GoRV - Digital Magazine Issue #48 | Page 71

RV TRAVEL
As a state , Western Australia is the second largest ‘ subdivision ’ in the world after the Sakha Republic in Russia .
If you have toured WA ’ s many splendours , you would be forgiven for thinking that enough is enough . But don ’ t rush off , because if you haven ’ t explored the ‘ south-west edge ’, you are missing some of the best spots in the state .
Emu Bay , Albany
BUSSELTON
Let ’ s begin at Busselton , which is a good , but not the only , base camp from which to explore the northern part of Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park . For information , drop by the Busselton Visitor Centre , where you can find out about the 1.7km Busselton Jetty with the Underwater Observatory at the end .
Here , you can watch a range of marine life growing on and living around the jetty pylons and , more widely , some of the fish found in Geographe Bay . You might even meet an octopus watching you watching him through the massive viewing windows .
Birdwatchers will want to visit the Vasse-Wonnerup Wetlands . Nearby is the Tuart Forest National Park with a night spotlighting trail where you might be lucky enough to see a western ringtail possum ( listed as ‘ critically endangered ’ due to loss of habitat ). The town ’ s foreshore offers a great beach with both walking and biking tracks .
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