Bunbury, Australia Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Described as the capital of the Southwest, BUNBURY , the state's second-largest population centre, is clearly prosperous and content, but not the sort of place you've crossed oceans to see. A day's dallying here on the way south offers a chance to commune with the dolphins (found around The Cut on Leschenault Inlet) and is a lot more fun, if less predictable, than traipsing all the way up to Monkey Mia. They've made a better interpretive job of the Dolphin Discovery Centre too, situated on the beach off Koombana Drive (daily 8am–5pm; $2; tel 08/9791 3088). Tours allow interaction from a boat … more »