April 21: Perth, Australia

We drove to Perth today after walking to the end of the Busselton Jetty. It’s the longest timber-piled jetty in the Southern Hemisphere at 1.8 kilometers.

We stopped near Preston beach in Yalgorup National Park for a short walk trying to find some Thrombolites but it was too dry. We did get to see the Thrombolites at Lake Clifton in Yalgorup National Park. They are amazing. The park had to put up fences along the boardwalk because people didn’t follow the signs and walked off the boardwalk onto the Thrombolites which pretty much kills them.

We had Rainbow Lorikeets in the trees outside of our hotel room in Perth and then we had a double rainbow- what a great welcome.

Today is Monday after Easter and it is a public holiday with 15 percent surcharge on services.

Diane and Jennifer at end of Busselton Jetty
Jennifer on walk near Preston Beach in Yalgorup National Park
Fairy Wren
Diane and Jennifer with Thrombolites at Lake Clifton in Yalgorup National Park
Rainbow Lorikeet seen from our hotel balcony
Perth rainbow from our hotel balcony- it was a double for just a few moments