A Weekend Away: Busselton, Western Australia

Last week, one of my close friends celebrated her 23 birthday, and to mark the occasion, she invited some of her nearest and dearest on a road trip down to Busselton for the long weekend.

Busselton is a beautiful coastal town, located around 3 hours south from Perth (where we all live). So, on Friday afternoon, I packed the car and headed out to pick up my two travel companions, then (after accidentally heading the wrong way on the freeway) we were on our way!

Friday evening was super relaxed – we enjoyed a few drinks around the fire before turning in for an early night so we could be up early on Saturday. Our first stop was breakfast, since none of us had eaten dinner, and we headed in to the town centre, to a little cafe called Samovar. The reviews from our group were a little mixed – some loved their meals and others, not so much. I went for an Eggs Benedict, and while it wasn’t the best I’d ever had, it was still tasty and big enough to sustain me throughout the day.

Afterwards, we decided to go for a drive to Margaret River, which is best known for its wine, and its surf competitions. Since it was too cold to surf, and too early to drink wine (is it ever too early, really?), we headed to the Chocolate Factory, because, well, why not?

After we had eaten as many free samples as we could manage without drawing suspicion from the staff members, we decided to head out to Sunflowers Animal Farm, like the children we are.

We were welcomed at the entrance by some huge Minions made out of hay bales, so of course we stopped for a few quick pictures.

Here’s a bonus close up of me trying (and failing) to jump, just for laughs!

The first stop inside the animal farm, was little sheltered area, where there were baby chicks, guinea pigs, and rabbits, so of course we all went in for a hold.

Next, we went walking through the outdoor part of the farm, and fed some of the animals. There were goats, sheep, cows, horses, dogs, kangaroos, alpacas, emus, pigs and, my personal favourite, plenty of ‘head in the hole’ photo boards, so we could take cheesy holiday snaps!

After a quick nap back at the house, we all gathered outside to start the party, kicking off with a few rounds of beer pong! Unfortunately for me, I peaked too soon and ended up in bed while the sun was still up (for shame!), but we did manage to get in a few good photos first!

After a slightly later start on Sunday, we headed in to town again for breakfast, in the hopes of settling our hangovers (by the stage I was more interested in eating my food than taking pictures – sorry!). We then decided to walk the Busselton Jetty. Construction began on the jetty in 1865, and over the years the length has increased to 1.8km.

The fresh air did us all some good, but by the end of the walk we were all tuckered out, so we headed back to the house for another nap. After our rest, the others started drinking again, but Emma and I wanted to head to Simmo’s Ice-Creamery in Dunsborough, so we went for a little drive by ourselves. I had Mars Ice-Cream, which was deeeelish! Emma’s stomach was feeling a bit sensitive, so she gave it a miss, and instead enjoyed the ambiance (hundreads of sticky, screaming children).

Sunday night was a lot of fun – I spectated as the others played beer pong, and then we all participated in some drinking games (with not a whole lot of drinking), before ordering pizza and watching Get Hard.

The next day, we were all a bit sad to be leaving, but I think it’s safe to say we will all be back for more shenanigans in the future!