Bunbury in a Day

So we think it will be a good idea to go into Town by bus as there is a stop right outside the campsite, saves parking a big van in the center. We look for a timetable, no such luck, look on line, no such luck, ask in reception, no luck so there I am looking for bus company telephone number to ring them whilst walking to corner of road, when a huge shriek goes up next to me and I get pushed in order I don't step onto a snake the same colour now as my underpants.....
The Bus will be along in 50 minutes, back to camp and ten minutes later we park the van down at the beach where within 5 minutes we are watching a Dolphin doing what some would call tricks but in reality it was hunting for fish in shallow water. Well after half hour or so we walk to a coffee shop......... Now as I may have mentioned before the Australians whilst appearing to be good natured, will put up with anything, they are a bit basic, so should I really be surprised when my coffee arrives with the remnants of the last twenty people to use the mug, stuck in the crack around the top....... Do I make a scene? If I do I may get free antibiotics for anything I succumb to....... Having left said Coffee shop, I stop a couple in the street and ask them the way to the Hospital, No not really, I asked where a certain store was, we start talking and I realise I have become one of those irritating persons who stand in the middle of the pavement as a group talking and everyone else has to walk around you. After 10 minutes of talking to this couple, I adjust my position so as to allow free access to the footpath, David the guy we are talking to, says don't bother walking, we will give you a lift........ and so we arrive at the store, refreshed and some good advice about touring New Zealand, the Australian v Expat culture, The South West of Australia and where to find bloody Fairy Wrens......
The store we wanted is useless but we go into Bunnings, a DIY store next to it, looking for a screw to replace the one in my belt buckle that had fallen out. There we are down an aisle, looking through boxes of screws, removing one and trying it in the buckle of the belt which is now in a bag, surprise, surprise two Bunnings Staff are suddenly next to us giving us the once over, so best form of defence is attack, I confront them by asking if they could help, best service we have ever had in Australia.........
Now the problem with a lot of Australian Towns on the Coast is that they obviously started off some time ago due to some form of industry, so whenever you see a lookout advertising a stunning view of the coastline and town, you also know you are going to get in the background some form of industry which is simply ugly, Bunbury is no different with grain silos etc, so once again we get that disappointed feeling about the things to do and see according to the Bunbury Tourist Guide. I drive around, we do the Mangrove Boardwalk, the Leschenault Inlet, the Big Swamp Reserve and see basically nothing, certainly nothing new. So on impulse I drive out of town, following my nose and hopefully a sense of direction towards the sea and end up on a new housing estate which has obviously been built on land that was previously a wood/forest and that has had to have retained a lake, some natural woodland and dunes left to regenerate. Wow Christmas has come early for someone next to me, she is having a whale of a time with the Birds we see, one a Nankeen just dropped out of the sky about 25ft in front of us and invited a young magpie to lunch with him..... There were Eagles, Parrots, White Eyes, Kookaburra's, and loads of water birds, so much so, she was not amused when her camera battery died on her...... That's enough nature for one day, let's go get some diesel, well blow me down with a feather if we don't get to the garage and find a 5inch long Wood Moth, thank heavens for camera phones. Now the Wood Moth, having spent two years as a grub has no means to eat, it just does what male and female wood moths do and dies, something that brown snakes can easily cause humans to do, so from now on, we are playing follow the leader, with me bringing up the rear............