Day 106 - 109, Busselton ( Sat 10th Oct - Tue 13th Oct )

Busselton

Busselton Caravan Park, Off Season

At Busselton we stayed at the Beachlands Big 4 caravan Park, its a few kilometers out of town so an easy drive.

The caravan park was nice, well kept and all the facilities you would need including a pool and water park which the boys loved.

As usual being a Big 4 it was not particularly cheap, but none in the ares that were any good were cheap.


We did have a bit of space though !

Foreshore And Jetty

Market Pretzels

The foreshore at Bussleton is very nice, lots of places to have a picnic and there are plenty of cafes and restaurants in the main street only a few minutes walk away.

We were lucky enough to be there on a Sunday so the markets were on, they were pretty good, lots of produce, cakes, take away food etc etc. 

Busselton Jettty Kiosk

The Busselton Jetty is almost 2 kilometers long and is the longest wooden jetty in the southern hemisphere, you do have to pay a small fee to use the jetty but the fee goes towards maintaining the structure so I don't mind.

The Jetty is used by the public for swimming, diving and fishing but the big attraction is the underwater observatory located at the end.

At the start of the jetty is a kiosk where you can book tours, and buy souvenirs, it is also where you board the train . 

Busselton Jetty

Bussleton Jetty Train Ride

There are tours available which include a train ride up the jetty to the observatory and back once finished.

We did the tour and it was just fantastic, I highly recommend it for adults and kids alike.

Seagull Chicks On the Jetty

Sam Onto A big One

We also fished on the jetty a couple of times  while we were there and managed to catch a good size squid and a Eagle Ray which we let go of course.

We did see people catching quite a few squid of various sizes but we didn't catch any other fish worth keeping.

Surface level At The Obsevatory

The underwater observatory was great, the tour goes for about 20 minutes which is enough to get an understanding of the sea life beneath the jetty, after that 20 minutes you have another 40 minutes to wander around.

The observatory consists of three distinct levels each of which has different plant and fish life.

Photos don't really do it justice but here are a few to give you an idea.

Observatory Fish

Ngilgi Caves

Stairs Into The Ngilgi Caves

Down the road from Busselton at Yallingup are the Ngili caves, the caves were discovered in 1899 while hunting for dingoes.

There is a fascinating aboriginal story about good and evil spirits associated with this cave and the tour guide explains it to you before you move into the cave on your own to explore.

There is a semi guided tour available for a family for $58.00, pretty good value we thought.

Descending Into The Ngilgli Caves

Archery

A short drive out of town you will find the Busselton Archery & Family Fun Park, aside fro archery you can play mini golf, bungee run, and ride electric cars.

We went for the archery and had a great time after a little tuition from the bloke who runs the place.

The cost for nine targets for the four of us was $50.00.

Busselton was a great stop over, its a very nice town, we only did a small number of the many things  to do there, would definitely recommend for families traveling to stop in.