Museum of the Great Southern prepares a host of attractions to entertain Albany’s WA Day visitors

Staff at Albany’s foreshore attractions are getting ready to welcome thousands of WA Day visitors with a host of events on the cards to keep them entertained.

The Museum of the Great Southern and the Brig Amity are expecting about 3000 locals and tourists to head to the city to take advantage of a free day of family fun on Monday.

Ian Westmore, the regional manager of the Museum of the Great Southern, said a full range of activities, all with a Western Australian slant, would be taking place in the precinct.

Some of those lined up to take part include Larry Blight, who will be showcasing Menang toolmaking, Lovilen Edwards, whose face painting will transform children into quokkas or black swans, and Mark Higginbotham, who will be guiding visitors around the Brig Amity.

Mr Blight said he would be making a set of traditional, Indigenous tools.

“It is always a great atmosphere on the day,” he said.

“It will be a lot of fun, I’ll make lots of smoke and burn lots of resin for those lovely smells; and I’ll be answering about a million questions.

“Or maybe it’ll be the same question a million times,” he laughed.

Also scheduled is a full stage program opening with a welcome to country by Menang elder Vernice Gillies and followed by a succession of local acts including Jamie the Clown, Adam Grok, the Bird on a Wire Choir, and the Mt Lockyer Primary School Choir.

Mr Westmore said it was important to invite local participants.

“It’s a community celebration of WA Day so we wanted stallholders and participants to be part of that and to be people who understand what it’s like to be West Australian,” he said.

The events take place on Monday, June 2 from 10am-2pm.