The port and regional centre of Bunbury is the 3rd biggest city in Western Australia after Perth and Mandurah, located about 175 km south of Perth. Bunbury is a wonderful water-sport centre and array of lovely and diverse waterways, beaches. Bunbury boasts a scenic coastline on Geographe Bay and is surrounded by unique National Parks and nature reserves that have great facilities for plethora watersports and a fabulous array of scenic attractions, amusements and fun things to do. You can catch lots of fish and crabs; go surfing, sea kayaking, canoeing, swimming, snorkelling, sailing, windsurfing, kite surfing, mountain bikes,rafting. fabulous charter cruises and boating, water skiing, jet skis sailing and much more. There is fabulous scuba diving, wreck-diving and snorkelling in the area. To
the south is the wonderful Margaret River Wine Region and the great surfing location near Margaret River. Bunbury has a wide range of accommodation and is a great spot to use as a base for exploring the wonders of the Peel and South West Regions. Local attractions include: # Dolphin Discovery Centre # Big Swamp Reserve # Tuart Forest National Park # Donnybrook and Bridgetown on the Blackwood River # Kings Cottage Museum # Boulters Heights with its man-made waterfall # The extremely long Timber Jetty which is now used for fishing, sightseeing and crabbing # Back Beach on Geographe Bay has pristine white sand ad is very popular for swimming, surfing, angling, snorkelling, playing with the kids and surfing # Basaltic Rock at Ocean Beach # Big Swamp Wildlife Park features a boardwalk and more than
60 varieties of Australian native birds and mammals # Bunbury Regional Art Galleries # Centenary Gardens # Jetty Baths # King Cottage Museum # Lighthouse Lookout # Mangrove Boardwalk # Mangrove Cove Walk Trail.