Albany - Whale World

Day two of our holiday in the South-West of Australia. We visited Whale World, at the site of the last commercial Whaling Station in Australia. This was a fascinating visit and recommended to anybody visiting Albany. Find out more http://www.whaleworld.org/

K at the wheel of the Cheynes IV whalechaser.


The skeleton pictured below was once a 22m long pygmy blue whale that beached itself in Albany harbour in 1973. The pygmy blue whale is a smaller variety of the blue whale, which is the largest creature to have lived on earth (up to 34m long). Hard to believe this skeleton is only 2/3 the size of a fully grown blue whale!


K on whale swing.


C at the wheel.

The Cheynes IV whalechaser.

And another. Note the big harpoon gun on the bow.

After we left Whale World we stopped briefly at the nearby blow holes. Unfortunately the sea wasn't rough enough for the water to blow but there's plenty of pictures on the web if you want to see one blowing. To find out more about blow holes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowhole_%28geology%29.

Looking down the rock face to where the blow holes are located. Despite the relative calm weather you could still hear the loud rush of air as the water surged in the blow hole.