Bunbury

Our trip north from Busselton to Bunbury was less than 70 km, so we had a very leisurely start to our travel day. John's shoulder has recovered enough for him to get back on the golf course, so we have had several games on several courses - Sanctuary, Bunbury (we played in a 2-ball ambrose in the Sunday comp), Collie and Binningup. The last is a sensational 9-hole course, apparently it was built during the heady days of WA Inc and intended as a resort course, but things went pear shaped after the first nine holes were built so it was never completed. There is nothing there but the course, an honesty box for green fees and a portable toilet - no club house, ball washers or even a tap. However, the course is magnificent, with superb couch fairways, large, true greens and a long challenging layout. It included the longest ladies' par 5 Wendy has ever played - at 485 metres into the wind with an uphill start it was a mighty tough proposition. If someone ever builds another 9 holes there it will be one of Australia's premier courses.

Other than play golf we haven't done a great deal here. The caravan park is on the shore of an inlet and we walked the 5km circuit pathway. The photo above shows the park from the opposite shore - if you look very, very hard you can actually see the back of our van second left from the camper van. Bunbury is the largest town we will be in for a while so we also did some shopping here for clothes, shoes and some hardware items for the van.