Bunbury

A couple of months ago I'd booked us a room at a spa/B&B down in the Margaret River wine region for a long weekend Mike had off work. Saturday at last the time came to go - our first overnight trip out of town together since we'd moved here, so really the first thing approaching a honeymoon we've had. I was giddy :-) We were on the road by 8AM but check-in wasn't till 2PM so with time to kill we headed down to Bunbury first. We've got an apartment booked there for four nights at Christmas with the kids when they arrive but we've never actually been there. We were in Bunbury about 10AM, found the apartments (which look really nice) and decided to take a stroll around town. Looks great and I think we can all have a lot of fun down there! Directly across the street is a movie theatre, all along the bay front area where the apartment is located are lovely little cafes, a brewery, and boutiques. A 10 minute walk down the beach is the Dolphin Discovery Centre where dolphins come right up to the shore to interact with people. There are boats moored at a couple of yacht clubs in the bay and you can walk around the point to the beaches on the Indian Ocean in about 10 minutes. There appear to be lots and lots of rock pools that will be really fun to poke around in. (note to kids - bring water shoes). There's a surf club, and a wildlife park, and I think the reptile center Laura is keen to visit is down in the area too. It all looks very promising for Christmas!

Lighthouse at Bunbury - Indian Ocean side