Bunbury, Australia Travel Blogs

Bicycling South
Feb 11, 2005 (2 photos)

My big bike ride had begun, with the first leg thirty kilometres from Freo to Rockingham, where I would pick up a bus to Bunbury. (I didn't have the time or money to bike the intervening kms, and there weren't places to stay, either). I wasn't sure what to ...

Australia (South West Tour) Freemantle - Bunbury
Mar 18, 2006 (5 photos)

... (closes early on a Sunday - miracle it's even open on a Sunday!) before taking a look at the Dolphin Discovery Centre; Bunbury's main attraction. At the Dolphin Centre we were advised that the wild dolphins tend to come into the bay early in the morning ...

Waiting for the Dolphins
May 8, 2008 (30 photos)

... of about 25 pink and gray galahs cavort around and on a street pole. The variety and beauty of the common parrots in Australia astounds me. However, these two stops cost us a morning with the dolphins. When we got there, the discovery center staff told ...

Australia - Back to Bunbury
Apr 6, 2006 (6 photos)

... Day 5 The toothache continued into the morning and didn't seem to be letting up. This called for a dentist. Now, for some reason, Bunbury has an unusually large concentration of dentists for a fairly small town - over 20 in fact. So, first thing in the ...

Dumb dolphins and rude roos
Jan 5, 2004

... to get out of the city again for a few days so I took the train 2.5 hours south to the town of Bunbury. Apparently, Bunbury is Western Australia's third biggest city, so bearing in mind that WA is about twice the size of Texas you get some kind of idea of ...

sean's birthday bashes!
Feb 4, 2009

we stopped in bunbury for sean's birthday, during which time some locals decided they didn't like him very much and threatened to beat him up! nice folk they were! more later!

Bunbury
Mar 24, 2005 (10 photos)

... elephant rock, tree top walk (refer pix). Drove north through Margaret River and stayed night in Busselton where we caught about 15 small bream and whiting. Currently in Bunbury (about 2 hr from Perth) and may stay in Perth for the easter break! See ya

to see some dolphins?
Jun 6, 2005 (5 photos)

Well, the rain continued and got worse! Terrential downpours with weather warnings not to go outside due to the high wind speeds of up to 140kms/hr! So I intended on going to the Dolphin Discovery Center, which I did end up doing, but all tours and ...

wack off flies!
Nov 23, 2007

We were thinking of going back to the out of town shopping centre we went to yesterday, to buy a table and join the rac but instead we walked into town and found another little time warp high street-this time from the 1930's. it's a pleasant stroll around ...

Dolphin Discovery Centre
Jul 31, 2006

... turn and headed back.... luckily for him it was still there, I would have killed him! So off we go again - we got to Bunbury today and went to the Dolphin Discovery Centre, we got in for $2 (half price as they are updating the place).... basically it is ...

Bunbury
Jan 30, 2007

No Australia visit would be complete without seeing the wild dolphins that come into the beach to see the visitors. Well sadly on this occasion our visit will remain incomplete. Countless brochures and leaflets promised dolphins at Bunbury but they must ...

"Gone Fishin"
Apr 6, 2006

After completing our winery tour, we ended up in Bunbury - one of the towns we zipped past on our way down to the surf. Given the best oppourtunity to try my luck with the fishing rod as the town is home to the southern hemespheres longest jetty at 2k long ...

Bunbury, Western Australia
Apr 7, 2006

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South West Tour
Mar 11, 2006 (16 photos)

... . Only prob is that I ran out of time really so had to do it slightly rushed! Anyway, on Sat we drove down to Bunbury. It's a really lovely town with plenty to do (compareed with further north). We even got excited at the sight of shops and a cinema... ...

Road trip...
Sep 28, 2005 (3 photos)

... a competitive round... What started well quickly degraded and ended in muttering, poor sportsmanship and the occasional bad word! Back to Bunbury for the nite out! After a brief panic when Jason and Dougal admitted to not bringing any bedding (we got ...

Christmas in Australia - SOOOOOO WEIRD
Jan 14, 2006

... . I havnt seen them in 6 months so it was great to see them. They brought the Christmas spirit from Canada to Australia. We didnt celebrate Christmas until the 27th so that they could recover from Jet Lag. We had a fantastic evening. Kristens mother ...

The Life Aquatic with Richard Iglesias
Nov 12, 2006 (4 photos)

Nearly manage to sleep late today but unfortunately we have to check out at 10am which puts paid to that. After a huge breakfast at a local cafe we head to Busselton again as the weather is better today and hopefully the observatory will be open. We ...

Life in the Fast Lane !!
Sep 22, 2007 (1 photos)

... we intend on visiting Mandurah again in the near future!  Apparently, this little city is one of the fastest growing areas in Australia!  It seems we've done a lot during our first two weeks here.  We've gotten connected with our mobile ...

Bunbury
May 4, 2006

During the week I went to Bunbury with Megan (Chris was working). Bunbury is about 2 hours south of Perth. They have wild dolphins there and we went to the dolphin discovery centre to see them. They have lots of information about the dolphins and while we ...

Heading West for the Weekend
Nov 10, 2006

... she didn't tell me that after I asked for a double I'll never know. Anyway we get a booking and take a wander round Bunbury while we wait for the Hostel Office to open. Bunbury is another average small town, which for some reason has city status, with ...

Heading South West
Aug 10, 2007

... the weather would be better. After driving for a couple of hours, a timely break in the clouds as we headed into Bunbury gave us a worthwhile execuse to stop for our first night in the van. A sleepy town with thankfully very good taste in Shiraz ...

More sightseeing
Nov 11, 2006 (2 photos)

... along Eagle beach which is quite nice. The weather has cleared but its still too cold to sit out. Then its back to Bunbury, via the supermarket. Back at the hostel we eat dinner and sit out the back drinking beer and chatting with some of the other ...

Bunbury
Nov 6, 2007

Arrived in Bunbury last night

Bunbury - Back to Burekup
Jan 11, 2006 (2 photos)

... a dime a dozen. The local people are much different as well. Everyone said the AUssies are like Canadians. Definetly not in Western Australia. We went to a local club where we met and got to know many true Aussies. They were a great bunch of people. ...

Bunbury
Aug 24, 2005

Bunbury

Western Australia
Feb 9, 2008 (10 photos)

We checked into the lovely Wander Inn Backpackers hostel and immediately liked the atmosphere here.  Everyone was very chilled and chatty over dinner and drinks in the evenings, where once again we drank too much. We were also introduced to the ...

Back up North
Jun 30, 2004 (1 photos)

... also cost us $2.50 each but then we were helping to restore this piece of history (restore? ie. patch up with any spare concrete they had lying around!). Anyway after that little treat we were off again to Bunbury and our campsite for the night.

Australia - WA (Western Australia)
Jan 4, 2006 (1 photos)

... at night was about 15 C. The day temp was about 22 C. THis is apparently the coldest winter in the history of Australia. LUCKY US. Rob (Kristens mothers fiancee) picked us up from the airport. He lives in BUnbury which is two hours south of Perth. ...

WA - Babies, horses and melted chocolate
Mar 8, 2009 (44 photos)

All the good stuff!!!! In Gill and Phil's house... we love the Family Stone. Arrivals from Limerick, Winery tours, a day at the races, barbecues and babies.

Bunbury
Jun 28, 2008 (3 photos)

... the highway south, through Fremantle, a long stop at Coles to get a weeks groceries, then eventually setting up camp for the night in Bunbury. We drove through a storm pretty much the whole way down, and it was dark by 5pm, so we decided not to trek on ...