Busselton

We stopped at the Edwards estate yesterday, but they were closed, and again this morning they were closed. So, we dont get to try Edwards wine  :(

 Drove past a deer farm, and there were so many just standing there in the middle of the field.  Me and my old mate 243 could have cleaned up.

We went to one of the oldest vineyard in the area- the Cullen Wines, and although they were claiming their Chardonay and cab sav was top class, we found the cab sav very ordinary.  The chardy was pretty amazing though, and at $39 a bottle, we enjoyed a sample and politely left.  That was the first wine tasting we have left from without shelling out some hard earned.

Next stop was the Cheeky Monkey brewery, where we ordered the tasting pallet.  All of these beers were pretty amazing, although I didnt really like the brewers "guest beer" that had a strong base of Apricot.  Their Belgin IPA was my beer of choice and didnt have any takaways, but, after some negotiation, that were very happy to refil on of my growers for $20. I was very happy with that, and even the head brewer came out for a chat - he was as awsome as his beers, and his favorite was the IPA also.  I will keep my eye out for these.

Stopped of at Canal Rocks, where the waves have carved canals through.  The waves pool, then push through.. Pretty cool.

Then we went on a walk around the Cape Naturalist Lighthouse to see where the southern and indian oceans meet, only to find out that it was back in Augusta when we got back to the car.  I got a photo of it, but as it turned out, was just more just waves in the ocean.

Next off to the Jetty at Busselton to see the Underwater Observatory, to find out that there were no more tours avaliable because of school holidays and was all booked out.  The Observatory is descend eight meter to the ocean floor via a staircase to view some of the 300 species of amazing tropical and sub-tropical corals, sponges, fish and invertrabets living beneath the jetty.   Anyway, saved us 60 bucks, and we just walked out on the 1.8km jetty.









Disappointed with that (Lidia was, but, I was happy to have 60 clams in my pocket) we headed to a free camp 20 mins north in a pine forrest.  We cracked out growler of IPA from the cheeku monkey brewer, some turkey legs and whipped up a feast on the webber.