Mandurah is a small city of about 75,000 , but it doesn't give you
that overcrowded feeling , situated on the coast about an hour south of Perth with an inlet that feeds channels, makes a unique and upmarket part of the world to build a house.
We had a lovely time catching up with some friends we met on a previous trip. Got taken on a tour of Mandurah and surrounding areas.
Then down through Busselton, and a walk along the 1.8 km jetty, through the Margaret River Region from the lighthouse at Cape Naturalist all the way down the coast to the Cape Leeuwin lighthouse. Had a tour through one of the many caves in the area , we climbed down about 150 metres and once inside there were hundreds of stalactites hanging down from the roof of the cave over a lake of water, just amazing, with the caves and the 100 odd kilometres of wineries, olive groves, cheese and chocolate factories it was tough going.
The Cape Leeuwin lighthouse is the tallest in Australia. It was built in 1801 and is fabricated from locally sourced limestone.
This is an operational lighthouse and we had a tour up the 150 or so steps to the top, it was blowing a gale and the tour guide said that the wind at the top was blowing at 80kph.
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| Cape Naturaliste lighthouse |
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| canal rock |
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| view from cape Leeuwin lighthouse |
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| Lake Cave |
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| Busselton Jetty |
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| inside cape Leeuwin lighthouse |
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