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 Bunbury, Western Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The port of Bunbury (33°21′1″S, 115°38′58″E) is the fifth-largest city in Western Australia and is situated 175 kilometres south of Perth, the state capital.
The City of Bunbury itself has a population of 29,000 but the Greater Bunbury Region, which includes the suburbs of Dalyellup and Gelorup (Shire of Capel), Eaton (Shire of Dardanup) and Australind (Shire of Harvey), which is regularly utilised for statistical purposes, shows a population of 54,000.
The railway line connecting Bunbury to the southern towns of Bridgetown and Manjimup was closed in 2005.
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 Bunbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Enrique Bunbury is lead singer in the spanish rock band Heroes del Silencio.
Edward Herbert Bunbury was a historian of Greek and Roman geography.
Bunbury is also a fictional character in Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest.
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 Bunbury, Western Australia : Your Window to Western Australia™   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Bunbury is situated on the west coast of Australia's South West tourist region.
Bunbury faces the Indian Ocean and is on the shores of Koombana Bay and Leschenault Inlet.
Bunbury became a municipality in 1871, and railway lines in 1891 and 1893 increased the port's importance as a major exporter of Karri and Jarrah timber to England.
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 Bunbury - Western Australia - Australia - Travel - smh.com.au   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Bunbury is an attractive and interesting mixture of a pleasant, gracious city combined with a strong and successful industrial base built on the city's port.
St Marks Church, the oldest church in Western Australia, was built at Picton in 1842, Bunbury became a municipality in 1871, and railway lines from Boyanup (1891) and Perth (1893) increased the port's importance.
At this time Bunbury was a major port for the export of karri and jarrah which was being cut and milled in the hinterland.
www.smh.com.au /news/Western-Australia/Bunbury/2005/02/17/1108500208058.html   (2097 words)

  
 Bunbury Western Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Bunbury's port is Australia's ninth largest port by volume and by 2020 should be rated within the nation's top five.
Bunbury is the commercial hub to 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.
Bunbury is well known for its "Cappuccino Strip" restaurant and café precinct and more recently the fast developing Marlston waterfront area that already includes the upmarket Vat 2 restaurant, Taffy's "live" confectionery outlet, Barbados tavern and nightclub, Jiving J's waterfront bar and eatery and "Surprise Chef" Aristos's own seafood boardwalk.
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 Bunbury - Tourism Western Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The cosmopolitan Port of Bunbury, just two hours' drive south of Perth, is located on a spectacular peninsular surrounded by blue waters of the Indian Ocean, Koombana Bay and the Leschenault Inlet.
Lt Bunbury made the first successful overland trek to Port Leschenault and it was renamed 'Bunbury' in his honour.
Bunbury has accommodation ranging from four star resorts, award winning specialty accommodation, luxuriously appointed beachfront and city motels, enchanting B and Bs, self contained chalets and apartments in waterside and beach locations through to Caravan, Camping and Backpackers facilities.
www.westernaustralia.com /en/search/product.htm?ID=9005006   (576 words)

  
 Bunbury, Western Australia - South West Life
Bunbury is a City and we consider the notion of "greater Bunbury" all the time, taking in areas that are part of neighbouring authorities Capel, Dardanup, and Harvey.
Located about 180 km South of the Capital City of Perth, Bunbury now has a population in excess of 50 000 and is growing at a rate difficult to clearly quantify as the growth is now across several local authorities and ABS districts.
Higher education is an important attraction with the Bunbury campus of the Edith Cowan University and adjacent South West Regional College of Technical and Further Education complementing a choice of private and public educational opportunities.
www.southwestlife.com.au /bunbury.htm   (643 words)

  
 Bunbury WA - Western Australia
Bunbury is the major seaport of the South-West region, and the largest centre in Western Australia outside the metropolitan area.
Bunbury, however, is primarily a holiday centre, and each year thousands come here to enjoy their holidays.
It was also shoes that Bunbury was the first to note the fl sand that was quite peculiar to the shoreline.
www.myalbany.net /bunbury_wa.html   (674 words)

  
 Bunbury, Western Australia, a holiday mecca
One hundred and fifty years ago, Lt Henry William St. Pierre Bunbury gave this city its name and since then it has been the centre from which explorers and tourists have travelled and discovered the South of Western Australia.
Bunbury is a natural centre for touring the South with its awesome karri forests, splendid coastline and rolling grasslands.
Bunbury is famous for its friendly dolphins which come into Koombana Bay just east of the Sailing Club and within easy walking distance of the City Centre.
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 Australia & NZ :: Bunbury Bumblings
Bunbury and the Southwest area of Western Australia 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.
Bunbury is the commercial hub to 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 billion.
Bunbury is truly a water-lifestyle city being bordered by the Indian Ocean, Koombana Bay and Leschenault Inlet and fed by the Collie and Preston Rivers; making watersports such as sailing, water skiing, fishing, wind surfing, diving and snorkelling, boating, rowing, swimming, surfing and jet skiing extremely popular.
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 www.webstreamhosting.com - History & Culture: Ethnicity, Folklore, Mythology information
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Western Australia is Australia's largest state, comprising about one more in-depth history and background on the Bunbury area and make.
The port of Bunbury is the third-largest city in Western Australia and is situated 175 kilometres south of Perth, the state capital.
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 Bunbury Western Australia : ArriveNet Editorials : Travel
Bunbury Online (ArriveNet Editorials - Oct 16, 2004) -- Bunbury, on Western Australia's south west coast is the regional centre for a mix of mining, agricultural, tourist and tertiary business sectors.
Bunbury is well known for its "Cappucino Strip" restaurant and café precinct and more recently the fast developing Marlston waterfront area that already includes the upmarket Vat 2 restaurant, Taffy's "live" confectionary outlet, Barbados tavern and nightclub, Jiving J's waterfront bar and eatery and "Surprise Chef" Aristos's own seafood boardwalk.
There is a wide variety of attractions, with Bunbury the home of the Dolphin Discovery Centre where you can learn about and interact with wild dolphins, whilst in 2005 the city hopes to host a round of the Formula Nippon motor racing circuit.
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 Bunbury, Western Australia - Visitor Information Portal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
BRIGHT and bustling, the City of Bunbury is Western Australia’s biggest regional city and a major tourist attraction in its own right.
With trimmings of old world charm and the attractions of a major city, it is no wonder that Bunbury continues to grow and keep favour as an ideal holiday destination.
Donnybrook, about a half hours drive from Bunbury is a rural town famous for its orchards, arts and crafts and growing wine industry.
www.touristradio.com.au /location_pages/bunbury_links.htm   (360 words)

  
 Bunbury Accommodation & Tourism Directory | Bunbury WA | Bunbury - Western Australia| For all your accommodations, ...
Bunbury is also home to great attractions like, Dolphin Discovery Centre, Big Swamp Wildlife Park, and of course Bunbury's stunning Koombana Bay and great beaches.
Travelling around Western Australia is relatively an all year round experience as our sealed road system is quite extensive.
In the summer months those who wish to visit the north of Western Australia be aware the the seasonal rains of the north can close these roads in a very short time.
www.mybunbury.com   (554 words)

  
 Thach visits Bunbury Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Bunbury, Western Australia -- Following three months of duty in the Arabian Gulf, the Sailors of USS Thach (FFG-43) paid a five day visit to this seaside resort on Australia's west coast, approximately 120 miles south of Perth.
Bunbury's citizens turned out for receptions in the ship's honor, while restaurant and shop owners greeted its Sailors with friendly smiles.
Bunbury's rural golf courses provided beautiful scenery, but golfers often had to compete with wild kangaroos for use of the fairways.
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 Bunbury Western Australia Backpacker Accommodation Bookings
You can relax at the hostel and look at the murals of Australia painted at the hostel or stand on the beautiful beach and watch the sunset.
Bunbury is a great place to use as a base to see other parts of the South West of Western Australia.
Bunbury's white mangroves are estimated to be 20,000 years old and are left over from an earlier tropical period.
www.tourbookings.com.au /bunbury/backpackers.shtml   (403 words)

  
 bunbury.yourguide
The Bunbury Mail is printed every Wednesday, featuring news, sport, community news, classifieds and weather from the Bunbury district.
MANY Bunbury homes could be worth nearly $2 million in 10 years time.
Jo Reeves is a finalist in the WA Youth Awards for establishing a support group for pregnant women.
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 BUNBURY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, BUNBURY DOLPHINS, THINGS TO DO IN BUNBURY, PLACES TO VISIT IN BUNBURY, BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS
Bunbury is a pretty port south along the coast from Perth.
There are a number of other tourist attractions around Bunbury, including the Big Swamp Wildlife Park, the Bunbury Regional Art Galleries and the interesting King Cottage.
There are some excellent cafes and restaurants in Bunbury, with many situated along the 'Cappuccino Strip' on Victoria Street.
www.australianexplorer.com /bunbury.htm   (290 words)

  
 Open Directory - News: Newspapers: Regional: Australia: Western Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Bunbury Herald - Profile and audit details for free weekly distributed to homes and businesses in Bunbury, Western Australia (pdf).
Bunbury Mail - News, sport, community club details, and a comprehensive listing of the surrounding district's property, jobs, entertainment, dining details, and classifieds.
Pelican - The official publication of the University of Western Australia's student guild.
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 Bunbury - Augusta - Cottesloe - South Western Australia bicycle tour
It used to take more than three hours to get to Bunbury, arriving just before one o'clock, so that I had to flog the 77 km to Dunsborough against the usual fresh afternoon SW headwind and get there not long before sunset, feeling tired and not well set up for the rest of the trip.
In 1992 I was able to start earlier but because the bike had to be taken down separately by truck I had to walk 2 km to the truck depot carrying the luggage and was not able to start riding until after nine.
The dual carriageway with a wide marked strip on the left that I had been enjoying since Bunbury, suddenly gave way to the old road, a two-lane with no room on the left of the white line at the edge.
www.treadly.com /touring/bicycle-tour-1997.htm   (7395 words)

  
 The Sullivan Family - Bunbury, Western Australia
Having found myself in a place where I had to go along Spencer Street (Bunbury) in the morning, I found that there was this crossing guard there who apart from helping little people across the road, made it his business to wave at and communicate with as many road users as he could.
Luke is, according to some informal research I’ve conducted, universally known by people who use the CBD in Bunbury.
I visited Catherine to watch her at work and though she doesn’t have to face the same traffic volume that Luke does, she waves to all of them just the same.
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 JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
O'Reilly was arrested at Dublin, where his regiment was then quartered, tried by court-martial for concealing his knowledge of an impending mutiny, and sentenced to be shot, but the sentence was subsequently commuted to twenty years' penal servitude.
After confinement in various English prisons, he was transported in 1867 to Bunbury, Western Australia.
He subsequently organized the expedition which rescued all the Irish military political prisoners from the Western Australia convict establishments (1876), and he aided and abetted the American propaganda in favor of Irish nationalism.
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 Bunbury Accommodation, Western Australia : Your Window to Western Australia™   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Situated a ten minute walk from the city of Bunbury's popular café strip.
The chalets (set on 615 acres) are in the scenic hills just 5 kms from Harvey, 30km from Bunbury, are all self-contained & air-conditioned.
Bunbury Village Holiday Park is your South West family destination.
www.west-oz.com /regions/southwest/bunbury/services/accommodation.asp   (325 words)

  
 » Bunbury - Western Australia | A Holiday Destination For All
Bunbury is located approximately 172kms south of Perth.
Bunbury is a water wonderland visited by day trippers and holiday makers alike all year round.
Steve Wall is the owner and managing director of MyBunbury.com, a accommdation & Tourism directory for Mandurah Western Australia.
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 Bunbury, Western Australia - Travelmate
Gateway to the south-west region of WA, the big port city of Bunbury sits on Koombana Bay at the southern end of the spectacular Leschenault Inlet, with the Indian Ocean as its western border.
Bunbury and its surrounds are paradise, too, for sun, sand and surf lovers, anglers, and those who go in search of prawns and crabs.
Marks Church, opened in 1842, lays claim to being the second oldest church in Western Australia.
www.travelmate.com.au /Places/Places.asp?TownId=247   (224 words)

  
 Bunbury - Bunbury WA - Bunbury Accommodation - Bunbury Western Australia | WestAccom.net | Western Australia ...
Bunbury - Bunbury WA - Bunbury Accommodation - Bunbury Western Australia
Bunbury is located approximately 172kms south of Perth (see Map) An enjoyable 2 hour drive, Bunbury is a water wonderland visited by day trippers and holiday makers alike all year round.
Situated on the corner of Arthur and Stephen Streets- the Paisley Centre was built in 1894 as a primary school.
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 Western Australia: Bunbury   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A group of ladies came together at the Bunbury Rowing Club in Bunbury to form what was to become the Crewsaders.
Some pamphlets were thrust into my hand, and within a few weeks I found myself in a coffee shop in Bunbury with Julie Scott and June Foulds, two breast cancer survivors.
The response has been fantastic from both survivors and supporters in Bunbury and the support of my club, the Forza Dragon Boat Club and its members, has been freely and generously given.
www.dragonsabreast.com.au /WA_Bunbury.htm   (418 words)

  
 A Travel and Tourism Guide to Western Australia
Last Updated Saturday, October 05, 1996 3:00:23 PM Welcome to my Home Page, which is mostly dedicated to showing off the beauty of my home state, Western Australia, with it's thousands of miles of pristine beaches, majestic forests, spectacular coastal cliffs and unique flora and fauna.
Albany is situated 252 miles (409 KM) South-East of Perth on the shore of the Southern Ocean.
Other trips were to Guilderton (repeatedly), Pemberton, Mandurah, Greenough (near Geraldton), Bunbury, Busselton and the longest trip to Shark Bay and Kalbarri.
travelwa.iinet.net.au   (1041 words)

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