The Long Walk

The tents are soaked this morning but at least the rain has eased. It's a late start because we're only going as far as Fremantle. The ride out of Margaret River is superb; the countryside is so green. Farm animals lazily munch away at grass. It's hard to believe only a week ago we were in the barren wasteland of the Nullarbor.

Dave wants to see another lighthouse and I'm cool with that, not because I care much about lighthouses but it means riding along the coastline. Unfortunately the ride is very short, much like the lighthouse. Located at Cape Naturaliste, it's only 19m high. It's still active so we get to see the lens spinning which is kind of impressive. We stand right beneath it and I get a real sense of the weight.

We travel onwards to Busselton to see the Busselton Jetty. It's an 1841 metre jetty and you can catch a lift down into an underwater aquarium at the end. This sounds great. Sadly the reality is kind of a letdown. The aquarium is closed because underwater visibility is poor. It takes an hour to walk to the end and back with a cold wind howling the whole time. It's an unpleasant experience and the view at the end didn't justify the effort.

The rest of the ride is on decent highways and it's not long before we're in Fremantle. It's late so we find a caravan park and call it a day.