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Albany has won runner up in Wotif.com’s 2019 Aussie Town of the Year Awards, a close second to Port Fairy in Victoria and the only Western Australian town to make the list.

Council has expressed disappointment in a State Administrative Tribunal decision to overturn its refusal of a lime pit on the Nullaki peninsula and grant conditional approval.

At 93 years young, World War II veteran Wilf Hatton still turns up to his post twice a week, albeit as a volunteer at the Princess Royal Fortress.

Families will get lost in the fun at Middleton Beach when a big Aussie-themed maze comes to Albany for the first time as part of the week-long activities at the Middleton Beach & Australia Day Festival from January 20 to 26.

The STS Leeuwin II, Australia’s 2nd tallest ship, returns to Albany on 13 January 2019 for a magnificent morning of ocean sailing adventure aboard the 1850’s style barquentine ship.

The City of Albany is resurfacing 1.2km of the worn four-lane highway between Macedon Street and Barker Road with works beginning on Monday, January 7 and expected to finish in late March.

After a 40-year hiatus, Albany Cycling Club returned to the Centennial Park Sporting Precinct this week to hold its first race day around what is one of only two tracks of its kind in the State.

A bayonet stolen from the Desert Mounted Corps Memorial in 1985 has resurfaced and been donated to the Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum.

Bring in the New Year with the City of Albany’s New Year’s Eve Picnic and Fireworks at Anzac Peace Park.

The City of Albany is conducting a survey to identify community priorities and actions for the City’s Community Safety Strategy.