Day 75 Albany
The first thing we did in the morning was we went to a full-scale remake of the ship that started the settlement. It was called the Brig Amity and it looked really cool. We started by climbing down a ladder in the back of the ship into the officer’s wing. It had a table in the middle with chairs around it. Behind the table in the very back of the ship was the captains’ quarters. It had some mapping and navigation equipment in the middle with very thin beds on either side. There were a few cabins around the table for the first and second mate and for the surgeon and assistant surgeon. On the opposite wall, there was a doorway into the convicts and crews’ area. The area had a super low roof and we had to duck down all the way to half our height to fit. There were at least 50 bunks in the area, and it looked really bad. There was a ladder in the convict and crew area going down to the bottom of the ship. It was where they stored all their cargo and provisions. The bottom of the ship was pretty empty. When we went back up to the convict and crew area, we kept going towards the front of the ship. There were a few wooden seats in the front of the ship, and it had a ladder going back up to the deck. The ship was really cool, and I enjoyed it a lot. We came back after that for lunch and had some cake because it was Pa’s birthday today. I didn’t have any cake because I was very full from lunch, but I had some for desert and it was delicious. We then left to the National Anzac Centre. We were given a card that had a person who was in WW1 and their rank. There were a few black pillars in there where you put your card on it and a touch screen would open up where you could see everything about your person. There was a lot of information in there and a really good view of Albany from a room where the walls are glass. We came back to the van after the National Anzac Centre and had dinner and went to bed.

The officer's area

The convict and crew area (it doesn't look very low in the photo, but I had to go to half height to fit)

The very bottom of the ship where they stored cargo
