2006 Bunbury - Day 1

Eventful day.

8:30 - Got to Perth
9:30 - Boarded Australind train to Bunbury
10:30 - Mused about where Perth ended and country began, concluding that funny looking animals staring at me were probably a good indication.
12:00 - Arrived in Bunbury, booked forward tickets to Yarloop/Harvey
13:00 - Arrived at YHA Bunbury after an odd ride through the suburbs which look like a forest of TV antennae as Bunbury people tend to prefer receiving Perth stations, and can do so as they're 180km from Perth.
14:40 - Left hostel initially just intending to go have a look at the beach.
17:20 - Returned to hostel having walked all the way to, and around, Big Swamp (Prince Philip Drive) - it was well worth it, at this time of year the waterbirds have all had young and just about every species of baby bird you can imagine is walking or swimming around there. So cute :) Also walked up Tuart Street in the "tree street" district of town with well maintained older country-style houses. Apparently this used to be the town limit.
18:40 - Left hostel to get sunset photos, ended up in the Thursday late night shopping experience at Centrepoint (which used to be marshalling yards for the railway before the railway was removed in 1986).
20:00 - Cooked a rather odd dinner for myself and have been chatting to other hostellers.

I'll write more when I feel less tired. It was unexpectedly warm here so the walk did quite take it out of me.