.....let's go for a walk...

 

    Once again we wpoke to a beautiful morning, and headed south for a day in the Busselton area.   

Busselton is a beach town, its major claim to fame being the Busselton Jetty, the longest timber piled jetty in the world.

    Naturally we had to walk out to the end......electing not to take the solar powered train..........



It's a bit of a walk......






and a bit further....






and then you get to the end...... 1.841 km.....






    

a walk worthy of a sit down...

    The weather was perfect, the view across the water was spectacular.   


    We had fish and chips at one of the many eateries, and a wander along the foreshore.


    We toured the town and visited on of several lookout spots....






    We retured to Bunbury and had a drive around the port area, at one of the inlets we we rewarded by 3 dolphins swimming past.

    Then back to the van for a rest.......



    

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