Albany - The Gap and Rock Bridge

This is the last post on our 3 day weekend in Albany.  Before we left on Monday, we visited a couple of the natural features located along the coast - The Gap and The Rock Bridge.

Albany - Whale World

Monday morning, we visited Whale World.  Albany used to be a very busy whaling station but it closed in 1978.  The station has been preserved and turned into Whale World.  The original oil drums have been turned into theaters showing a 3D whale movie as well as some other movies and museum.

Sperm Whale slide 

Old Whaling Ship 

Captain's Quarters 

Engine Room 

There are tours at the top at every hour. 

Where they would drag up the whales from behind the ships.  They would have to fight off the sharks trying to eat the whales. 

 The head saw to cut the whales

 The wenches used to pull the whales up the dock.

One of the holes they would push the whale blubber through to be cooked. 

Beau checking out the black and white pictures.  Color ones were available inside of the building for those that were interested (i.e. Chris) 

The hook to string the whale up. 

Where they would cook the blubber. 

A jaw bone entrance to a skeleton. 

A pygmy sperm whale.  Most of the whales processed here were sperm whales. 

Albany - Wind Farm

The Albany Wind Farm provides 80% of the power for Albany.  We saw the windmills from the sailboat and walked around them on Sunday afternoon.  Along the trail we also had some great views of the ocean and Albany.  Afterward we went to Middleton Beach.

Looking up from the bottom of a turbine 

Beau being Handy Manny and making sure the screws in the bench were tight. The bikers up there thought he was pretty funny.

Overcast and cool never kept Emilia and Beau away from the water and building sandcastles!