Busselton

We stayed in Busselton, Western Australia, the other weekend. Busselton is on beautiful Geographe bay.

While we were there we went to have a look at the Busselton Jetty.

The jetty is 1841 metres long - the longest structure in the southern hemisphere.



The jetty was originally only 130 metres long, and as time progressed they extended it bit by bit.

The last portion of the jetty has been destroyed by fire.  They have built an underwater observatory at the end of the intact part of the jetty.  You can descend 8 metres below water and through the observation windows look at the fish.

The tour guide said that the fish are just as curious about us as we are about them.  I was amazed at the variety of fish living around the observatory.  On the pylons there were  lots of colorful growths - the guide said that they were all animals: no plants.  An incredible view.