TOP 50 ALBANY Attractions (Things to Do & See)
Best places to visit in Albany - Australia, all things to do or tourist attractions list in Albany, city at the southern tip of Western Australia. The most popular tourist attractions in Albany is Middleton Beach, Little Beach, Albany Wind Farm, Emu Point, The Gap and Natural Bridge and National Anzac Centre.
Others beautiful places in Albany is Torndirrup National Park, The Blow Holes, Old Farm - Strawberry Hill, Princess Royal Fortress, Goode Beach, Bald Head Walk Trail, Mt Melville Lookout, Padre White Lookout, King George Sound, Ellen Cove Boardwalk, Frenchman Bay, Muttonbird Beach and Shelter Island, Kalgan River, Convoy Lookout, West Cape Howe National Park, Jimmy Newells Harbour, Waterfall Beach, Misery Beach, Stony Hill & Peak Head, Betty's Beach, Lake Seppings, Quaranup-Point Possession Trail, Albany Waterfront Marina, Gull Rock National Park, Sharp Point, Rotary Lookout Albany, Cable Beach, Ledge Beach and Point King Lighthouse.
Besides that, others popular things to do in Albany is visiting Desert Mounted Corps Memorial, Albany's Historic Whaling Station, Replica of the Brig Amity, The Albany Convict Gaol & Museum, Dog Rock, Great Southern Distilling Company, Albany Bird Park and Marron Farm, Albany Heritage Park, Chainsaw Sculpture Drive, Oranje Tractor Wine, Torbay Glass Studio, The Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Eyre Park, Albany Farmers Market etc.
All about top 50 Albany tourist attractions, what to do, where to go or things to do list in Albany is in this video. Enjoy your holiday :)
Albany - Old Marron Farm Segway Tours
Segway PT Tours Albany Western Australia
Albany Whale Watching 2011
Whale watching in Albany, Western Australia. Also, parrots at Albany Bird Park and Marron Farm.
Maitraya - One of the most beautiful properties in Australia
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500 acres of elevated pristine oceanfront land
Stunning 8 bedroom sandstone manor
5 bedroom Fisherman’s Lodge
2 bedroom Aviator’s Cottage
900m airstrip & helicopter pad
Theatre room, tennis court, gymnasium
Indoor pool, spa & sauna
Fronting 3 ocean beaches & bordering National Park
Sold as a going concern with confirmed and future bookings for weddings, events & retreats
Maitraya is a private retreat like no other and is one of Australias most coveted coastal properties. It is located near Nanarup Beach, 20 minutes drive from Albany on Western Australias south coast.
A luxury homestead set on over 222 hectares of breathtaking Western Australian coastline, it offers nature, adventure and freedom in one unforgettable package.
As well as being a unique home, the property is also run as a successful venue for weddings, functions and retreats offering four levels of accommodation including the main Maitraya homestead, Fishermans Lodge, Aviators Cottage and Maitrayas Country Chalets in total sleeping up to 60 guests.
Perched on a cliff top, the beautifully appointed, eight bedroom, sandstone homestead enjoys 270 degree views over ocean, mountains and nature reserve. Its 6,000 square metres of living space comfortably accommodates up to 16 guests. Two fully equipped kitchens, a pool, spa, light-filled garden atrium and secure childrens play area are among the indoor offerings. A retractable star-gazing ceiling adds charm to the master bedroom.
Outdoors, the grounds offer multiple delights. There are kayaks at the lake-side gazebo, a tennis court, cricket pitch, putting greens, bird hides, a chicken coop and walking trails scattered with wildflowers and artworks. Whales, dolphins and kangaroos can be spotted from the homesteads vast windows. Private tracks lead to a perfect swimming beach. The external areas of the property include sculptures and works of art by well known international artists. A 500 acre pristine bushland area is a wildflower paradise in spring hosting multiple varieties of flora and fauna.
Remote, relaxed and completely private, the retreat has security controlled entry and a picturesque sealed driveway. A sealed airstrip and a helicopter pad make it easily accessible by air.
Maitraya is a truly unique home with secure income streams to support the property from ongoing retreat and event bookings and the livestock business and the potential to develop both.
Other features include:
Indoor pool, spa & sauna
Theatre room with Foxtel & seating for 20
Large childrens play area
Gymnasium, tennis court & football oval
Formal lounge & 12 seater dining room
2 informal lounge rooms including Foxtel
Informal dining / family area
Well-equipped kitchen, cool room & gourmet BBQ
Library, large office & boardroom seating 14
11 bathrooms in main residence
(7 bedroom bathrooms, 2 powder rooms & 2 pool bathrooms)
6 open fireplaces
3.3 m wide hallway
Glass conservatory, landscaped indoor garden & water feature
Central heating / air conditioned
Solar power & equipment rooms
Abundant bird & wildlife
Fruit orchards & chickens
Lake, dams & water features stocked with marron ,rainbow trout & black bream a fishermans paradise
Aquaculture potential
Beef cattle operation running some 100 breeders
Episode 36 - Australia / Margaret River & Albany
BYE BYE SOUTH EAST ASIA, WELCOME TO AUSTRALIA!
This time we definitely said goodbye to the South East of Asia and left Kuala Lumpur for good. After a very quick stay in our home country (as Daniel explained in the episode 35), we flew to Perth, capital of Western Australia. It is a 5 hours flight from Kuala and big bonus there is no time difference between Malaysia and this part of Australia.
After getting our rental car close to the airport, we immediately hit the road to go to Fremantle for our first night Down Under! We had time to slightly explore the city before sunset, we then headed back to our accommodation aka the Fremantle Prison which has been turned into a guest house. Unique experience to sleep in a (very) tiny cell! The premises are great and the staff is super friendly. It was funny but also strange to visit the other floors of the old Women Prison and see how the cells were distributed. There is a few little stories of the prisoners on display on the walls.
We woke up early and left Fremantle to go further South to Margaret River. We stopped at the A’mazen Margaret River maze on the way and got lost a few times before finding the centre of the it and finally the exit. The place is nice and peaceful with a lot of green areas and beautifully maintained gardens. We met Melissa at the maze’s counter, a lovely french girl, and we started talking about travelling. After some time she invited us to join her boyfriend and her to watch the sunset on the ocean. We gladly accepted and after having dropped our bags at our AirBnB, we met Melissa and Robin at the supermarket to fill on snacks and drinks. We followed them to the RedGate view point and we enjoyed the view drinking and eating with our new friends. Then Bertrand, another french guy, popped with his cousins and we celebrated the sun going down altogether! Bertrand was then so kind to invite us to his BBQ party. We spent hours around the bonfire and ate sausages and fries for the rest of the night! A few Bertrand’s Australian co-workers also joined at some point. We had a vey good time with them all and we would like to thank them for their warm welcome! All the best to you guys!
On Saturday, we embarked on the Bushtuker Wine Tour and absolutely loved it! See below for more details. The next day we decided to go back up North and take a hike in Cap Naturaliste close to Dunsborough. There are lovely and easy trails around. Weather wasn’t so good but it was nice to walk on the hills to some of the viewpoints. We saw sea lions in the distance playing in the waves! On our way back we stopped again at the Beer Farm for lunch.
We left Margaret River and drove to our next destination: Albany. We stopped at the Giant Top Tree Walk in Walpole on our way. It is some kind of natural conservation park of giant tingle trees, very special to the area. We could observe a few birds while walking on the canopy. Magali is scared of heights but she still managed and enjoyed the walk at 40m above the ground. We reached Albany late afternoon. The next day we explored the Frenchman Bay and the Torndirrup National Park, we hiked the Possession Heritage Trail with its beautiful and pristine beach! We also stopped at the Wind Farm and at Stony Hills for spectacular views of the coast.
WE SPECIFICALLY ENJOY
Margaret River: the Bushtucker Wine tour and its host, Silvano, an Italian man from the 2nd generation who was absolutely lovely, we had great fun with him and the other guests of the tour. We visited four wineries and cheese/chocolate factories. The Wineries were all different and we had the chance to taste wines that are a bit uncommon to our taste.
We also stopped at the Beer Farm near Margaret River. The farm has been turned into a brewery and the barnes are now accommodating tables and stools for beer drinkers. The place is quite funky with live music and a nice view of the surroundings!
ACCOMMODATIONS
Fremantle: Fremantle Prison YHA, to sleep and feel how it is to be a prisoner!
Albany: the Sleepwell Motel a nice motel not far from the center of town, clean, staff was friendly and told us where to hike, a very good value.
RESTAURANTS
Fremantle: Grill’d for good and healthy burgers.
Margaret River: the Swing, pizza and co very good!
Albany: Joop Thai, it was so long since we had thai food….
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Tightroping balance across 'The Gap' in Albany
Dude tightropes across 'The Gap' in Albany Western Australia over the 2014 Easter Break.
Juvenile Marron chase eachother
Juvenile Marron (Cherax tenuimanus) chase eachother around the aquarium but settle down later when the lights are turned off
Everyday Adventure: Segway Tours
There is a new way to see state parks and it isn't on two feet, it's on two wheels.
Pemberton WA
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Fighting magpies
Beschrijving
Cockatoos and one feisty lorikeet
Crazy Rainbow Lorikeet Exercise
A caged rainbow lorikeet getting some crazy exercise on a swing.
Sex in the City with Rainbow Lorikeets
Rainbow Lorikeets filmed from our balcony in Billgola, NSW
Lorikeet The Forbidden Dance
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Suspense: My Dear Niece / The Lucky Lady (East Coast and West Coast)
The program's heyday was in the early 1950s, when radio actor, producer and director Elliott Lewis took over (still during the Wilcox/Autolite run). Here the material reached new levels of sophistication. The writing was taut, and the casting, which had always been a strong point of the series (featuring such film stars as Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Judy Garland, Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, Eve McVeagh, Lena Horne, and Cary Grant), took an unexpected turn when Lewis expanded the repertory to include many of radio's famous drama and comedy stars — often playing against type — such as Jack Benny. Jim and Marian Jordan of Fibber McGee and Molly were heard in the episode, Backseat Driver, which originally aired February 3, 1949.
The highest production values enhanced Suspense, and many of the shows retain their power to grip and entertain. At the time he took over Suspense, Lewis was familiar to radio fans for playing Frankie Remley, the wastrel guitar-playing sidekick to Phil Harris in The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show. On the May 10, 1951 Suspense, Lewis reversed the roles with Death on My Hands: A bandleader (Harris) is horrified when an autograph-seeking fan accidentally shoots herself and dies in his hotel room, and a vocalist (Faye) tries to help him as the townfolk call for vigilante justice against him.
With the rise of television and the departures of Lewis and Autolite, subsequent producers (Antony Ellis, William N. Robson and others) struggled to maintain the series despite shrinking budgets, the availability of fewer name actors, and listenership decline. To save money, the program frequently used scripts first broadcast by another noteworthy CBS anthology, Escape. In addition to these tales of exotic adventure, Suspense expanded its repertoire to include more science fiction and supernatural content. By the end of its run, the series was remaking scripts from the long-canceled program The Mysterious Traveler. A time travel tale like Robert Arthur's The Man Who Went Back to Save Lincoln or a thriller about a death ray-wielding mad scientist would alternate with more run-of-the-mill crime dramas.
Grief Drives a Black Sedan / People Are No Good / Time Found Again / Young Man Axelbrod
In the beginning of the Golden Age, American radio network programs were almost exclusively broadcast live, as the national networks prohibited the airing of recorded programs until the late 1940s because of the inferior sound quality of phonograph discs, the only practical recording medium. As a result, prime-time shows would be performed twice, once for each coast. However, reference recordings were made of many programs as they were being broadcast, for review by the sponsor and for the network's own archival purposes. With the development of high-fidelity magnetic wire and tape recording in the years following World War II, the networks became more open to airing recorded programs and the prerecording of shows became more common.
Local stations, however, had always been free to use recordings and sometimes made substantial use of prerecorded syndicated programs distributed on pressed (as opposed to individually recorded) transcription discs.
Recording was done using a cutting lathe and acetate discs. Programs were normally recorded at 33⅓ rpm on 16 inch discs, the standard format used for such electrical transcriptions from the early 1930s through the 1950s. Sometimes, the groove was cut starting at the inside of the disc and running to the outside. This was useful when the program to be recorded was longer than 15 minutes so required more than one disc side. By recording the first side outside in, the second inside out, and so on, the sound quality at the disc change-over points would match and result in a more seamless playback. An inside start also had the advantage that the thread of material cut from the disc's surface, which had to be kept out of the path of the cutting stylus, was naturally thrown toward the center of the disc so was automatically out of the way. When cutting an outside start disc, a brush could be used to keep it out of the way by sweeping it toward the middle of the disc. Well-equipped recording lathes used the vacuum from a water aspirator to pick it up as it was cut and deposit it in a water-filled bottle. In addition to convenience, this served a safety purpose, as the cellulose nitrate thread was highly flammable and a loose accumulation of it combusted violently if ignited.
Most recordings of radio broadcasts were made at a radio network's studios, or at the facilities of a network-owned or affiliated station, which might have four or more lathes. A small local station often had none. Two lathes were required to capture a program longer than 15 minutes without losing parts of it while discs were flipped over or changed, along with a trained technician to operate them and monitor the recording while it was being made. However, some surviving recordings were produced by local stations.[7][8]
When a substantial number of copies of an electrical transcription were required, as for the distribution of a syndicated program, they were produced by the same process used to make ordinary records. A master recording was cut, then electroplated to produce a stamper from which pressings in vinyl (or, in the case of transcription discs pressed before about 1935, shellac) were molded in a record press.
The Great Gildersleeve: Engaged to Two Women / The Helicopter Ride / Leroy Sells Papers
Premiering on August 31, 1941, The Great Gildersleeve moved the title character from the McGees' Wistful Vista to Summerfield, where Gildersleeve now oversaw his late brother-in-law's estate and took on the rearing of his orphaned niece and nephew, Marjorie (originally played by Lurene Tuttle and followed by Louise Erickson and Mary Lee Robb) and Leroy Forester (Walter Tetley). The household also included a cook named Birdie. Curiously, while Gildersleeve had occasionally spoken of his (never-present) wife in some Fibber episodes, in his own series the character was a confirmed bachelor.
In a striking forerunner to such later television hits as Bachelor Father and Family Affair, both of which are centered on well-to-do uncles taking in their deceased siblings' children, Gildersleeve was a bachelor raising two children while, at first, administering a girdle manufacturing company (If you want a better corset, of course, it's a Gildersleeve) and then for the bulk of the show's run, serving as Summerfield's water commissioner, between time with the ladies and nights with the boys. The Great Gildersleeve may have been the first broadcast show to be centered on a single parent balancing child-rearing, work, and a social life, done with taste and genuine wit, often at the expense of Gildersleeve's now slightly understated pomposity.
Many of the original episodes were co-written by John Whedon, father of Tom Whedon (who wrote The Golden Girls), and grandfather of Deadwood scripter Zack Whedon and Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog).
The key to the show was Peary, whose booming voice and facility with moans, groans, laughs, shudders and inflection was as close to body language and facial suggestion as a voice could get. Peary was so effective, and Gildersleeve became so familiar a character, that he was referenced and satirized periodically in other comedies and in a few cartoons.
Authors, Lawyers, Politicians, Statesmen, U.S. Representatives from Congress (1950s Interviews)
Interviewees:
Princess Alexandra Kropotkin, Russian emigre, author
Charles B. Brownson, U.S. Representative from Indiana
Christian Herter, American politician and statesman
Clifford P. Case, American lawyer and politician
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., American politician
Frederic René Coudert, Jr., Representative from New York
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. (August 17, 1914 -- August 17, 1988) was an American politician. He was the fifth child of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sr. and his wife Eleanor.
He was a Naval officer in World War II and was decorated for bravery in the battle of Casablanca.
He graduated from Groton School in 1933, Harvard University in 1937, and from the University of Virginia School of Law in June 1940. During his graduation, his father, Franklin D. Roosevelt gave what is known as the Stab in the Back Speech, criticizing Italy's entry into the war.
Roosevelt Jr. served as a member of the United States Congress, representing the 20th District of New York from 1949 to 1955. In 1949, he won a special election running as a candidate of the Liberal Party of New York and later ran on the Democratic ticket as well.
He sought the Democratic nomination for Governor in 1954, but, after persuasion by powerful Tammany Hall boss Carmine DeSapio, abandoned his bid for Governor was nominated by the Democratic State Convention to run for New York State Attorney General. Roosevelt was defeated in the general election by Republican Jacob K. Javits, although all other Democratic nominees were elected. Following his loss, Eleanor Roosevelt began building a campaign against the Tammany Hall leader that eventually forced DeSapio to step down from power in 1961.
He campaigned for John F. Kennedy in the 1960 West Virginia primary, falsely accusing Kennedy's opponent, Hubert Humphrey of having dodged the draft in World War II. Kennedy later named him Under-Secretary of Commerce and chairman of the President's Appalachian Regional Commission. This post (Under-Secretary of Commerce) was given to him when Defense Secretary Robert McNamara shot down the proposal of his appointment as Secretary of Navy.
He ran for Governor of New York on the Liberal Party ticket in 1966, but was defeated by the incumbent Republican Nelson A. Rockefeller.
He served as chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from May 26, 1965 to May 11, 1966.
He was senior partner in the New York law firm of Roosevelt and Freiden before and after his service in the Congress.
He also ran a small cattle farm and imported Fiat automobiles. (He was a personal friend of Fiat chairman Gianni Agnelli).
Calling All Cars: The Grinning Skull / Bad Dope / Black Vengeance
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is the police department of the city of Los Angeles, California.
The LAPD has been copiously fictionalized in numerous movies, novels and television shows throughout its history. The department has also been associated with a number of controversies, mainly concerned with racial animosity, police brutality and police corruption.
The radio show Calling All Cars hired LAPD radio dispacher Jesse Rosenquist to be the voice of the dispatcher. Rosenquist was already famous because home radios could tune into early police radio frequencies. As the first police radio dispatcher presented to the public ear, his was the voice that actors went to when called upon for a radio dispatcher role.
The iconic television series Dragnet, with LAPD Detective Joe Friday as the primary character, was the first major media representation of the department. Real LAPD operations inspired Jack Webb to create the series and close cooperation with department officers let him make it as realistic as possible, including authentic police equipment and sound recording on-site at the police station.
Due to Dragnet's popularity, LAPD Chief Parker became, after J. Edgar Hoover, the most well known and respected law enforcement official in the nation. In the 1960s, when the LAPD under Chief Thomas Reddin expanded its community relations division and began efforts to reach out to the African-American community, Dragnet followed suit with more emphasis on internal affairs and community policing than solving crimes, the show's previous mainstay.
Several prominent representations of the LAPD and its officers in television and film include Adam-12, Blue Streak, Blue Thunder, Boomtown, The Closer, Colors, Crash, Columbo, Dark Blue, Die Hard, End of Watch, Heat, Hollywood Homicide, Hunter, Internal Affairs, Jackie Brown, L.A. Confidential, Lakeview Terrace, Law & Order: Los Angeles, Life, Numb3rs, The Shield, Southland, Speed, Street Kings, SWAT, Training Day and the Lethal Weapon, Rush Hour and Terminator film series. The LAPD is also featured in the video games Midnight Club II, Midnight Club: Los Angeles, L.A. Noire and Call of Juarez: The Cartel.
The LAPD has also been the subject of numerous novels. Elizabeth Linington used the department as her backdrop in three different series written under three different names, perhaps the most popular being those novel featuring Det. Lt. Luis Mendoza, who was introduced in the Edgar-nominated Case Pending. Joseph Wambaugh, the son of a Pittsburgh policeman, spent fourteen years in the department, using his background to write novels with authentic fictional depictions of life in the LAPD. Wambaugh also created the Emmy-winning TV anthology series Police Story. Wambaugh was also a major influence on James Ellroy, who wrote several novels about the Department set during the 1940s and 1950s, the most famous of which are probably The Black Dahlia, fictionalizing the LAPD's most famous cold case, and L.A. Confidential, which was made into a film of the same name. Both the novel and the film chronicled mass-murder and corruption inside and outside the force during the Parker era. Critic Roger Ebert indicates that the film's characters (from the 1950s) represent the choices ahead for the LAPD: assisting Hollywood limelight, aggressive policing with relaxed ethics, and a straight arrow approach.