Perth Adventure Day 7 (Part 1)

The day started off early with a visit to the Dolphin centre in Bunbury.

We were there to try our luck as the dolphins do not visit everyday and they do so only on irregular timings. But we were told to go early for the best chance.


There was a crowd by the time we got there. We stood in the extended line and listen to the friendly snippets of information given by the local volunteer dolphin conservationists.

Don't be fooled by the rich sunlight. It's freezing cold!!!

Here's one! We got lucky! =)

You don't just pick seashells in Australia I guess?


Talk about double the luck. We were told that the younger dolphin, 'Eclipse' was bitten by a shark about a week before. But fortunately the wound is healing.

Another father-son pic. Can't help taking pictures of them can I??? I suppose the parent-child bonding is on a total different level compared to Singapore. Well at least I bet we have the most maid-child bonding sessions!

After a chilly morning by the beach, we bid farewell to Bunbury and left for Busselton! Where we made a beeline for the...

Not the beach again???

Nah not exactly. We're headed for Busselton Jetty. The world's second longest jetty at almost 2km far out into the sea. Imagine length Bedok jetty multiplied by almost 10 times. You'll get the idea...

Jian Ye, XinYi's elder bro took a splendid picture of this majestic penguin lookalike bird.

This is how he got the pic. You lucky blog readers. We need more photographers like him...

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Taa-Daa! Here we are..

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In the past a train was able to ferry passengers right to the end of the jetty! but the rail got destroyed in a storm a few years back and rebuilding is in progress. So check back soon in a couple of years!

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Hope you get a rough idea of its length through these pics...
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Seagulls will accompany you along this long walk!

Well this picture should drive home the idea of its length in I suppose...

Some pics along the way...

They laid memorial tablets of the departed along the jetty... Interesting...

It's true that Australians love to swim. Here's someone doing a 4km swim in mid afternoon. Now we know how all those world class Aussie swimmers come about.

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Now why would they build a train just to travel to the end of the jetty? Definitely not just to see the end of the jetty of course...

Cos' all you see would be this... The storm destroyed this section of the jetty. Prior to the repairs they noticed that it is now a natural habitat for those penguin like birds. So they decide to leave that part at the end of the jetty unrepaired so that it remains free from human interference. Cool eh? It's now a platform for tens of these huge birds.

Ok what you really will get at the end of the jetty is...

Busselton UnderWater Observatory!

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Like Sentosa's underwater world, only more 'under' and totally natural. 6 storeys of observatory built downwards to give visitors a view of the colourful flora and fauna.

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In we go!

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And down we went!

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Going underwater soon!

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Panels of windows surround the huge cylinderal structure. As we descended we caught sight of much of the aquatic life.

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The pillars supporting the jetty has become an array of colours over the years with anemones and other aquatic organisms making it their home.

Personally, I felt that we were in a giant fish tank with the fishes observing us instead. Well we're in their world after all.

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I have something for seagulls I gotta admit.

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That's all for Busselton Town! Time for lunch first and then we're off to check out the coast! Check next post!!! =)