Amity in Albany

Amity was a 148-ton brig used in settlement of what later became Albany in Western Australia_._ The photo above is of the replica ship.

Albany is a beautiful, clean small city with a great deep water port. Unfortunately it never developed into a major center much to the frequently voiced lament of our guide. From Albany we went on an all day bus tour which included lunch at a great restaurant and vineyard. See Jenni’s blog.

This is the where we ate and talked to the Fujian/Indian Australian chef at length. The Chef also kept a beautiful garden behind the restaurant. The vineyard surrounded the restaurant lawn. Beautiful country!

There was this beautiful tall tree on the lawn. Jenni got a great shot of it in black and white. Can you spot Jenni?

After the vineyard we went for a tree walk and finally to a beach before heading back to the ship. Perfect mid 70’s weather. The guy behind Jenni is known as “hippy Bob.”

That’s Jenni and Brenda on the beach with their shoes off while everybody else was concerned with making it back to the bus in time. The bus was parked way up on a bluff above. These girls were fast. No problem!

We got there right before sunset. The pic below was moments before the sun went down and the colors all changed.