Cullen Bay

We have just purchased a van from E-bay and will pick it up when we arrive in London. Leah just had a "test pack" and it is under 10kgs, yay.

Views over marina at Cullen ...

... the main reasons I'm going, to find out!" Some of my favorite's were Xavier Rudd (one of the reasons that I went), Jamie Cullen, Damian Marley (superceded any expectations that I had since I thought he became famous because of Bob), The Cat Empire (one of ...

... ...followed by pavlova, chocolate mudcake and strawberries for dessert!  And then a warm, cozy bed to rest weary muscles (thanks Cullen!...love the Star Wars sheets!).  And the list goes on, as we all watched the All Blacks cane ...

... night before I was due to go on a 3day/2 night trip to Fraser Island. On the morning of my trip I bumped into Dave Cullen from SAP in Dublin and his friends from home Andy and Ritchie who it turned out were on the same tour as me. The weather ...

... bowsprit (the pointy thing on the front) to the very back (or 'stern' in marine-speak - arrr). Here she is moored at Cullen Bay Marina, and I'm lounging in fishing seat behind the smaller mast, basking in the sun right now. Ha ha. Just kidding - this ...

... is a lovely City - very laid back and easy to get round.  The Apartment we stayed in was brilliant, overlooking Cullen Bay - lovely at night with all the Christmas lights around the boats/houses, etc. We travelled round mostly on their local bus ...

... candy (candy floss) and French fries that come along with that! On the Thursday we arrived we had a pleasant trip down Cullen Bay, a harbour area that had been built up with expensive homes and tall apartment blocks. It was all very picturesque. ...

... a comfortable one. Instead, we dropped off our things at the hotel and walked a couple of kilometres to the marina at Cullen Bay. The marina was reclaimed from swamp and mangroves during the 1990s and a lock maintains the deepwater berths through which ...

... a lady who gives a talk and describes all the various fish if education is what you want. Another taxi then taken to Cullen Bay Marina for a few pleasant beers overlooking all the boats. In the dry season it is probably walkable, but because we ...

... suburb of Mandurah. I assumed the ferry left from Stokes Wharfe in the main harbour - but sadly no, turned out it left from Cullen Bay - an infernally hot 40 minute yomp across the penninsula in the midday sun to catch the 1 pm ferry. And then a ...

... boats there, before heading off to the Botanical Gardens, which like most Australian cities, are very impressive! Whilst walking back from Cullen Bay I managed to get attacked by a couple of birds (no idea what kind, but they were black and white in ...

... funny tummy after so not sure if that related to the lunch but it was lovely at the time). We then went on to visit Cullen Bay Marina which was gorgeous before heading off to the legendary Mindil Beach market where you can seemingly get every type of food ...

... for the kids is Man from Snowy River on the 29th so we will see) then along the Esplanade until we ended up at Cullen Bay and parked underneath a sign for a restaurant called “Seafood on Cullen" a seafood buffet restaurant (wonder if I can twist ...