Busselton Jetty - Dunsborough - Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse (Day 1) - Western Australia

We had our brunch at Hungry Jack before we kick start our Aussie road trip to Margaret River. I had ham and cheese toastie while my partner had deluxe brekky roll consists of premium eye bacon, mustard, mayo and tomato relish on a soft brioche bun. His brunch tasted so much better than mine and I just love the golden brown crispy hash brown. Crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside.

Deluxe brekky roll - $ 8.25 (small meal) comes with hash brown and coffee or your choice drink

Ham and cheese toastie - $ 2.50 (toastie only)

Orange juice

On the way to Margaret River, we stopped by Busselton Jetty. At 1.8km, Busselton Jetty is the longest timber pilled Jetty in the Southern Hemisphere. We decided to take the long walk instead of taking the Jetty Train. You can always catch the train if you don't feel like walking the 3.6km return trip. It is a popular tourist attraction and a great place to catch fish.

Admission fee for Jetty day pass:

a) Adult (17 years and above) - $ 3

b) Child (0 - 16 years) - Free

Admission fee for return Jetty Train journey:

a) Adult (15 years and above) - $ 13

b) Child (3 - 14 years) - $ 6.50

Admission fee for Underwater Observatory & Jetty Train ticket:

a) Adult (15 years and above) - $ 33

b) Child (3 - 14 years) - $ 16.50

c) Family pass (2 adults and 2 children) - $ 88 ($ 6 per extra child to a maximum of 2)

Busselton Jetty

Busselton Jetty

Busselton Jetty

Jetty train

Jetty train

Busselton Jetty

Busselton Jetty

Busselton Jetty

Busselton Jetty

Busselton Jetty

Busselton Jetty

Cafe at Busselton Jetty

Busselton Jetty entrance ticket - $ 3 per person

Address:

Busselton Jetty

3L Queen St,

Busselton WA 6280,

Australia

Opening hours: Jetty structure is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Opening hours for Underwater Observatory: 10am to 3pm

Operation hours for Jetty train:  10am to 4pm

We had our late lunch at Vasse Bar & Kitchen, just 3 minutes drive or 13 minutes walk from Busselton Jetty. We ordered a big plate of Caesar salad comes with baby cos lettuce, crispy bacon, croutons, egg, anchovies, Parmesan and Caesar dressing. You can choose to add either chicken tenderloins or smoked Australian Salmon. We decided to add grilled chicken tenderloins and it was good. Chicken was tender and juicy. Only setback was the anchovies. It's too salty for us.

Caesar salad add grilled Mt Barker Chicken Tenderloins - $ 24 (large)

Address:

Vasse Bar & Kitchen

44 Queen St,

Busselton WA 6280,

Australia

It's almost 3.30pm by the time we finished our late lunch. The timing was just right for us to check into our hotel room. Ramada Resort Dunsborough is approximately 17 minutes drive from Busselton Jetty. We took some time to freshen up and hang around the resort area before driving to Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse. On the way, we bumped into a wild kangaroo crossing the road. By the time we reached the lighthouse it was almost dark. The sunset around 5.30pm and basically we were unable to proceed for any sight seeing after that.

Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse

We head back to Ramada Resort Dunsborough and had our dinner at Toby's Restaurant and Bar. I ordered fish of the day while my partner ordered grilled T-bone steak served with cream cheese mash, caramelized onion and steamed asparagus. I have to say that we were both disappointed with our dishes. Poor food presentation for the grilled T-bone steak and both our dishes weren't tasty at all. Sorry to say this but it's the worst grilled T-bone steak that we have ever had!

Toby's restaurant & bar

Restaurant ambience

Grilled T-bone steak - $ 38

Fish of the day - $ 35

Address:

Toby's Restaurant & Bar

700 Caves Road,

Dunsborough WA 6281,

Australia.