Busselton Jetty Underwater Observatory

Last Monday, I went on a trip to Busselton with my wife and my current roommates. Our tour started with a train ride from the foreshore all the way to observatory centre. The ride covers a distance of 1.8 km allowing a beautiful view of Geographe bay and Indian ocean on the southern hemisphere. One can also book a ticket to walk along the timber piled jetty instea of taking a train. The oceanic waves here in Geographe bay is very calm making it possible to watch marine life below.

We descended 8 metres below the water surface to view the marine life. This observatory is also considered as one of the six natural aquariums in the world. One of the guide inside told us that the wooden piling provided structure for marine organisms to thrive as you can see in the second last and third last photos where seagull is floating across the wooden pile.

She is one of the main attraction of this observatory. She arrived wounded at this place and marine life rescoued her, gave her treatment and now she had made this place her home. Other attractions include corals, sponges, fishes and other aquatic animals. Our tour guide also told that the marinelife varies according to the season and different species are seen in different