Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Busselton Jetty

Busselton Jetty



The Busselton jetty and its surrounding beach area are probably the focal point of Busselton Western Australia.

The longest wooden jetty in the southern hemisphere, the Busselton jetty was previously in 2 sections, the main jetty and the railway jetty that converged, but in 1978 the main jetty section was destroyed by Cyclone Alby.

Today there is an ornamental train service that will ferry passengers the length of the jetty to a new underwater observatory on the sea floor. The underwater observatory is open 7 days and accommodates up to 40 persons.

The Busselton jetty is home to the world’s southernmost coral formations and host to over 300 individual marine species, being fed by the warm waters of the Leeuwin current from Indonesia.