Location: 1267 Cape Naturaliste Road, Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park, Western Australia. It's 13 kilometres from DunsboroughContact: +61 08 9755 3955
Opening Hours: 9.00am - 4.30pm
Coordinates: 33°31′S 115°00′E
From Busselton, we heading towards the lighthouse which takes about 30 minutes. By the time we reached the Lighthouse, we couldn't purchase the entrance ticket anymore as it was about the time to close for the day. We had a quick chat with the reception there, and was told that there were whales sighted on this particular day. We were very exciting about this great news, as we never see whales before.
The reception told us we can walk aroud the Cape Naturaliste area as it is just besides the great ocean and natural park. We decided to choose the "Whale Lookout" point and heading towards the best spot to see the whale. Along the way, we could see lot of plants and flowers. There were few other groups there enjoying the scene as well, and we had a quick chat with a group of travellers from Germany.
The whales is easily spotted from afar, but we mean really from afar. I would put an estimates about a kilometres from the cliff where we stood. It would be great if one bring along binocular to get a better view. We could see the water bubbles from the sea, the caudal fin comes out from the sea, and whow.... you see it... I mean I might be excited for the first time seeing the whale.
We could see the lighthouse as well from afar. Since it is about sunset with clear sky, it was breathtaking view. Though we can't entered the lighthouse, but clearly we were satisfied as we could wonder around the beautiful scenary over here. The lighthouse was activated in 1904, constructed of limestone quarried from nearby Bunker Bay.
As we walked around the area, we saw wild kangaroos around. Though we could see lot of it in zoo, but this is the first time I encountered wild kangaroo with such a short distance. Since the area is natural park, it has lot of kangaroos over here. In short, we were happy as could see the wild animals and whale over here.
Before we leaving, we enjoying the sunset view. Just a simple word to describe, "AWESOME". We could see the sun 'eaten up by the sea'. We rushing back to our car heading towards our accomodation before it is too late.
Here is few websites which is I find it very useful and informative:http://www.geographebay.com/accom_result1/cape-naturaliste-lighthouse/
http://www.lighthouse.net.au/lights/wa/cape%20naturaliste/cape%20naturaliste.htm
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