Day 16 - Albany

Well we have arrived in Albany and guess what? Yes, it's raining again and of course it is washing day! Oh yeh! Can't complain too much as last night we had a fabulous night at the 'movies' thanks to my intrepid husband and his band of tricks! Projector, sound system, screen ( sheet), and computer. Throw in some of Robin's movies on his hard-drive and you have outback theatre. James Bond in Quantum of Solace never looked so grand.
We had stopped for the night at a lovely old school site called Fitzgerald, where we had the place to ourselves and lots of firewood for our cooking and heating. There was a shelter and nice flat areas to park campers, so things were very amenable to all of us.
There is no-one at Fitzgerald now, but the old site still has remnants of the school and its hey-day. 95 children used to go to the school and they still have a native garden (of sorts) with names of past families sprinkled throughout the area. A bit sad really, to see this was once a thriving community and now left for nomad campers to wonder about and imagine what it might have been like. I guess this is only one of many areas around Australia in the same sorry state.
Tomorrow we will not doubt go for a look around Albany and see what it has to offer. It has a huge whaling history that I know a bit about, but more information would be good.
To help pass the time this morning while driving, on our UHF radios we had a quiz on:

• Native flora emblems of  Australia
• Native fauna emblems of Australia 

Can you guess what the flower for WA is? Do you know what native animal is for WA? What about the bird for WA? ...........

Go google! See you next time.