Saturday, 5 March 2016

Cycling Down Under: The Australind to Bunbury

Tuesday, 1 March 2016

We had been advised that it was not worth the ride to Bunbury since it was all built up and criss-crossed by fast roads, so we took a train instead.  We arrived in Bunbury at midday after 2 1/2 hours and a very comfortable and clean journey on the train with attentive staff.  The countryside was mainly cattle grazing and they seem to have plenty of water.

The first 20km out of Bunbury was not particularly enjoyable on the Bussell Highway as traffic was heavy and trucks whizz past dangerously close to the shoulder.  We turned off at Roberts Road and chugged along through partly shaded roads.  There was a strong headwind against us. We arrived at Busselton at 5pm.  This was a long stretch of coast with houses, all looking for the magical seaview.  The bike track near the town was good .  We found a campsite where we were squashed in between two caravans.  After setting up tent, we rode to the town centre to Woolies and a Chinese meal, served by Cantonese speaking girls, one from Malaysia and the other from Saigon.
We finally saw the Indian Ocean

The Busselton Pier is 2km long

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