We left Cheynes Beach to drive into Albany to visit the historic whaling station and pick up some supplies. Our first stop along the way was The Gap and the Natural Bridge – a spectacular and wild section of coastline in Albany.

The Gap was a cauldron of seawater between 2 cliff faces and very deep.

Further along the cliff was the Natural Bridge – a stone archway with the waves crashing beneath

We arrived at the historic whaling station and grabbed a coffee and scones before going on the tour. Trev fed his inner child by buying a lolly bag …Gordie was not impressed by Trev’s lack of sharing…

so Trev relented…Dave then helped himself while Trev was fooling around!

The scones were awesome..probably not up to the G Hunter standard (apparently we will be sampling some tomorrow 😄)…Gordon did get into trouble for jumping in early 😅

The first exhibit was the most amazing shell collection….so many varieties and all cleverly laid out.

We then toured the whaling station, looking over the last whaling boat “Cheyne IV”….

The area where the whales were brought in, felshed and processed was interesting but sad to think how many of those beautiful mammals were slaughtered

 

We also saw skeletons of the sperm whale and

the Blue whale which was enormous!

The cafe at the whaling station sold great seafood lunches (ironic..??) so we all tucked into some delicious platters.

A quick shop… and that roundabout that stumps Gordon (probably all of us if we are honest!) everytime!!!..

and then home to Cheynes Beach. Gordie had a slight incident on the way home which cost him some cash and a few demerit points but he had a great conversation with a lovely English policeman who shared Gordies concerns re the North Korean leader Nu Yung Bum (??)