Well after the last two less than exciting days we have had a wonderful day today. We left Bunbury this morning and drove all the way to Busselton – took us a mammoth hour and three quarters and that was only because we took the tourist drive through the Tuart Forrest which was really pretty. It was a forrest that wasn’t overly thick with trees and the floor was covered with grass and on the other side of the road arum lilies – which are apparently a weed over here but look lovely.
We took a chance and went straight to the place we are staying to see if we could drop off the camper trailer – we were in luck – not only could we drop off the camper but we could also get into the cabin so we could drop off all our stuff.
You would think the kids had never been in a cabin before, the excitement level was so high. I have to admit I have been looking forward to here as well – not that the camper trailer hasn’t been brilliant but separate bedroom from the kids and some solid walls are a bit of a treat after all this time.
Anyway back to today’s adventure. Our first stop was Busselton Jetty (those of you 
who watched Materchef know what it looks like). It is approximately 2km long and has an underwater observatory at the end of it. It was very disappointing to get there and find the observatory has been closed for nearly three weeks because of poor visability. We decided to go out to the end of the jetty anyway but because of how cold it was an our lack of any kind of long sleeves we went on the tram. Poor Sam ended wrapped in my jacket (the only one we had between the six of us)and falling asleep on the train.
After the jetty we were all getting a bit peckish and ended up at the Dunsborough Tavern for lunch which was great because it had a huge indoor play area for the kids. After a delicious lunch we headed out to Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse which had spectacular views of Geographe Bay.
We then called into a jeweller who I had seen and advertisement for in one of the south west WA brochures we have. He makes individual pieces with Australian designs – I’m still deciding if I can afford one. Claire came in with me while the boys sensibly waited in the car which meant we didn’t have too long to look because we knew their patience would be limited.
After the jeweller we headed off to Canal Rocks. Claire opted to stay in the car while the rest of us walked along the boardwalk and scrambled over the rocks – the swell was fairly big so we got some amazing photos. Thomas and Luke tried some rock modelling and Sam found a little cave to hide in.
Back to our cosy little cabin and the kids went straight to the jumping pillow and the water park which then boys returned from soaking wet. While they were doing that Paul went into town and bought some food for dinner and breakfast while I got to go and do more washing.
It has been very nice hiding out in my very own bedroom planning which vineyards we are going to visit tomorrow and lying back in bed watching TV and I am looking forward to all the kids going to bed and soaking in a lovely hot bath.
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