19th Nov

On our way down to The Margaret River area we passed through Bunberry and had a look around the Waterfront.

A nice Beach that had just been groomed by a Tractor with a rotary sieve on the back!
From here it was on to Busselton and a walk down the longest Pier in Australia, all 1.8Km of it.

If you look on the Horizon you can see the end of the Pier as it curves around to the right. There is an Aquarium on the end and you would think that the attendance would be pretty thin, but they run a small Train out and back, for a small charge of course.

Here we are at the end of the Pier gathering strength for the Trek back. Photo taken by a couple of German Girl Tourists. I reciprocated by taking their photo as well.

You can just see the shore way in the distance. As usual it was blowing a gale which made the journey back a bit harder. We celebrated with a feed at Kentucky Fried and undid all the good we did with the exercise. Oh well it was pretty nice at the time.

From Busselton we ended up at Gracetown at the Motor camp and set up shop ready fora few days of exploring the area.

First off we did the small town,or maybe Village of Cowaramup. Try saying that with a mouth full of Rice Bubbles!! Its spoken like Cow wara mup, once you have got that sussed you are halfway there.

They have their own little gimmick to get people to stop and that is------

 What else but Cows. A whole container load of them shipped in from the Philippines,made of Fibreglass and suitably dehorned, this is Dairy country after all.

You don't have Horns on Dairy Cattle now do you. It seems to work by the number of people walking around taking photos,us included.

I thought this one a bit over the top, though it was in the Lollie shop, so I suppose it fitted in with the surroundings.

From here we did the Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse.

 

An historic old Lighthouse which had a great view from the top. As usual the wind was blowing a gale but that seems normal on this side of the Country. After we left the Area they had a big storm come through which did a bit of damage and a guy died in a Caravan Park when a Tree fell on the Van. Not a nice thought but I try and keep away from going under trees with the van if I can.

View from the top of the Lighthouse. The Lighthouse was built in Birmingham, England and sent out and assembled on site where it now still stands. The Tower was built to English design here, but all the workings were made in England.

Next its on to the Yallingup Caves and their new light show.

That's for next post.

Cheers Dave and Helen