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Wines, Chocolates, Nougat
... here we come)...
We have had quite a bit of rain and still wind, but it is very pretty, there are so many roses and flowers around and wildflowers over the fences and along the road.
Taking a drive down the road to Augusta (Gary's great niece shares this pretty name), and it is a pretty town, right on the water and the entrance to the ocean of two rivers. There was a lot of activity with a big competition going on, Anaconda was the major ...
Light and dark places
... on either side.
We climbed the tallest mainland lighthouse all 186 steps, though our counting wasn't spot on as our kids couldn't count in their heads and then talked while we were counting. This made it impossible to keep track of what we were up to, so in the end we gave up. Paul and the kids spotted dolphin while we were up there. Strangely the lighthouse was operated manually (three keepers) until as late as 1982, being one of the last ...
Day 7
... houses are now just museum pieces albeit with million dollar views. The current white light is powered by electricity and is rated at one million candlepower and has an approximate range of 25 nautical miles. A local guide told us that in the order of 3,500 ships pass the lighthouse each year.
It is at Cape Leeuwin that the Southern and Indian Oceans meet and they say when the conditions are right you can see the point ...
Day 5
... Busselton. While in Busselton we checked out Busselton Jetty which they say is the longest wooden jetty in the southern hemisphere stretching 1.8 km out to sea. Why is it so long? Because the shallow waters of Geographe Bay restricted ship movement a long jetty was required so that the cut timber could be transported to the ships. It was a long, incessantly blowy but enjoyable walk. One of the staff told us that they had recently experienced winds of 120 kph. Hence ...
Wine, surf, more outback and a big wave
... near Margaret River, and is perfectly positioned for the most wonderous sunsets. We grabbed a bit to eat on the way and sat there watching the sun go down in the most fantastic setting. We really liked the area and you can see why it was in Lonely Planets Top 10 destinations in the world, especially if you have a bigger budget than us, you could really go to town. We now had to head back to Perth, but we'd decided that we wanted to go to Wave Rock on the way. I ...
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