Capel & Bussellton

Brian & Sue

 

Whilst we were parked in Capel we visited a Heritage/Museum type park that was recommended.  It was a fascinating place, full of old tractors and nostalgic bits and pieces, we spent hours there.   The old blokes who work as volunteers put on a tractor pull for us.  We think they got the biggest kick out of it as they tricked one another as they tried to outdo each other.   We were all left laughing at their antics.   When we left Brian & Sues we decided to revisit Bussellton, one of the places Brian had taken us to visit.   We parked up by the seashore and decided to do the Jetty walk - 1.8kms long.   Well, it was a lovely sunny day when we started out.   They were charging $2.50pp to walk the jetty, $11pp to ride the mini train and $29.50pp to visit the underwater observatory at the end of the jetty.  Being tightarses, we opted for the $2.50 fee reluctantly!!!!.   A third of the way thru the walk, the sky turned black, the wind whipped up and we raced for one of 3 shelters along the jetty.   It was pretty useless as gaps in the shelter let the wind and rain blow thru.  As soon as it let up we headed off again a little wet and windblown. This happened twice for us.  When we got to the end of the jetty, there wasnt anything to do or see, unless you were doing the underwater thing so we turned around and headed back into the crappy weather we had already experienced.   When we got back to the beach, the sun came out and the sky turned blue just our luck.   We were reluctant to do anymore sightseeing by this stage so just warmed up in the bus before heading off again.   Drove along the coast and visited more seaside type towns in Dunsborough and Yallingup before arriving at Margaret River.