Bunbury
Up til now, Bunbury was just a place to pass through on our way to Siesta Park, stopping at the Information Center and Subway for lunch.
This day we decided to explore more.
The port city of Bunbury is the third largest city in Western Australia after the state capital, Perth, and Mandurah. It is situated 175 kilometres (109 mi) south of Perth’s central business district (CBD). The port services the farming, mining and timber industries of the south west originally connected via an extensive rail network.
The first registered sighting of Bunbury was by French explorer Captain Louis de Freycinet from his ship the Casuarina in 1803. He named the area Port Leschenault after the expedition’s botanist, Leschenault de La Tour. The bay was named Geographe after another ship in the fleet.
In 1829, Dr Alexander Collie and Lieutenant Preston explored the area of Bunbury on land. Later Lieutenant Governor Sir James Stirling visited the area and a military post was established. The area was renamed Bunbury by the Governor in recognition of Lieutenant Henry William St Pierre Bunbury, who developed the very difficult inland route from Pinjarra to Bunbury.
Since we were lingering in Bunbury, we decided to climb the lookout tower.
Before going up, one classic shot of the lighthouse, so iconic in Bunbury and the Norfolk Island Pines.
Just beautiful from above.
Silos turned luxury apartments.
As I looked around, I said out loud as I thought it, wouldn’t this be a fantastic place to come back at sunset?
And even though we covered a lot of ground that day, we did just that.
I knew the lighthouse would look fantastic against the sunset sky, and I was right.
We stayed and savored the sky show.
And, as the sun went down, we had the tripod in the truck to try some long exposure photography.
As it turns out, I really like Bunbury. So grateful we could have some time there!
