Leaning Tower of Pisa, Albany
What:
Leaning Tower of Pisa, Albany
Where:
Serpentine Road, Albany
When:
All the time
How much:
Free, if you ask nicely
Image:
'Aldo and His Tower', by Nick Sas
One day in the old country (Italia), after a few Peronis no doubt, Aldo Scamozzi turned to his friend Tony and said "One day, I'm going to build the Leaning Tower of Pisa in my front yard".
Tony scoffed, as Aldo had never even seen the real tower. He would scoff even more to know that Aldo retained this dream, even after emigrating to a semi-backwards seaside town in Western Australia. But Aldo would have the last laugh.
The 4.6m tower - on a real 14:1 scale - was built in 1982, and has since attracted more confused and enthralled faces than Albany's other kitsch tourist attraction - Dog Rock. Aldo says he has weekly visits from busloads of tourists - some more coy than others.
"I had one woman who said it was the best thing she had seen in her whole life - I thought that was a bit weird," the 76-year-old quipped.
He still hasn't seen the real tower.
By Nick Sas
Ambience: Road Trip
Location: Out of Town
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