Out to Sea on Busselton Jetty

A ride on the jetty train, the underwater observatory and almost two kilometres of white railings over clear blue water at Busselton.

By Thawaio24 October 20261 min read10 April 2017 · Busselton

A long timber jetty with white railings and a narrow railway track stretching out over turquoise and deep blue water, with a few people walking along it under a bright sky. — Busselton Jetty.

On 10 April, we drove to Busselton to visit Busselton Jetty.

The jetty runs a very long way out into the bay, with white railings and a little railway line running along it.

A long timber jetty with white railings and a narrow railway track stretching out over turquoise and deep blue water, with a few people walking along it under a bright sky. — Busselton Jetty.

The jetty and its lamp posts running far out across calm, deep blue water, seen past a white railing. — The jetty stretching out across the bay.

A blue weatherboard building with white-framed windows standing over calm water, with a paddle boarder in the distance. — The jetty stretching out across the bay.

The jetty train

We took the jetty train.

A small red train on the jetty heading out to sea, with people walking along beside it and a white railing in the foreground. — The jetty train.

There were small open carts on the jetty too.

Two small open electric carts with rows of seats parked on the jetty’s timber deck, with the sea and a lamp post beyond. — Carts on the jetty.

From the jetty, the water close to the shore was a clear, bright turquoise.

Clear turquoise water over pale sand beside the jetty railing, with a shorter jetty and a line of buoys further along the beach. — Turquoise water beside the jetty.

The underwater observatory

We also visited the underwater observatory. I don’t have any photographs from inside it.

The end of the jetty

Near the end of the jetty, a signpost told us exactly how far we had come: “You are out to sea, 1.841 km”.

A white signpost against a bright blue sky, with arrows to Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, New York, Cape Town and Paris, and a round sign reading “You are out to sea 1.841 km”, above two people leaning on the railing. — You are out to sea.

The wide end of the jetty, with a blue mosaic of the sea set into the deck, a red and white lighthouse-shaped post and visitors walking towards a blue building. — The mosaic near the end of the jetty.

The jetty’s timber deck and white railing running beside deep blue water, with a fenced gate and the distant shoreline. — Looking back along the railing.

Around the foreshore

We also enjoyed the beautiful area around the jetty.

A sandy beach and rock wall in front of the long jetty stretching far out to sea, with a shorter jetty in front of it. — The jetty from the beach.

A white sand beach running along turquoise water, with rocks and flowering shrubs in the foreground and Norfolk pines at left. — The beach beside the jetty.

A silver gull standing on a bright green lawn, with two blurred figures walking along a low wall behind it. — A gull on the foreshore.

A riverside park later that afternoon

Later that afternoon, after Busselton, we spent some time at a park by a river with a playground shaped like a ship. I’m not sure exactly where it was.

Ducks swimming in brown river water, with reeds and overhanging branches along the bank. — Ducks on the river.

A colourful playground built like a ship, with a blue frame for a hull, yellow slides and climbing frames, among tall trees and wood chips. — The ship playground.

A narrow footbridge with mesh railings crossing a river towards shady parkland, with a couple of people on the bridge looking at the water. — A footbridge across the river.

A dirt path between timber rails leading through low trees and bush. — A footbridge across the river.

Picnic shelters with timber roofs in a shady garden of tall trees and red-leaved shrubs, seen from a boardwalk. — Picnic shelters in the park.

Tall pale-trunked gum trees in late afternoon light over a shady lawn, with a noticeboard and a glimpse of play equipment at right. — Picnic shelters in the park.