Nov 5 Busselton & Cape Naturaliste

 US Election day, Guy Fawkes Day (irony noted) and my mother’s birthday. We drove to Busselton to walk along the longest jetty in the southern hemisphere - 1.8 km long in a strong south westerly wind. There’s a train that takes tourists along the jetty but we opted to walk. Then after having a quick lunch nearby we drove to the Cape Naturaliste lighthouse which was one of the last 2 manned lighthouses in Australia. It now operates automatically with led lights providing the beam through a massive set of lenses.

The train and looking back to the shore

Australian Pied Cormorant

 

Cape Naturaliste lighthouse

Nov 3 Margaret River

 Margaret River wine area today to sample some of the local beverages and enjoy the beautiful countryside. The grass trees were in flower and so abundant! The wine was pretty good as well.

Cherubino winery

Clairault winery

Nov 2 Dunsborough

 Today we drove along the coast (sort of) to Dunsborough. Through tall timber forests, stopping at Denmark, where the local emergency services crew were holding a start of season gathering. Then on to Dunsborough, just out of Busselton and a bit north of Margaret River.

Denmark - park and river

    

Tall timbers near Walpole

Nov 1 Albany

 A quiet day with a drive to Misery Beach and the blow holes which weren’t blowing due to a shortage of large waves.

Looking over Frenchman’s Bay

Misery beach not looking at all miserable.

Looking towards the blow holes site.