The city has been fonded in 1826, it 's the oldest european colony in Western Australia. We still can see many "old" buildings from XIX c. , along the seaside.
It was before a prosperous fishing port, well-known for fishing whales.But, in 1970, the international rules protect these mammals, and the city dozed off for many years.
Since few years, Albany is a new touristic place, there are many creeks, bays and white sand beaches, more over it's one of the best place in australia to see the whales from june to september.
We found a job in a farm, strawberry picking, atmosphear was good and relax, but the pay was shity, so after two days and a party, we decided to move to Margaret River.