The boys loved the Big 4 caravan park at Busselton and made good use of the jumping pillow, swimming pool, water playground and go carts. We had lovely warm weather the 5 days we were there.
The beautiful 1.8km Busselton Jetty. It's the longest wood piled jetty in the Southern hemiphere. Below is the view from the jetty at sunset. The boys tried their hand at fishing from the jetty and I enjoyed watching the sunset. Steve caught a small squid which he threw back. No other catches for the night which was disappointing.
We all enjoyed a train trip along the jetty to the underwater observatory at the end.
You could see so many fish from the windows of the observatory.
We enjoyed a tour of the Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse. The lighthouse is not one of the tallest around as it is perched on very high ground. Great views from the top and we watched whales not far from shore.
Ngilgi cave, close to Dunsborough, had a striking display of stalagmite, stalactite, helictite and shawl formations. Very impressive.
Lighthouse at Cape Leeuwin near Augusta.
The dirt roads around the Margaret River region were beautiful and we enjoyed driving through them. The above photo was taken near Hamelin Bay in the Leeuwin Naturaliste National Park.
We stayed at a Big 4 caravan park which was on a farm near Margaret River. The boys loved to feed the farm animals every evening. It was so rainy and miserable weather wise when we arrived that we wimped out of setting up the camper trailer and we found a comfy 2 bd cabin at the caravan park instead. Staying in a house for over 3 weeks in Perth has made us soft but we will try to toughen up and get back to camping. I have always found camping to be great in fine, warm weather but when it's cold and rainy it's nice to have a solid, non leaking roof over your head. I'm pretty sure most people would share my feelings.
Some of the beautiful wineries we visited. They all had nice views and were surprisingly so child friendly. Most we visited had some type of activity ready for kids like a playground, mini soccer goal with ball, chalk board and one even had a free lucky dip for the kids! Two of the wineries had lovely natured dogs which the kids delighted in playing with and patting and wanted to take them with us on our travels. We have been having many discussions on what type of pet dog we'll get on our return home and the kids are really missing having a dog. Jake is also asking if we can have a chicken, a rabbit and a bird. He doesn't want much does he?
Below is a picture of our visit to the Chocolate Factory in Margaret River. It was such a hit with all of us that we went back the second day. They had free samples of dark, milk and white chocolate and Liam says that it's even better than Cadbury's. The boys couldn't fit in much dinner after these visits- not too surprising!
Well that's all for now. We have fallen behind a bit on our blog as we keep pretty busy with sightseeing and trying to squeeze in some school work with the kids so it can be hard to find the time for the blog. We will tell you about Pemberton and our current location of Albany soon. Stay tuned....
Cheers, Sue.
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