Albany, Western Australia.
I am writing this for anyone thiking of touring WA.
Any one coming to Western Australia would be missing a lot of our history if they missed this City of 33000 nestled in between 2 hills it is our 6th largest town in Western Australia but also our oldest being founded in 1827 as a military outpost to NSW. Originally it was the capital of WA purely because of its' very deep, safe Harbour which today means it is a Port of call for the huge tourist liners that come in.
A large ex whaling station kept now as a museum was still functioning in the 1970s but fortunately was closed down.
Apart from pushing for Federation in 1901, being a Nursery for whales tracking south during the whaling season the main thing, for me, is that it was the last port of call for the Anzac troopships on the way to Europe the last sight so many of the young men ever had of their homeland. 2014 is going to have a re-enactment of the fleet leaving on Anzac Day and as always I have my bed booked here for Anzac Day!
It is not only the Europeans who have had it as a special place there are ancient Aboriginal fish and oyster trapping beds etc, at least 6000 years old you just need to know where they are.
A great place not to be missed on a WA tour and best of all in our hot summers it is cool.
Vivity, Do you mind if I copy and paste this to put in another forum on which I've started an Australia thread? folks from USA, Canada and UK often ask questions and say they'd like to visit and ask for places of interest, I'd use your name as the source of course :)