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Friday, 5 September 2014

Day 152 - Busselton and Points West

Today dawned bleak and cold but we could not miss seeing the coastal sights west of Busselton.  Busselton is on Geographe Bay but within the shoreline of Geographe Bay there are many smaller bays, shaped by rock outcrops and white sandy beaches.

There are photographs of the various points and beaches we visited but some points can be made:

  • The secluded bays with their small waves gave way to larger waves once we got to Cape Naturaliste and the coastline to the south from the Cape became more rugged eg Sugarloaf Rock
  • There were wild flowers all along the roadsides and particularly so in the Cape Naturaliste National Park. The lighthouse there was surrounded with heath-like country made up of many, many wildflowers
  • The arum lilies continued to make their presence filled as we drove through the several National Parks and farmland
  • We did see some whales frolicking close to the beach near Castle Rock but we were a long way from them at the time.  We also saw others from our lunchtime venue at Bunkers Beach.


050914 Little Meelup Beach west of Busselton

050914 Castle Rock near Meelup Beach

050914 Castle Rock from a distance.  The black spot is the tail of a whale

050914 Meelup Beach

050914 Gannet Rock with pied cormorants on its top

050914 Point Marchant from Bunkers Bay

050914 Bunkers Bay

050914 Bunkers Bay from Marchant Point

090514 Looking north from the whale watching platform at Cape Naturaliste 

090514 Looking south from the whale watching platform at Cape Naturaliste 

050914 Cape Naturaliste Light House

050914 A local by the side of the path to Cape Naturaliste

050914 Looking north from Sugarloaf Rock

050914 The path to the viewing platform for Sugarloaf Rock

050914 Sugarloaf Rock south of Cape Naturaliste
 Our last attraction was the 2km long jetty at Busselton.  There is even a train to take you to its end.

050914 The two mile long jetty at Busselton
We are happy to add the day ended in bright sunshine but the temperature stayed down.  We are in for a cold night tonight.

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