walk over the headland

Caught 10 bream

Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, and Little Beach,

The name Two Peoples Bay comes from a chance meeting between French and American vessels in 1802 and this it was named Baie des Duex Nations (Bay of Two Nations or People)

Rock pools around the corner, part of a Heritage Trail

Waterfall Beach, up and over the other cliff the other way

and a 4WD track to the cliffs on the other side, even saw a Quokka run across our path

Torndirrup NP was a huge day out which took in just the end of the Peninsular and Frenchman's Bay 

Walked to Isthmus Hill but could only look at Bald head, the track is closed for the next 6 months

Looking back towards Albany and Vancouver Peninsular


View over Salmon Beach

Ex Whaling Station -  Cheynes IV last Whaling Boat, whaling ceased in 1978

Time for lunch at Frenchmans Bay near Goode Beach....too windy to sit outside

Natural Bridge

The Gap


Land slide


Looking over Jimmy Newells Harbour, a convict who took refuge here 


View from Stony Hill

We had to make up our own way some times

5 hours exploring Vancouver Peninsular.  The afternoon started hot and lovely and sunny

First stop Mistaken Island Beach

Then the Heritage Trail to Possession Point..looking out 

Climb up

Looking back where we came from

Cheynes II, wreck next to the old Quarrantine Station, now used for school camps

The walk back down

Part of the hike was along the beach......some part of a ship wreck ?

We found this awesome lookout further up the hill from the walking trail, after a bit of a scramble and bush bash, the black cockatoos were spooked obviously not expecting visitors

The weather suddenly turned sour as we headed back.

Fisheries Beach was one of the nicest, and even though it looked like rain, and almost 6pm I had to have a paddle even though we had planned a swim after our long walk

The Carnaby Cockatoo is unique to this region