After quick look at Eagle Bay, including making friends with a local labrador, carried on to Bunker Bay.
Topped/tapped off morning with lunch back at Eagle Bay Brewing... best brewery lunch yet and gorgeous farmland views - between horizontal rain showers. Eagle Bay beers well worth finding; 3.5% XPA for me and wheat beer for Chris.🍻🍻 Oh, and the food was delicious with great sharing options to try several of lovely things. Oh, and the coffee.... just yum☕️
Still a few stormy downpours happening but the wind soon dried us out on way back. 12,000 steps today and sand walking just about as good as stairs😁 sea warmish but pretty rough.
Up to Cape Naturaliste for a wander round historic lighthouse and cottages. Learned about local fire risk from arsonists in summer. A very real danger as apparently although very wet and lush at this time of year, the bush and whole cape area is tinder dry through summer.
Last day in Busselton and headed back down coast to explore more beach action.
A couple of hardy surfers were braving these biggies at Yallungup - their biggest challenge seemed to be just getting out to the waves. Clairault Bay had quite a group out and seemed a lot more user friendly. Next stop Meelup Beach back nearer Dunsborough and recommended by lighthouse volunteer the day before. This was Chris's pick and proved well worth the detour. A beautiful wee spot to do a good warmup walk before finally braving the Indian Ocean for a swim.
Actually saw a sea eagle- at last- and a green parrot; both protected in this particular sanctuary area. Proof of mid-winter swim. This pic taken before Chris forgot swimming sea with sunnies still on not his best idea🤣
And perfect pasta from our new Busselton 'local' - Al Forno.
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