Daily Archives: December 4, 2015

December 04

Albany and Hyden: Whaling, War, Wheat, and Wave Rock

December 1-4 Albany (pronounced ‘Al’, not ‘All’) is the oldest settled town in Western Australia (1826) and is built around King George Sound, a natural harbour with spectacular vistas that easily rival those of Sydney. It was superseded as the main WA port by Fremantle in 1897 as the direction of the prevailing winds made […]