Yesterday we went to the Princess Royal Fort in Albany. It is a wonderful place full of history. This is where our troops left from for WW1. It was also the first place to be built to defend Australia and was done even before Federation with all states agreeing to pay a part each of the costs. During WW2 the Princess Royal harbour was used as a safe anchorage for the USA submarine fleet for repairs and refuelling.
We walked all over the sight and it took hours. The buildings and the gun placements are still as they were when it was operational so there was lots to look at. The scenery was pretty stunning too.
While we were there wandering through the bush going between parts of the fort we came across what we think was a bandicoot. It was seriously small, did not hop, was fossicking around the ground at the base of a plant. It seemed unaware of us until we stepped on dead leaves while trying to get closer for a photo then it scampered away.
Today we moved from Albany to Manjimup and have plans to stay a while and look at all the big big trees.
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