July 6: “All Roads Lead to Fabulous”

Today’s blog post title is courtesy of Cathie.

Day 2, we headed first to the Busselton Jetty. It’s a nearly 2 kilometer jetty. We took the little train out to the end. 

Busselton Jetty

At the end of the jetty there’s an underwater observatory. We didn’t go in as we didn’t want to spend that much time. We had a busy day ahead.

The end of the jetty

Heading back

This is the swimming area. It is really a beach, but in the winter, storms bring all the sea grass up on the beach. There were piles and piles of it.

“But Mommy, I want to go swimming!”

From Busselton, we headed down the Coast to Dunsborough, then out to Bunker Bay. 

Well, that’s a nice beach isn’t it?

We returned to Dunsborough to meet up with Cathie’s friends, Leonie and Peter (we did the painting class with Leonie), for lunch at Clancy’s Fish Pub. We had a nice leisurely lunch, then headed back toward Cape Naturaliste to go to Eagle Bay. We weren’t overly impressed with Eagle Bay, so we left and went on to Sugarloaf Rocks.

Sugarloaf Rocks

Cathie and I walked down the path and climbed over the rocks for more photos.

From the water’s edge

After Sugarloaf, we went out to Injidup Natural Spa. This is a place where, in the summer when it’s warmer, people can get into a pool that gets regular waves from the ocean.

Water spilling into the natural spa pool.

Judy and Marlene waiting patiently for Cathie and I 

Another wave on its way to the spa!

The fabulous Southwest Coast of Western Australia...and me.

Our plan was to watch the sunset from Canal Rocks, so we headed there next. 

Water rushing through the canal of rock.

Wave of water coming through

We went up on top of the rocks for the sunset (we spent a lot of time today being mountain goats).

Queen of the rock!

Well, that’s kind of pretty!

Some big water!

Ah yes...worth the wait!

After the sun set, we climbed back down, and back to the car. We marveled at how all the roads lead to the most fabulous scenery! It really is so beautiful in this part of the country.

We went to Yallingup for dinner at the Caves House. I had tiger prawns and goat cheese tortellini. It was very good. There was supposed to be a Jazz Duo, but that is next weekend (even though they advertised it as tonight). Instead there was a guy singing and playing guitar. He was pretty fun. There was the cutest little girl (looked about 18 months) just dancing away! 

It was a beautiful day today. We are all exhausted, but can’t wait until tomorrow’s adventures!