About Torbay
Torbay is a suburb of South Western, Western
Australia and is about 380 kms south-southeast of
WA's capital city of Perth. In the 2011 Australian
census the population of Torbay was 336 when
there were 168 Females and 168 Males living there.
Torbay is a small town and a bay in the Great
Southern region of Western Australia, 20
kilometres west of Albany. Torbay is within the City
of Albany local government area. The Torbay area
is on the eastern fringe of the karri forest region,
and with some notable blocks of remnant tall
forest. Large granite outcrops are also common.
Beaches on the bay tend towards fine white sand.
Where streams occur, they are clear but stained
dark brown in colour from high-tannin-content
vegetation.