Inland from Busselton

From Bunbury we went inland to see some historic towns: Donnybrook, Balingup, Greenbushes, Bridgetown and Nannup.

The countryside down in the southwest is vastly different from the hot, tropical northern part of WA.  Here in the south we are seeing rolling green pastures, reminiscent of Victoria, with the temperatures to match.  Up in Broome, Karratha, Onslow and Port Hedland we were experiencing 37 degree heat and now we are lucky to reach 20 degrees.

Artwork outside the old cheese factory on the road from Nannup to Balingup.

We had coffee at a particularly nice outdoor terraced cafe in Nannup.  There is hanging wisteria all across the beams above our heads.  We actually returned to Nannup after our trip to the Margaret River region and this time we had the most wonderful sausage rolls from the Nannup Hot Bread Bakehouse.

We walked around a small lake called the Greenbushes Pool.  It is a natural spring-fed body of water which is a local picnic area with a big playground.

The toilet block near the pool was very arty and picturesque with trees painted on it.

In Bridgetown the annual fund raising for kids with cancer was taking place along the main street.  With a fire engine blaring, men dressed in superhero costumes were riding scooters.

Photos on some of the costumes.

The town has an arts trail along a four kilometre stretch of the streets.

This enigmatic sculpture of a woman and her dog sitting overlooking the Somme Creek.

Ironstone Gully Falls where we spent a night both on the way in and out of the inland area.  It was a very nice rest area and a popular place for families to come out and spend the day at from both Bunbury and Busselton.

The Bussellton Jetty.  It is the longest timber-piled jetty in the southern hemisphere, 1841m long.

The old railway line from when it was a working jetty.  Nowadays it is purely a tourist attraction.

We look forward to exploring the south of WA but we have to wait until the weather warms up a little.  So, we have to dally around a bit and delay moving south too soon if we don't want to be constantly cold.  Also, accommodation in the southwest for RVs is much more expensive with almost no opportunity for the free or low cost camping we favour and which we enjoyed elsewhere in the state.