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Albany
The southern region begins 200 kilometers southeast of Perth and measures some 300 kilometers from west to east and 190 kilometers from north to south, its unofficial capital is the sea port city of Albany Originally Frederick's town. Albany was proclaimed a city in 1998 and has a population of 30,000 approx.
Albany has the distinction of being the first European settlement in Western Australia in 1826 ( the Swan Colony Later named Perth was not found until 1829) Major Edmund lockyer and a party of soldiers and convicts arrive from Sydney to set up a outpost to protect the area for British interests and stop any other country from claiming western Australia known in them days as New Holland .
The regions landscape Varies from sweeping hills in the north including the Striling range and the Porongurups to a coastline that you never tier of looking at with its rugged cliffs and headlands down to its curving bays and white sandy beaches and its pristine national parks with some of the tallest hardwoods in the world.
The main farming centers are Kojonup Katanning and Gnowangerup. And only 50 kms from Albany is the world famous Mount Barker Wine region. On the east side of the region is the farming area of Jerramungup which abuts the national park of Fitzgerald River which has one of the worlds few Biosphere areas and a haven for much of Australia's unique flora and fauna. To the west of Albany is the Wilson inlet and the picturess town of Denmark called the southern gateway to the tall timber country.
Albany and the Great Southern Region
The great Southern and Albany region is fast becoming one of Australia's leading wine and food regions.
Things to do and See in Albany and the Great Southern Region
- Albany City.
- Albany Torndirrup National Park-The Gap /Natural Bridge and the blow holes.
- Albany's Whale World Museum
- The Princess Royal Fortress.
- Mount Clarence- Anzac war memorial
- Middleton beach and Emu Point
- The Brig Amity
- The Old Gaol and Patrick Taylor Cottages
- Striling Range National Park
- Porongurup Range
- West Cape Howe National Park- Shelly Beach
- Valley of the Giants -Tree Top walk
- Scotsdale Scenic Drive-Denmark
- William Bay Nation Park.
- St Werburgh`s Chapel
- Fitzgerald National Park
- Great southern wine region
- Kojonup
- Jerramungup
- Katanning
- Cranbrook
- Bremer bay
- Denmark
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