Margaret River - the journey continues...






From Margaret River to Augusta...

Located on the most Southern Westerly tip of Australia, where the Indian and Southern Oceans meet, Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse stands as a solitary sentinel. On the cape where it stands are cottages and building used by the lighthouse keepers. Today it is still a working lighthouse.

From Augusta -pass Margaret River we drove north towards Busselton - 220 km south west of Perth.

One of the main attractions in this small attractive town is its landmark jetty, Busselton Jetty, the longest wooden jetty in the southern hemisphere. The Busselton Jetty is 142 years old. I heard a few weeks after we visited and walked the longest wooden jetty in the southern hemisphere, it was closed for public as they found that the structures are not safe anymore.






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Busselton is also famous for its seafood. Fish and Chips are the favourite 'healthy' fast food :-) After dinner, we drove back to Bunbury. What a day!!

WA trip Day 2 - 3 January...

Tour of Albany continues...



We left Albany about mid morning and headed north towards Bunbury and this is our journey...

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In case you're wondering what the big 'rolls' are, they are bales of hay.

"Apple town"
Apple trees!!! Although you can't see the apples, believe me they were there.. :-D

Bunbury city centre


Dinner!


Bunbury beach..

Beautiful end to another eventful day :-)


Errr.. more pics coming soon :-)

The next day, 1st January 2009, we (Carol and I) left at 9 am for our journey down South. After spending the good half of the night and early part of the morning in Burswood, it was amazing we could actually wake up and pack (yes, pack...) and start our trip.

In our hired car, we drove 500km towards Albany, the furthest city South of WA. The journey took us nearly 5 hours, it was hot but the road was fantastic. No hills, just flat lands. Stopped at Riverside Roadhouse to have lunch.










After a tiring looooong drive, we finally reached Albany.First we checked into our hotel, All Season's Motel.




Then we went to visit the tourist spots ..
First stop, the wind farm..



Then off to Whale World, but as we reached there 5 mins to 5pm, we were not able to visit the whale museum. But, I must say the view around the area was spectacular!!






From there, we went to Salmon Hole










Next stop - the Blow Holes





Followed by The Gap






Thank goodness for daylight savings, we were able to visit all those places while there was still light. During daylight savings, the sun sets around 8.30 pm and thus makes the day longer. Many tourists were still visiting when we left to find dinner. And what is more delicious than Fish n Chips!! We went to Moby Dick and if you ever visit Albany, do go and eat the fish n chips there. I say, it's the best I've had!!! We ordered fish, chips, battered squid and oysters.





A good end to an amazing day!!!