3 March 2012

Today we drove from Albany to Denmark for lunch then wandered around and had a look at the town and some of its "noice" shops. Then we returned to Albany and went out to Whale World, site of the last whaling station in Australia and now turned into a tourist attraction so that people can see how things used to be when whaling was an acceptable practice.
It was an interesting experience and certainly worth the time to look at.
Some of the exhibits are stunning. They have on display one of the last ever whaling boats working out of the station and you can walk all over it. Himself had a wonderful time checking out the workings way down deep in the hold. I stayed on deck and marvelled at the size of the chains and ropes etc.

I was fascinated to see skeletons of whales and to realise that they have bones similar to hands inside their side flippers. In fact most of their bones resemble ultra large human bones. Quite interesting!

Very tired after all that sightseeing but glad we went.