Turquoise Bay, Near Exmouth

Turquoise Bay, Near Exmouth, originally uploaded by kpp.

One of the photos of David Bettini that will feature on the upcoming Exmouth Online.

Busselton real estate

Busselton real estate, originally uploaded by kpp.

The Busselton real estate and Busselton property guide at Busselton Online will be live this week.

If you'd like to enter your Busselton property just click on the subject heading above and you'll be taken directly to the Busselton real estate guide.

Busselton real estate owners can expect to see the Busselton real estate guide hit number 1 on all the major search engines in the same way as the Bunbury real estate guide is the number 1 result for all major search engine queries for Bunbury real estate, Bunbury real estate agent or Bunbury property. Indeed for Bunbury real estate on google.com, Bunbury Online holds the top 3 spots and 80% of page 1 google.com results for Bunbury property.

Already if you do a search for Busselton real estate on ninemsn the first 8 results are for Busselton Online or other WA Online sites. Busselton property returns 1, 2 & 3 and 6 of the top ten are WA Online sites. Busselton real estate agent returns 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 8 - also for 60% domination of page 1 results.

Mortlock River near Northam

The Mortlock River near Northam.

WA Online is about to launch 3 wheatbelt WA websites including Northam Online, Moora Online and Narrogin Online.

WA Online management wishes to extend their thanks to the Wheatbelt Development Commission and the Shires of Moora and Northam for the wonderful assistance and support offered in the process of bring these sites to life.

Watch out shortly for our Moora, Narrogin and Northam websites.

Alice Springs

WA Online is in the process of setting up two Northern Territory websites, Alice Springs Online and Darwin Online.

Both the Darwin and Alice Springs websites will be operational by August 2005.

Busselton Western Australia

Busselton Western Australia is home to the stunning Bunker Bay Resort.

Bunker Bay (pictured here) is just short of Cape Naturaliste in the south west of Western Australia and approximately a 20 minute drive from Busselton.

Busselton Western Australia is home to numerous top flight resort hotels and apartments but the Bunker Bay Resort is on a scale largely not seen in Western Australia previously.

This photo of Bunker Bay is by David Bettini whose photography will feature on all WA Online websites including Busselton Online.

Busselton property

Busselton property is some of Western Australia's hottest real estate with many Western Australians looking either to purchase returement or holiday properties in the Busselton area.

The photo above is of the new Vasse Newtown development between Busselton and Margaret River.

Busselton Australia

Busselton Australia is on the south west coast of WA and is one of Western Australians favourite destinations. (This photo by Christian Fletcher is of Busselton's Geographe Bay and will feature on the new Busselton Online website.)

The Busselton area is often referred to by Perth residents as "down south", being located 232km south of Perth, Busselton has a population of over 25,000 and is one of Australia's fastest growing centres with an average annual growth rate of 4.5%.

The first recorded mapping of what is now Geographe Bay and the eventual town of Busselton, was in 1801 by the French explorer Nicolas Baudin, from the ships the Geographe and Naturaliste. The Bay was named after his ship whilst the river was named the Vasse after a sailor who was lost in the surf when a landing party was returning to the ship at night.

The area was settled in 1832 when families from the Augusta area, led by John Garrett Bussell, travelled north to farm the areas around the Vasse River after they found the Cape Leeuwin area to be largely infertile and difficult to reach by sea.

A growing port serviced the settlers and the subsequent local industries that developed which included the exportation of horses to India and a developing trade in beef, dairy and timber (which continue to be major exports of the Busselton area to this day). Construction of the Busselton jetty began in 1865 and by 1960 had reached out 2 kilometres from the shore.

Prior to white settlement, this area is the traditional land of the Noongar Aboriginal people with many Noongar names and travel routes still widely used today. The Noongar (which means "man") people have occupied the south west area of Western Australia for around 38,000 years and their traditional stories tell of the Waagle (or Rainbow Serpent) giving life and sustenance to their people who in return were the caretakers of the land.

Enjoying a mild Mediterranean climate, the town and suburbs have grown along the shores of Geographe Bay and naturally enough water sports, tourism as well as a growing seafoods industry, feature highly in the local lifestyle and economy.

Western Australia is Australia's largest state, comprising about one-third of Australia's land mass and occupying over 2.5 million square kilometres in area. WA is divided into 10 regional areas - the South West, Mid West, North West, Peel, Wheatbelt, Great Southern, Goldfields-Esperance, Pilbara, Gascoyne and Kimberley.

The South West area of WA is one of the world's great places to live, with a Mediterranean climate, sandy-white beaches, beautiful native forests and all the infrastructure expected of a modern western society.

Busselton is the tourism hub in WA's "South West", an area that is home to the Margaret River wine region and major coal, alumina and mineral sands industries; a region that boasts around 8,000 businesses and a GDP of over $5 billion. Presently it is about a 2.5 hour drive from Perth to Bunbury, but this will be reduced by 30 minutes on the completion of the recently announced Bunbury Highway or Peel Deviation. Other Western Australian tourism towns in the South West are Bunbury, Margaret River, Donnybrook, Manjimup, Augusta, Pemberton, Collie, Harvey and Bridgetown.

Busselton is well known for its jetty (the longest wooden jetty in the southern hemisphere) and its surrounding beach area. The 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.

The original jetty was built in the 1840’s for 80 pounds and was 528 feet long but it was extended 9 times over the next 36 years before the construction of the railway jetty in 1909 where the jetty eventually reached over a mile into the bay.

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. Busselton is also home to the world's last native Tuart forest, just north of the Busselton townsite at Wonnerup.

Another “underwater” feature is the HMAS Swan dive wreck, sunk in 30m waters off Point Piquet at Meelup in 1997. The Swan was the first ship in the southern hemisphere to be sunk as a dive wreck and is now a living artificial reef and home to King George Whiting, Bullseyes, Samson Fish, Dhufish as well as various plant and corals that are attaching themselves to and around the wreck.

Back on land, there are numerous property choices in the Busselton area ranging from small cottages to traditional suburban family homes and from beach retreats to rural or semi-rural properties.

There is a wide variety of attractions, with Busselton the home of many historic and often majestic historic homes and public buildings. One of these is Wonnerup House, at the south western end of the tuart forest.

Built by the pioneering Layman family from 1837 (the present Wonnerup House was built in 1859), George Layman, age 31, was killed after being speared by a local Aboriginal in 1841. Today Wonnerup House is a living museum, operated since 1972 by the National Trust of Australia.

The Trust also maintains the school and teacher’s house built in 1874-5 opposite Wonnerup House.

Caves House at Yallingup was built in 1901 after Ned Dawson and Fred Seymour explored what are now the Yallingup Caves and the Caves Board opened 13 caves outfitted with “the electric light”.

The Busselton Courthouse and Police/Jail complex today stand as a combined museum, arts workshop and café and represent some of Busselton’s oldest buildings. Built from 1860 to 1900 the complex in Queen Street near the Busselton jetty, the buildings were originally intended to house the town’s police and administration but grew to include a prison, court, post and telegraph office, police quarters, stables and customs house.

Other Busselton landmarks and places of interest are the Old Butter Factory, Millbrook Mill and Limekiln, Abbey Farm, Little Holland House, Sandilands Homestead, Lockeville Homestead, numerous craft centres and wineries and then the host of dazzling Busselton and Dunsborough beaches, coves and points.

John Bussell, who before emigrating to Australia, hoped to join the church, was a regular preacher at the St Mary’s church which was built in 1844 and still stands as a proud monument at the entry to Busselton.

Opposite St Mary’s church is the Ballarat Engine, the first steam locomotive to see service in Western Australia. The 15 horsepower Ballarat hauled up to 150 tons of timber at 10mph on a level track from 1871-1886 and today most children who have lived or visited the south west of Western Australia have played on this steam engine.

The Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse, 13km north-east of Dunsborough was constructed of limestone in 1904 30 metres above the sea. Many people, armed with binoculars use the vantage point to watch the mighration south of pods of whales. A timber lighthouse once also stood near the jetty at Queen Street.

There are 3 secondary schools in the Busselton area, several shopping centres, sporting grounds including great golf courses and a public hospital.

Shops are normally open 8.30am-5.30pm Monday to Friday and 8.30am-5.00pm Saturdays with late night shopping until 9pm on Thursday. Several shopping areas have extended trading hours 7 days a week. Banks only operate 10am - 4pm Monday through Thursday and until 5pm on Fridays, although credit and building societies normally also open on Saturday mornings. There are a host of automatic teller machines and bank agencies dotted in and around Busselton.

Many restaurants are open early and close late, with the remainder open in the evenings from around 6pm and for lunch around 12-2pm. There's a bevy of fast-food options both within the city area and heading south towards Dunsborough and Margaret River.

To get around Busselton there are ample modern taxis, a public bus transport service but we’d recommend hiring your own vehicle as many of the attractions are out of town. The Cape Naturaliste Tourism Association’s main base in Peel Terrace, opposite the Ballarat steam engine, will also assist with additional maps and local knowledge.

There are several Busselton medical practices and we have a listing of emergency medical contacts on our "Contact" page.

The main Post Office is in the CBD area near Bi-Lo, and postage stamps can also be purchased at local newsagencies. Postage for a standard letter, anywhere in Australia, is 50c.

Free to Air TV channels in Busselton are the ABC, GWN, WIN and SBS but many homes also receive the Perth networks 7, 9 and 10. Foxtel pay TV is also available. The electricity supply in Busselton, like the rest of Australia, is 240v. While you are travelling you can be updated on Busselton, Dunsborough and the South West region by turning to Western Tourist Radio. In Busselton turn to 96.5FM and in Dunsborough 98.4FM.

City and suburban locations in the Busselton area include Dunsborough, Yallingup, Jarrahwood, Vasse, Carbanup, Wonnerup, Broadwater, Geographe, Eagle Bay, West Busselton, Abbey, Quindalup and Bovell. There is a full listing of Busselton real estate in our Busselton real estate guide.

The Busselton and Dunsborough areas are also a popular retirement centre and the south west area is also now home to a substantial expat community from the USA, Canada, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Our Busselton real estate guide is of obvious benefit to business migrants, retirees and the local Busselton community.

Busselton tourism

Busselton is one of Western Australia's favourite tourism towns.

Busselton is twice the winner of WA's best tourism town whilst the neighbouring Dunsborough has also picked up the same award.

Tourism is one of the major industries in the south west coastaql town of Busselton and Busselton tourism will be a major feature of the upcoming Busselton Online website.

This photo of Geographe Bay is by acclaimed Busselton photographer Christian Fletcher whose stunning Busselton photography will be available for purchase on the Busselton Online website.

Busselton accommodation

Busselton accommodation ranges from bunk cottages right through to world-class resort hotels.

This photo is a direction sign within the stunning Bunker Bay Resort at Cape Naturaliste.

A Busselton accomodation booking service will be available at the upcoming Busselton Online website.

Busselton business

Busselton business features prominantly on the new Busselton Online website.

You will be able to make numerous searches for Busselton business and there will be several Busselton businesses featured on the front page of Busselton Online.

One of the major Busselton businesses features around the Busselton tourism market.

Busselton Restaurant

There are numerous Busselton restaurant choices in the south west WA town.

Busselton restaurants will be a prime feature of the Busselton Online website which will be launched this week.

To find out more about Busselton restaurant and eating out options take a look at the new Busselton website.

Yallingup

Yallingup is the centre of Western Australia's favourite surfing district and is on the western side of Cape Naturaliste.
Yallingup apart from offering wonderful surf has a protected lagoon ideal for swimming and families.

This photo is of Canal Rocks, only a few minutes from Yallingup, by Busselton photographer Christian Fletcher.

Dunsborough

This photo of Busselton bushl;and is by Christian Fletcher whose photography will be featured on the Busselton Online website.

Dunsborough is the pearl in the Busselton tourism oyster and is one of Western Australia's favourite destinations.

Dunsborough is about a 20 minute drive from Busselton, near Cape Naturaliste.

Narrogin WA

Bunbury real estate

The Bunbury real estate and Bunbury property guide is located at Bunbury Online.

If you need information on Bunbury property or are just looking to contact a Bunbury real estate agent click on the blue link above to go straight to the Bunbury real estate guide.

If you are looking for a Bunbury real estate agent here's a list -

Summit Realty Wittenoom Street Bunbury 6230
DAD Realty Clifton Street Bunbury 6230
Advance Realty Century 21 Stirling Street Bunbury 6230
Allwest First National Mardo Road Australind 6233
Banks Realty Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Barr & Standley Stirling Street Bunbury 6230
Bowler Hat Realty College Row Bunbury 6230
Bunbury City Realty 79 Victoria Street Bunbury 6230
Bunbury Land & Estate Agency Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Capel & Districts Realty Capel Drive Capel 6271
Combes Real Estate Uduc Road Harvey 6220
Commercial Realty Forrest Ave Bunbury 6230
CRT SAS Victoria Street Bunbury 6230
DAD Realty Clifton Street Bunbury 6230
Donnybrook First National South West Highway Donnybrook 6229
Elders Hennessey Road Bunbury 6230
Gard Realty Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Garnet Property Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Harvey District Agency Uduc Road Harvey 6220
Homes Plus Property Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Just Property Management Marlston Drive Bunbury 6230
Krank It Up Tingle Street Bunbury 6230
Landmark Wilson Road Bunbury 6230
Lighthouse Realty Marlston Drive Bunbury 6230
Lighthouse Commercial Realty Forrest Ave Bunbury 6230
LJ Hooker Bunbury Clifton Street Bunbury 6230
LJ Hooker Harvey Hayward Street Harvey 6220
Pindan Group Mitchell Crescent Bunbury 6230
Professionals Stirling Street Bunbury 6230
Raine & Horne Victoria Street Bunbury 6230
Ray White Bunbury Stirling Street Bunbury 6230
Ray White Eaton Australind Albatross Crescent Eaton 6232
Roy Weston Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Realty Executives Victoria Street Bunbury 6230
Southwest Property Solutions Minninup Road Bunbury 6230
Summit Realty Wittenoom Street Bunbury 6230
Teede Realty Blair Street Bunbury 6230
VNW Independent South West Hwy Donnybrook 6229

Summit Realty Wittenoom Street Bunbury 6230
DAD Realty Clifton Street Bunbury 6230
Advance Realty Century 21 Stirling Street Bunbury 6230
Allwest First National Mardo Road Australind 6233
Banks Realty Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Barr & Standley Stirling Street Bunbury 6230
Bowler Hat Realty College Row Bunbury 6230
Bunbury City Realty 79 Victoria Street Bunbury 6230
Bunbury Land & Estate Agency Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Capel & Districts Realty Capel Drive Capel 6271
Combes Real Estate Uduc Road Harvey 6220
Commercial Realty Forrest Ave Bunbury 6230
CRT SAS Victoria Street Bunbury 6230
DAD Realty Clifton Street Bunbury 6230
Donnybrook First National South West Highway Donnybrook 6229
Elders Hennessey Road Bunbury 6230
Gard Realty Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Garnet Property Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Harvey District Agency Uduc Road Harvey 6220
Homes Plus Property Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Just Property Management Marlston Drive Bunbury 6230
Krank It Up Tingle Street Bunbury 6230
Landmark Wilson Road Bunbury 6230
Lighthouse Realty Marlston Drive Bunbury 6230
Lighthouse Commercial Realty Forrest Ave Bunbury 6230
LJ Hooker Bunbury Clifton Street Bunbury 6230
LJ Hooker Harvey Hayward Street Harvey 6220
Pindan Group Mitchell Crescent Bunbury 6230
Professionals Stirling Street Bunbury 6230
Raine & Horne Victoria Street Bunbury 6230
Ray White Bunbury Stirling Street Bunbury 6230
Ray White Eaton Australind Albatross Crescent Eaton 6232
Roy Weston Spencer Street Bunbury 6230
Realty Executives Victoria Street Bunbury 6230
Southwest Property Solutions Minninup Road Bunbury 6230
Summit Realty Wittenoom Street Bunbury 6230
Teede Realty Blair Street Bunbury 6230
VNW Independent South West Hwy Donnybrook 6229

Quairading, Wheatbelt

A typical scene from the Western Australian wheatbelt region - this time at Quairading WA. This photo is courtesy of David Bettini and David's photos and books will be for sale on all WA Online websites including the wheatbelt sites of Moora, Northam and Narrogin.

Busselton real estate agent

If you are searching for Busselton real estate agents use this guide below or alternatively visit the new Busselton real estate and Busselton property guide located at Busselton Online.

The Busselton real estate agents are as follows -

Busselton:
Bay Realty Busselton 102 Queen St Busselton
Bignell Real Estate 40 Queen St Busselton
Busselton First National Real Estate 100 Queen St Busselton
Bay Realty Busselton PO Box 467 Busselton
No Agent Property PO Box 5108 West Busselton
Busselton First National 100 Queen St Busselton
Busselton Land & Estate Agency 55 Queen St Busselton
Busselton Professionals 96 Queen St Busselton
Ellis & Son 55 Queen St Busselton
Harvey Grey & Associates 64 Prince St Busselton
LJ Hooker 86 Queen St Busselton
Ray White Busselton 102 Queen St Busselton
Roy Weston Coles Complex Kent St Busselton

Dunsborough:
LJ Hooker Dunsborough Naturaliste Forum Naturaliste Terrace Dunsborough
Valuation Partners (WA) Pty Ltd PO Box 696 Dunsborough Dunsborough
White McMullen Naturaliste Forum Dunsborough
Cape Naturaliste First National Dunsborough Village Dunsborough
Professionals Dunsborough Dunsborough Centrepoint Dunn Bay Rd Dunsborough
De Chiera & Co Dunsborough Centrepoint Dunn Bay Road Dunsborough
Dunsborough Holiday Homes 54 Dunn Bay Rd Dunsborough

Margaret River:
Prater Real Estate 18 Fearn Ave Margaret River
Roy Weston Bussell Hwy Margaret River
Stocker Preston 128 Bussell Hwy Margaret River
Margaret River Real Estate First National 126 Bussell Hwy Margaret River
Acton Margaret River 129 Bussell Hwy Margaret River
Leeuwin Realty, Professionals Margaret River 135 Bussell Hwy Margaret River
Margaret River Valuation Services 128 Bussell Hwy Margaret River

Busselton real estate

Busselton real estate will be online at the new Busselton Online website commencing 1 June 2005.

Busselton real estate agents will have the opportunity to showcase all their Busselton, Dunsborough, Eagle Bay and Yallingup properties on the new Busselton real estate and property guide.

If you are a visitor to the new Busselton real estate guide you'll be able to search for Busselton property by price, location and many other choices.

There will be photos of Busselton properties and in many cases these properties will feature a virtual tour.

So if you need to know more about Busselton real estate and Busselton property take a look at Busselton Online.

Black Rock Falls, Kimberley

Black Rock Falls in the Kimberley - a graceful veil of water cascades into a tranquil emerald pool, hidden within the ranges near Kununurra, to provide welcome relief from the unrelenting tropical heat. Black Rock Falls is one of the thousands of waterfalls that spill into the Kimberley's magnificent gorges throughout the wet season October to April.

To see more of the photography of David Bettini visit the upcoming Kununurra Online.

Rainstorm, Gascoyne

A precious thunderstorm transforms the Gascoyne's cracked landscape baked dry from months of relentless sunshine.

The wildlife inhabiting this environment take full advantage of such rare downpours, including the thousands of frenetic frogs that suddenly emerge from undergound hibernation to reproduce.

Their croaking chorus can be heard across the inundated landscape for many nights following the welcome rain.

This photo by David Bettini will feature in the upcoming Carnarvon Online and will be available for purchase from this website.