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| State | Western Australia | |
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| Residents | 29.373 (2016) | |
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| Tourist info web | https://www.theamazingsouthcoast.com | |
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Albany is a port city and an important economic center on the south coast of Western Australia, since 1999 there has also been a campus of the University of Western Australia. Albany is approximately 420 km south of Perth.
background
getting there
By plane
1 Albany Regional Airport (ALH) (About 11km northwest of the city center). REX Airlines currently flies 23 times a week to / from Perth.
By train
There is no longer any passenger traffic between Albany and Perth, as the connections by bus are faster and cheaper. A modernization of the route was rejected due to high costs. Search engines get confused when they find a train connection between Perth (Scotland) and Albany Park (London).
By bus
In the street
mobility
Tourist Attractions
activities
- Albany Entertainment Center, 2 great place. Tel.: 61 8 9844 5005. The Albany Entertainment Center was opened at the end of 2010 and consists of the Princess Royal Theater with 618 seats and the Kalyenup Studio for up to 220 visitors. The whole thing is managed by Perth Theater TrustA wide variety of events and many concerts are offered.
- Orana Cinema, 451 Albany Highway. Tel.: 61 8 9842 2210. The Orana Cinemas are about 3 miles outside of downtown on Highway 30 (Albany Highway).
shop
kitchen
- Due South, 6 great place. Tel.: 61 8 9841 8526, Email: [email protected]. Big and popular restaurant next to that Albany Entertainment Center with open kitchen, beautiful view at sunset.Open: Mon-Sun 11:00.
- Venice, 179 York Street. Tel.: 61 8 9841 3978. Popular restaurant with good Italian food, certainly unsuitable for a quiet candle light dinner. BYO only. Reservation makes sense, especially if there are several people.Open: Mon-Sat 4:00 p.m., Sun 5:00 p.m.
- Little Italy, 220 York Street. Tel.: 61 8 9841 2444, Email: [email protected]. Has only existed since 2018, very popular, many families with children. Good italian food. BYO for wine possible, but not required.Open: Mo-Su 10: 00-20: 30.
nightlife
In Albany, live music is regularly offered in some pubs and clubs, especially on weekends, a list of regular events can be found at findalbany.com.au.
accommodation
security
health
Practical advice
The tourist office, that Albany Visitor Center is recently in a new building together with the rather large one Albany Public Library on 221 York Street, open Mon-Sun 9 am-5pm. The area was also redesigned with a small park-like facility.
trips
- Torndirrup National Park - the national park is only about 10 km south of Albany on a peninsula. The so-called blowholes - Rock crevices with connection to the foot of the cliffs, so that with larger waves air is expelled through the rock crevices with high pressure; the natural bridge - a huge rock formation where a bridge has been formed by washing away as well the gap - a steep rock face on which the waves break in a spectacular way. A floating viewing platform has been placed above this, which makes the whole thing even more worth visiting. National park fee 15 AUD / vehicle - pay office at the gap.
- Stirling Range National Park - About 80 km north of Albany is this large national park, which impresses with its diversity of plants in a very mountainous landscape. The extremely rare ones that were resettled there w: Numbats you will hardly get to see it though. The Mount Bluff Knoll At 1094 m, it is a particularly popular destination; the mountain can be climbed from the end of its access road (tarred) (3-4 hours there and back). In addition, the national park can be 42 km long Stirling Range Drive (gravel road, easy to drive on). National park fee 15 AUD / vehicle - only pay point at the turnoff to Mount Bluff Knoll.
- Walpole-Nornalup National Park - The national park is about 110 km west of Albany and can also be visited very well on arrival or departure to / from Albany. It is best known for its huge trees, the Red tingle trees. a type of eucalyptus that can hardly be found on a large scale and the carribrees, which are also disappearing. The main target of the numerous visitors is the Tree Top Walk (21 AUD, as of 11/2019) where you can get closer to the trees over slightly swaying suspension bridges up to a height of 40 m. Just as impressive, however, is the floor-level tour right next to it, the Ancient Empire Walk, here you learn a lot about these threatened giant trees and what they have experienced over the centuries.
See also Southern Western Australia
Web links
- Joint tourism site of Albany, Denmark and Mount Barker
- Homepage of the city of Albany
- FindAlbany - Commercial site (many booking links) with, however, very extensive information about Albany
