I arrive in Bunbury mid morning and grab the last dorm in the hostel...bit of luck as I hadn't booked !!

after checking in I have a chat with some of the people in the hostel, bit of a mixed bunch, bit of an older crowd than the 20somethings in the previous hostels up the coast, this is pretty much a working hostel so most of the people are there long term as they have jobs in the town, which makes for a good atmosphere in the place as they all have a good laugh with a few beers in the evening. all sorts in this hostel, French, Spanish, Korean, American, Australian..etc...I feel I'm the only English person there baring Jenny from Newcastle.

After a movie night in the Hostel everyone gears up for the weekly karioke sesh down the local, I sail on down the pub with them, and roll out my crowd pleaser Johnny B Good...a classic from the uni days....Remember those quality Karioke nights at Uni Rich ;-)

the next day went to the beach with my French room mate Xavier, went for a snorkel, but didn't see much, so just ended up swimming !

Pool competion in the evening crashed out in the 2nd round though...no suprise there !

Next day up early doors, went down to the beach with Jenny to see the Dolphins, as they came in early each morning, bit like at Monkey-Mia up the coast.

chilled on the beach after that, and cooled down with a swim !

Got pretty wasted in the evening a cheap bottle of wine, then a few beers playing pool in the pub finished me off, cant remember getting home !!

Next morning jumped on the bus...adios Bunbury !

Busstleton..

The shocker...checking into to this hole is not exactly what I had in mind, what are Lonely planet thinking, they make this place sound tip top, using words such as "comfy", "cozy", "welcoming"...yeah for the Mice maybe !!

but as the old chestnut goes..."Its not where you are its who your with" and I was with about 10 Japanese people in this place......a bit overwhelming at first, but basically I've never met a group of people who made me feel part of their well established group so quickly.

later that evening again went back down to the pier with the Japanese kids and went fishing we caught heaps of fish, and the next day they cooked it all, the best fish I've ever tasted, they sure knew what they were doing.

Its not the easiest thing in the world having a conversation with someone if there is a big language barrier, a lot of people will give up to soon, but these guys have taught me that its worth the effort. Special mention to Shizuka thanks for the origami crane fly :-) hi to all the others Yoichi, Mio, Vanessa...and Tomo thanks for the fishing lesson :-)

All this plus the good weather and scenery made up for the grim hostel !! as Shizuka called it...Bed bug backpackers ha-ha

Anyways...just like some sort of mysterious helpful dog...I disappear into the distance almost as soon as ive arrived...

written by  tomrendell on December 13, 2006 from Bunbury, Australia
from the travel blog: Western Australia !!!
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Hi Tom,
Hope you have a lovely Christmas wherever you are! And you're not sat in your room reading Christmas cards from your relatives! ;-) lol! As if!
I am still at work, no-one has told us to get off early, tit gits! I think I'm just going to do a runner though! Dare I risk it?
Miss you, Christmas won't be the same without you.... it'll be better! JOKE! At least I won't get an insult in the form of a size 14 jacket this year! How could you?!!! Hahaha!!
Take care, and hopefully speak soon again.
Love ya.x

written by  Lucy Rendell on December 22, 2006

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