Day 66 - Busselton

Not a cloud in the sky, sunshine all day. Heading down to Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse at Augusta and working our way back up the coast.

Again a beautiful drive through the green fields, bypassed Margaret River and straight to Cape Leeuwin, paid our $6 ea to walk out there, decided not to pay the $20 to climb 187 stairs. The Lighthouse is 36m high which is the tallest in Australia and on the most south-westerly point.

The water was very choppy so it was hard to see where the Southern and Indian Oceans met - sure it was out there somewhere. Saw a pod of Dolphins swimming past.

Next stop the Historic Water Wheel, will post photo of the info board. Then off to Jewel Cave, very impressive, went on an hour long tour and Nick explained a lot about how the caves are made over millions of years, not sure the photo's do them justice. Was Wayne's first visit to a Cave like this, so he enjoyed. Some interesting shapes have formed beside the normal Stalagmites and Stalactites.

Next stop Hamelin Bay Beach, famous for the Stingrays that come into the Bay during summer, was quite rough so nothing to see. We noticed the Boat ramps in these bay are all covered with piles of seaweed, no way you would get your boat over the top of it...maybe they aren't used very often.

Travelled up the coastal road to Prevelly Beach - which I thought was the Surfing Beach, apparently not...it is the next point around from there. It did have a good break out the back and people were swimming...brrr

The drive was through forests with Black Boys, palms and ferns, we weren't expecting such lush scenery. We can't believe how may Winery's there are in this area, every property for km's, except for the forestry area. Interesting day.Read more