We left Pemberton on Wednesday morning and travelled up to Busselton via Nannup, which was a very nice little town. If we had known more about it we probably would have stayed there for a night.

We decided to centralise ourselves in Busselton for a few days. This would allow us to go north to Mandurah and south to Augusta/Cape Leeuwin. We had a look around Busselton on Wednesday, the jetty is the longest jetty in Australia and city is planning major work to enhance its appeal to tourists. Thursday we visited Bunbury and Mandurah. I had not been to Mandurah in over 40 years, about the same with Susan. It was a small holiday/fishing village then but now its a major city with multi million $ properties all around the estuaries, very much like Broadbeach and the Gold Coast in Queensland. Certainly a lot of money in Mandurah now!

Friday we travelled down to Augusta for our Whale watching trip which was fantastic. Unfortunately the photos don’t fit the format well on the blog but you’ll get the picture. Also we went down to Cape Leeuwin to see the lighthouse which is the tallest lighthouse on the Australian mainland. Cape Leeuwin, is the most south western part of Australia and is where the Indian and Southern oceans met.

We drove thru Margaret River but there was major roadworks going on all thru the centre of town which made it difficult to stop and walk around. It looked a nice town obviously with a German/European influence but unfortunately you can’t stop everywhere.

Other than the Whale watching, the highlight was a small town about 10 K’s north of Margaret River called Cowaramup, known as “Cow Town” which you can tell by the photos below. It was a little gem of a place, we really enjoyed our lunch and walk around the town. Today was just driving around the local area and we finished off with a bite to eat and drink and the Busselton jetty. Now that hotels and cafe’s are opened, we joined the throng that had all come out to get some normality back into their lives.

We are leaving Busselton tomorrow, heading up to Perth for 6 days before we head up north and hopefully the warm weather. Although it hasn’t been that cold down south yet.

Until next time, stay safe and well everyone!