Bus Westrail tel 13 1053.

CALM (Department of Conservation and Land Management), 120 Albany Highway (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm; tel 08/9841 7133). Information and passes to local national parks.

Car rental Albany Car Rental charges from $36 per day with 150km free (tel 08/9841 7077).

Post office Cnr Grey and York streets (tel 08/9841 1811).

Taxi tel 08/9844 4444.

Tours and cruises Albany Sailing Academy (tel 08/9844 4146) offer half a day's tuition, or you can just lie on deck for $40; longer options are available. Albany Whale Tours (tel 0409 107 180) take a catamaran into King George Sound for two hours from $27.50. Escape Tours (tel 08/9844 1945) have day- and half-day tours around the region in a minibus; Bushed (tel 08/9842 2127) do adventure activity tours; and Silver Star Cruises (tel 08/9841 3333) offer cruises in King George Sound for around $22.