Froggles Travels: Bunbury 09.09.2016

We left Fremantle and made our way down to Bunbury looking forward to catching up with Bernie’s Cousin Vincent and lovely wife Kim. We also had a lot of post sent to their home as we needed to do some much-needed repairs to the caravan. we were very excited with the idea of not having to sleep in the caravan for a while and the dogs also had a garden to run around in without being tied up.

So, after a lovely evening of catch up and a great night’s sleep, we went off to explore the vineyards in the Bunbury area the following day. First vineyard was Capel Vale. Below photos of Kim, Vincent, Steve, Simone (Kim and Vincent’s daughter) and Bernie at the entrance to the winery. Unfortunately, we did not purchase any wines from this winery.

Below photo of Kim, Vincent and me.

We stopped off at another winery that had these big dragonflies at their entrance, and once again we never bought any wine as they did not please the taste buds and not to mention the high prices they were asking for a bottle.

We then stopped off at another winery and had lunch which was absolutely delicious.

After a lovely weekend, with a possibility of too much food and wine, we went sightseeing with Vincent who had a day off work. We went to some of his favourite surfing beaches, and these were absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. See photos below were taken at Yallingup.

Lovely photo below of Bernie & Vincent.

The area here was covered with flowering freesias, the place smelt so fresh and beautiful.

Here is Bernie and Vincent looking out at the surf beach that Vincent frequents very often.

And yes, I found some more flowers growing wild near the Cowaramup point or Gracetown surf and abseiling beaches, there were gorgeous lilies with the freesias inbetween. Below photos from this lovely coast line.

On our travels through this lovely coast line, we decided to go the Ngilgi Caves, and have to say we thoroughly enjoyed this tour. How amazing mother nature is.

Below photos showing Bernie and Vincent going down into the cave.

Looking down as we entered the cave.

The photo below shows just how narrow the gap is, between the rocks and the stairway.

After this wonderful underground experience, we travelled to Naturaliste and once again a stunning coast line.

A nice selfie of the 3 musketeers.

The above photo of our last stop for the day before heading back home to Bunbury.

Photo below finished off a wonderful day with wonderful family. Bernie, Kim, Michel (who surprised us with his presence) and Vincent. This would have to be one of the best evenings that we have had on our trip around Australia).

Photo of two wonderful brothers, was such a special time for us to spend with family.

Our next stop was going up to Mandurah this too was wonderful and such a quaint place.

Came across these 2 beautiful sport cars, naturally the boys were envious and the view of the beautiful harbour.

The photos below shows a panoramic view of the Mandurah harbour.

Following this we then explored Bunbury and this too is such a beautiful and upcoming town with so much development going on. Note that Bunbury is the second largest town in WA.

Photos below show a panoramic view of the Bunbury estuary, lake and the town of Bunbury in the background.

We explored the little town of Bunbury on another occasion and you will notice the weather had started to turn and got very cold and rainy. The photos below show a panoramic view of Bunbury from a tower lookout, showing the sea on the one side and the estuary on the other side.

We stayed with Vincent and Kim for nearly 2 weeks and had such an amazing time with them, naturally having one too many wines and beers, eating good food and even going out to see Bridget Jones baby at the movies. It was so lovely not having to worry about the dogs as they were safe at Vincent and Kim’s home.

Photo below of a wonderful evening out to their favourite Thai restaurant.