Whale World

Location: Whaling Station Rd, Frenchman bay WA 6330, Australia
Coordinate: S35°05.7578′ E117°57.5589′
Contact: +61 8 9844 4021
Website: http://www.whaleworld.org/
Operation Hour: Open every day of the year except Christmas Day from 9am to 5pm

This is our last places visit for today before we heading to Hyden for our next day tour. Since it was quite far, we decided to come over here early, hence we could start our journey soon as well. We didn't actually visited the place here, as we feels it's a bit expensive. It was more than AUD50 for 3 of us, so we decided to give it a skip.

Another reason we didn't to give a skip because we were told there wasn't any whale spotted. There was whale spotted 2 days ago. While we walking outside, we could see beautiful ocean out there. A crystal clear water ocean with white sandy beach.

Whale World is an internationally unique attraction, taking visitors on a journey through the site of Australia’s last operating whaling station. Visitors have the freedom to explore an actual whaling ship, stand on the actual flensing deck and watch as actual cookers spin into action.

A Brief History!
The Cheynes Beach Whaling Company (1963) Pty. Ltd. commenced its Frenchman Bay operation in 1952. A dramatic drop in the world price of whale oil, the need for substantial capital investment and the uncertainty of an extended Government licence, rather than environmental group pressures, combined to bring about the decision to close the company's Frenchman Bay Whaling Station after 26 years. The last whale was caught on 21 November 1978.

Encouraged by the high number of visitors to the operating station, John and his wife Jill established a small museum and souvenir centre on site in 1974 - an initiative which laid the foundation of today's Whale World Museum.

The Museum's Mission Statement is:
"To preserve and interpret Australia's last Whaling Station as an historic and cultural asset for the education and enjoyment of this and future generations"

More information and facts could be found from the following website:
http://www.myalbany.net/whaleworld.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaling_in_Western_Australia
http://www.geographebay.com/accom_result1/whale-world/