Continuing our three day break in the South West, we drove down to Albany with a stop in Coalmine Bay and Broke for lunch. I should point out that this isn’t a grammatical error, there is a place called Broke!
This beach looks perfect for a summer swim.
The drive from Pemberton to Albany is almost three hours, by the time we had stopped a couple of times, we finally arrived in Albany at 4.30 pm.
We normally stay in an apartment in Albany, but I noticed when I looked on Booking.Com that there was a new Hilton, so thought we would check this out. It’s in a great location, overlooking the harbour. I didn’t book a sea view but guess what we ended up with a fantastic view over the harbour. We had a beautiful luxurious room with lovely toiletries from Crabtree and Evelyn, no expense spared there.
The reception, bar and restaurant are all located in the same space downstairs, making it all very intimate.
After checking in and unloading our bags it was still light out so we went to have a look at the latest silo mural, which we could actually see from our room.
The above mural was painted by New York artists Yok and Sheryo. It features the Ruby Red Seadragon, and is only the third species of its kind ever recorded. It was discovered on the Albany shores 150 years ago. I’ve been fortunate to see quite a few of these silo art murals around Australia, but hope to see them all one day.
We had a quick drink at the Royal George Hotel before heading back for dinner at The Garrison.
For dinner that night I had booked The Garrison, which as you might guess is situated on top of the hill where the old garrison used to be. It’s a wonderful restaurant with great service and food. I find many places we go now are short staffed due to Covid, some places manage superbly with only two or three serving but others don’t seem to have coped as well. The wait staff seemed to move swiftly between table to table and we had no waiting time at all between courses. A definite 10/10 from me, I must remember to write a review.
After a great night’s sleep and an invigorating shower using the deluxe toiletries we headed down for a buffet breakfast.
The rain had set in by now so we chose to head off to our final stop, Margaret River. I realised after I looked at the map that I had planned our trip backwards, which meant much more driving! From here to Margaret River it was a four hour drive.
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Beautiful location and I love the cute murals!
Thanks Joyce 😊
It looks like you and “the chauffer” are having a very nice holiday! The murals are delightful. I need to start looking for them on our travels. Where we live there are so many silos/grain elevators that it would be wonderful for someone to paint beautiful scenes on them. I am enjoying your trip.
Thanks Kellye, maybe it will catch on. They are amazing to see and the artists work for weeks and use so much paint
How lovely that there is now a Hilton Garden Inn in Albany with gorgeous harbour views. Dinner at the Garrison looked superb and I think I would have chosen the same as you.
Yes I think we will definitely stay there again 🙂
I had to look up Albany, WA because I didn’t recognize any pictures and couldn’t place where Albany, WA was. As I watched the video it became crystal clear that you weren’t talking about WA – Washington, USA. LOL Thanks for sharing these great examples of public art, Ali. 🙂 There is an Albany, WA, by the way. 🙂
Yes I think somebody has mentioned this before
I should have spelt it in full!
Thanks for commenting 🙂
No worries. Your video says it all. 🙂
Always a fun day out with you, Alison.
Thanks Jo 😄
Albany is such a lovely town. It looks like your hotel was in the perfect location.
Thanks Carol, Albany is great for a quick trip and it seems they have been doing lots of restoration work
Great that they turned normally boring silos into beautiful works of art. The scallops look like they would melt in your mouth. 😋
They did John! Yes I know the silos are all worth seeing
Thanks for your comments 🙂
Always a bonus when you get a nicer room (or view) than expected. Not so much a bonus when the boss makes you do all the driving!
Haha it’s not fair is it, although he does like a long drive. I have this thing about driving.. I hate turning right and will turn left as much as I can
In Ben Stiller’s words from Zoolander “I’m not an ambi turner” 😅
That’s hilarious….you wouldn’t do much exploring by only ever turning left!
You’d be surprised.. I go in an ever increasing circle
What a lovely area to see with you today! That lake looks so peaceful and just begging for a long walk down it. And another wonderful collection of murals to enjoy too 🙂
Thanks for your lovely comments Meg 😊
Love the silos and the mural. What a happy video of sun and rain and everything else in between! Enjoy…til your next getaway!
Thanks Teresa
Next trip soon to Melbs!
Winter in Melbourne? Too cold hah
It will be but just going to visit Laurence and Maddy
We are staying at The Hamptons in St Kikda East
Precious times 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Beautiful spot. Looks like you enjoyed it to the hilt.
Lovely captures.