Following my galavant around WA's state capital, I thought I'd travel down to Bunbury (2 hours South of Perth by train). Here I have a bit of distant family and an offer of a bed, having been here before (back in 2003) I liked the place and was excited to be going back. I caught the Australind service (transWA) from Perth, which funnily enough does not stop at Australind (a suburb of Bunbury). The trip was on time and a nice one, passing through areas such as Harvey.
Bunbury is the biggest City / settlement South of Perth in WA, and a fast developing one at that. The city centre has not changed much since the last time I was here, there is one new high-rise hotel, the Mantra, but the city 'sprall' has spread exponentially. The main tourist draw, the Dolphin Discovery Centre is in need of serious development and the fact that the city is so spread out does not lend itself well to tourists (at least not ones without cars). That said however, Bunbury does not rely on tourism, it is a working city with a considerable amount of Heavy industry still in place.
Since being here I have been doing a little work on my Great Uncle's farm,and helping him move offices in the city centre whilst staying with my Cousin and her family in Australind. After a few weeks here I was given the opportunity to go and stay in Bussleton, about 45 mins down the coast, in my Uncle's Timeshare in the Bussleton Beach Resort - which was very nice indeed. Whilst on my staty in Bussleton I also had use of a car so I used this as a base to explore the SW corner of Western Australia on day trips.
