Our last day in the South of Western Australia before returning to Perth and flying back to Europe. We had tickets pre-booked for the Busselton Underwater Observatory. This Observatory gives you the opportunity to see sea life in a depth of down to eight meters without having to don any diving gear. The Busselton Observatory’s natural aquarium is one of only six in the world.

The Observatory is located at the end of the Busselton Jetty. This landmark, at 1.8km long, is the longest timber-piled Jetty in the Southern Hemisphere. A small tourist train takes you out to the far end of the jetty from where you walk down in a huge tank to see different levels of the jetty structure. The construction has been populated by a wide array of sea life and you can watch schools of fish swim by the large glass windows.

Recently the Busselton Jetty Inc, the non- profit organization taking care if the jetty started installing under water art in order to maximize marine and reef growth in the area. Much of the ocean in the Geographe Bay consists of sea grass. The jetty, originally built as a ship loading structure for the timber industry, acts as a man made reef and attracts a wide variety of sea life. The art work is best seen diving or snorkeling along the jetty.