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Bunbury is a major port and business centre of the southwest and a hub of regional development. 173km south of Perth, Bunbury has all the major benefits of city-living commercial opportunities, facilities and attractions mixed into a beautiful, lush seaside setting with a country pace. The fishing, swimming beaches, temperate climate and proximity to the southwests popular towns make Bunbury a popular spot for holidaymakers heading down the coast south of Perth.
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After the Swan River Settlement was established in 1829, Captain James Stirling sent out exploration parties to find land suitable for agriculture. Bunbury originally called Port Leschenault was deemed a place of importance and so the settlement was founded in 1836.
Today, Bunbury is one of Western Australias largest towns. Major industries for Bunbury are farming and agriculture, wine production, woodchips, alumina and of course, tourism.
Largely a volunteer team operates the Dolphin Discovery Centre at Bunbury. The interpretive centre covers many aspects of the dolphins and sitting in the deck chairs watching documentaries on dolphins and listening to the calls of pods of dolphins is an extremely relaxing experience.
White mangrove areas around the port of Bunbury are estimated to be 20,000 years old. A 200m boardwalk has been constructed to provide a walk over this amazing coastal vegetation. Birdlife is prolific in Big Swamp Reserve.
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Close to Bunbury is Tuart Forest National Park, which contains the largest remaining stand of Tuart trees in the world. These slow-growing hardwood trees are unique to the southwest area and are estimated to be 400 years old.
Bunbury offers many locals pubs, restaurants and cafes to experience. Attractions include Kings Cottage Museum with its valuable collection of pioneering material and its recreations of various periods in local history, Boulters Heights with its man-made waterfall and views over the harbour and the Timber Jetty now used for pedestrian traffic, fishing and crabbing.
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The apple-growing town of Donnybrook, Bridgetown on the Blackwood River and the forestry centre of beautiful Manjimup are very close by. Bunbury is a major port city that can be used as a great transitional or coastal stopover point for exploring the abundance of attractions in the southwest region.
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