Sunday in Albany

Sunday in Albany is a very quiet affair, there's not much going on at all.  Almost all the shops are shut, and everyone has a quiet time.  So we did the same.


We had a very laid-back morning, then went out to Emu Point for a bit more of a look around. It’s a small place, a suburb of Albany, about 10 minutes drive from the city, and looks to be very much a holiday place with lots of B&Bs, caravan parks, motels and so on, as well as people who really live there. We went down to the waterfront which seems to be most pleasure craft and a tour craft that goes up the river. There’s a place called the Squid Shack, and we decided to go back and try it for tea tonight.


Back into town for a visit to the brig Amity, the first ship to bring settlers to Albany. It’s a replica of the ship and a very interesting visit with an audio set to tell the story of the ship and crew. They brought convicts here to start a settlement, but they didn’t stay long and were taken back to Port Jackson. Convicts were taken to the Swan River settlement, which became Perth, some years later. Check the pic of Les sitting in the crew’s quarters, have a look at the headroom!

We also went to the museum which was OK, and old gaol which was quite a good place to see. It was built by the convicts originally and then extended later as a gaol.

We made it out to the Squid Shack at Emu Point for tea and had a very tasty fish and chip dinner – we’ve eaten lots of fish and squid here and it’s generally been very good. We shared our table with a couple from Brisbane who are here for a few days too.

Home again for a quiet evening of not much at all – very good!

Nearly forgot to mention that we had the golf on a bit over the last few days and were looking for Kellys but didn’t see any.