Frenchman Bay where you can see the remnants of a Norwegian whaling operation (red bricks in the foreground)
At whaleworld - the giant skeleton of a small blue whale. This one is 30m long but they grow to around 36m.
One of the smaller tow boats used to take the dead floating whales inshore after the larger whaling ship had arrived. They floated because compressed air was pumped into them after harpooning.
Once on dry land the carcasses were carved up and boiled down into oil. This particular instrument is the head saw. It was messy and very smelly on this deck.
Jaw bones of the blue whale
This is Albany where until the 1970's many whales were hunted and killed for their precious and useful oil. It has some nice old buildings, picturesque coastline and whaleworld - the old whaling station has now been turned into a museum / whale information centre.
I was equally impressed by the Sicilian butcher in the local supermarket who made all sorts of fine Italian dishes and packed them in to reheatable containers. The meat section here was very good - certainly the best variety of cuts I have seen outside a butcher.
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