Vignettes of Albany

Albany is a lovely small city with lots of military history but most of what we saw on our bus tour was the natural beauty surrounding it. And that was OK with me 🙂 We finally saw lots of kangaroos in the wild, too!

Since we left later than usual from the ship our first stop was lunch and it was one of the most amazing meals that we have had — and there have been many! The chef was very personable and he loved that we photographed his food; even taking Dale outside to get the best picture of the raw marrons.

The grounds of the vineyard/ restaurant were well manicured and green but the sky drew my attention.

The main venue of the excursion was the tree top walk at the Valley of the Giants which is the only place left where the very large Red Tingle trees grow. They say the big ones are 400+ years old. We enjoyed walking up in the tree tops as well as seeing the giants at eye level. Although they weren’t the largest trees we’ve seen they were beautiful and the forest was unique.

Later we stopped at a beach where once again Brenda and I were almost the only waders and we felt sorry that more people didn’t enjoy the cool and very clear water. The red on that big rock is lichen but, sad to say, I didn’t have time to examine it closely.