HI ,

COULD I ASK ANYONE WHAT THEY THINK OF LIFE IN ALBANY PLEASE?
WHAT ARE THE SCHOOLS LIKE ?
I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING AND IT DOES SOUND VERY NICE BUT WOULD LIKE TO CHECK WITH ANYONE WHO LIVES THERE OR HAVE LIVED THERE.

THANK YOU

Know the city very well.Schools i would judge as good as any state schools in WA.
City has a rather attractive location on Princess Royal Harbour..which is one of the finest to be found any where.
Very nice beaches.Can take time to develop friendships with the locals,probably best to join something like a bridge club,church or sporting club.
Weather is great not usually too hot and is mild for most the year.
Having children should enable you to fit in relatively easily also.
City is a little isolated being some five hours drive from Perth but in turn does have a quite spectacular coast line.

A very beautiful place but might not be a good place for people who hates cold weather.

Mmmm, I'm heading that way in July.

I've just come back from a few days in Albany and I loved it. I think I could live happily there. The landscape is spectacular and interesting. It's lush and the earthy smell transports me back to England. For me, the weather is perfect as it's always a few degrees lower than Perth. Mild winters and pleasant summers, what could be better. I was in heaven kicking through the falling autumn leaves and listening to them crunching under my feet. I enjoy it far more than living in Perth, which I find flat, bland and beige.

I could just see myself living there in a well insulated house on a couple of acres of land, with a horse or two. Alas, although hubby loves it, he needs a city to hand.

I'm going to Tasmania in May, and I think I'm going to fall in love with it too. It's a lot colder, but again, the landscape and climate suit me better.

Albany is known as something of a retirement centre also.But saying that there are two state high schools in the city suggesting a decent place for a family to settle also.
Work prospects may be limited and some research required if one is intending to participate in the local work force.

It's not cold..

I have sat on the beach and swam in the sea in August.

Colder than Perth. But lots warmer than the Uk in winter.

Not too bothered about the temperature - just praying for some dry weather! From what I've seen online, it is a beautiful part of the world. And the timing should be right to see the whales migrating north.

My SiL and BiL live in Duncraig and are planning on moving to Albany when they retire. On that basis alone I would not go there. Did visit once about 25 years ago. Sod all to see then although we did get fooled into visiting Sugarloaf Rock on the basis that it was 'amazing'. Yeah right, I've got stones bigger than that in my garden I imagine it's changed slightly (Albany, not the rock).

Slightly??? The rock is now several hundred kilometers away just north of Yallingup if this attached is said rock.

I believe you. It was 25 years ago, on a really boring trip which was leading to Albany.

Gone up market a little more from that time with most the old industry now long gone.In fact some may say somewhat genteel at least by local standards.
Dog Rock is the go along Middleton Road just out of town as at least little effort is required as one drives past it on the way to the beach.
Supposed to have the head of a dog.
No i would not live there again but would suite some folk.

Albany is lovely I wanted to live there

Yes it does have it's charms as a number of British Expats will fully endorse whom have taken up residence there.
I have always thought Albany to be the most charming of the WA towns/cities outside of the Metro area although saying that there are few to choose from with Bunbury,Geraldton and Esperance being the others(Margaret River,also of course,but a little over rated as far as i am concerned)
What makes Albany is it's location.Green not flat as a lot of WA a ruggard coast line,good beaches,some good walks but a little slow on the social front but then do not find that so unusual as it can be in a lot of OZ.

Lots of great white sharks.