The starting point

The starting point

Friday, 20 December 2019

20/12/19 Round the Cape & down a bit


  Continuing our stay near Busselton , we did a bit of travelling down the coast a bit - not far in the scheme of things , but we did visit some places 2 or 3 times . Travelling various roads leading through some lovely countryside and also through a lot of vineyards - this is Margaret River Wine Region after all . 
   We arrived at Yallingup Beach and had a bit of a look where it was a bit sheltered from the wind .


    Heading south we found the next road to the coast . Grass trees grow here in abundance , and at this time of year , christmas trees appear  - that would be the orange flowering ones , which look stunning .



  . It took us to Smiths Beach and Canal Rocks . This is Smiths Beach looking north towards Yallingup & Cape Naturaliste .


  Further round was another rocky outcrop and we found a lot of these flowers .


  Grass tree spikes are now out in flower also .


 Typical australian sense of humour & fun - a santa truck that's lit up at night - not to mention the cow poo & eggs for sale as well hahaha .


  Down to Canal Rocks and quite a view down .


 To our surprise , there's a walkway from the carpark that leads out to a channel in the rocks . Thinking this was the canal in Canal Rocks ,we headed down to the carpark .


  Parking and going for a rockhop we ended up with this view of another canal . The walkway is behind the rocks on the right . These rocks are at 90 degrees to the swell of the ocean , so are protecting this channel from the western swells . However , the swell does crash into the rocks and flow through and over other sections creating quite a wash of white water . 


 This is looking the other way .


  The walkway leads around and over another channel to the rocks . Locals will jump off this bridge into the water and when the swell is coming through from the ocean it can create quite a current , so they jump in and can be swept out into the bay where they can swim back to the rocks and climb out to do it all again . 


 Back inland and south to find the next road out to the coast , this one led to Injinup Natural Spa . The spa is created by the waves coming over the rocks into a rock pool . These would be those rocks and the pool below them .


 It's an extremely popular spot for tourists , with lots of people coming down to enjoy them when the tide is right .


 And here are some of them , there were another 30 or so coming down behind me !!


         This is a section of Injinup Beach , popular with surfers ( in the right swell of course ) and    beach goers .


 Another day we came back out to Yallingup and went for a walk along a section of the Cape to Cape Track . These are some of our views along the way .




 We spotted a chair on a high point on a previous visit , and we found it after a bit of a walk down a narrow track , great views back down toward Yallingup .


                                 And here we are , just to show we were there hahaha .



  We investigated around Dunsborough a bit as well . It's beaches face northeast - a bit of a rare thing on this side of the continent , and as a result can be quite sheltered making them quite good for families and swimming .


 There's also a great network of bike tracks that link Dunsborough to Busselton - about 23klms away . We only rode about 7klms of it though , views like this made us decide to ditch the bikes and go for a swim - being 34degrees also helped that decision .


 This sculpture is beside a roundabout near the beach , carved out of local limestone , it looks good .


 More great views to the west toward the boat ramp and a large netted swimming area .

  
 And here it is , boat ramp on the left and swimming area to the right , and it was lovely .


 The bird even went for a fly , showing how clear the water here is . The dark band is seagrass .



 You can see the outlines of the swimming enclosure below .


 We hadn't spent a lot of time in Busselton , so headed that way for a change . Being another hot day , we headed out for a walk then a swim to cool off . The jetty goes out about 1klm to the underwater observatory at the end . There's a train that you can ride out on , otherwise it's a bit off a walk , which you also have to pay for $4 an adult just to go for a walk on the jetty ( or fish or swim etc ).



 We had a look around and given the heat again , it was in for a swim . They do scuba classes off the jetty as well .


  We left Busselton after an enjoyable stay , and went to our friends place at Waroona for a few days , having a lovely time . We went out crabbing on the Estuary near Mandurah one day , lunch at Lake Clifton Tavern on another , and lazing around the pool as well .
  Back up to Emma's for us to have Christmas together , so to all our avid readers , we hope you have a wonderful Christmas and get to spread a bit of love around .
  Don't over indulge or drink too much ( just enough haha ) . Cheers from us , catch you in 2020 .
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