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Week 2 begins


We have now picked up our hire car and moved South to Busselton. The roads were busier than expected due to it being a Bank Holiday on Monday ( Labour Day)  but it was an easy drive. The new  Airbnb abode is a studio cottage.
Quite quaint with a small garden for relaxing in. The weather is a bit cooler than Perth but still over 25 degrees.  The beach is about 400 m away.

On the way to Busselton we passed through Bunbury and stopped for a cup of tea it was a fish and chip  restaurant beside the harbour and this was their menu!



We like Busselton a lot , a small town but seems to have a lot going on. Its main attraction is a 2km jetty which was renovated  in 2011. A small train also takes you to the end for a small cost. We just looked at it today as I wanted to buy a sunhat and didn't fancy walking along it in the hot sun without a hat. The original  jetty was used to ship the timber round the world but fell into decline like all piers do!!




It also has a lovely beach , a swimming area ( which I tried out ) and lots of cafes nearby.  The Queen visited Busselton  many years ago and the main street is  now called .....Queen Street! It has a lot of historical buildings.

Nearby is a tuart forest which we drove to in the afternoon. Tuarts are a kind of eucalyptus tree which grew all over South Western Australia but many were chopped down to make way for towns , There was a lovely smell in the forest.  We also came across some abandoned buildings which were in the process of being renovated . They looked like they once were part of the timber industry.

We discovered an Aldi this afternoon so stocked up on beer ass we were cooking tea on a gas bbq in the garden.  It was quite tasty once we got the hang of using the bbq!




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