{"id":1159,"date":"2012-03-12T18:38:27","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T08:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travel.lewisdrafting.com.au\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2012-03-12T18:42:14","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T08:42:14","slug":"busselton-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/?p=1159","title":{"rendered":"Busselton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have decided to stay in Busselton for another week and use it as a base to see all the area including Dunsborough (a beaut spot&#8230;only 10 minutes from Busselton), Augusta (1 hour away), Gracetown and of course Margaret River district (less than half an hour away).<\/p>\n<p>We spent yesterday down south enjoying the Margaret River, but also seeing the devastation caused by the bush fires just before Christmas when about 40 homes were lost. The fire started while the authorities were doing, in hind- site, an\u00a0 incorrectly timed routine burn off to prevent fires. Out of respect for the home owners, I did not take any photos of the burnt out homes. So sad.<\/p>\n<p>Today we have been car less due to a Mum and baby possum taking residence under our car.We moved them yesterday, but did not have the heart to move them today as it has been very hot, so spent the day working, relaxing and bike riding. The possums are so cute, except when they insist on peering down at me from the top of the caravan while we are trying to sleep!!!!\u00a0 They sound like baby elephants.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1160\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1160\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1160\" title=\"Busselton 2 020\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-020-300x114.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-020-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-020.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gracetown bush fire damage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1161\" title=\"Busselton 2 026\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-026-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-026-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-026.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Prevelly Beach was the worst effected&#8230;.over 40 homes lost. It is such a pretty area normally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1163\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1163\" title=\"Busselton 2 011\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-011-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-011-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-011.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our resident possums getting ready to climb up under the car.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1164\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1164\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1164\" title=\"Busselton 2 019\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-019-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-019-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-019.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Having a scratch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1168\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1168\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-0272.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1168\" title=\"Busselton 2 027\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-0272-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-0272-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-0272.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prevelly showing huge fire damage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1165\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1165\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-028.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1165\" title=\"Busselton 2 028\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-028-300x133.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-028-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Busselton-2-028.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Both are very sleepy and very comfortable and cool up under the car. Left click on photo to get a better look.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have decided to stay in Busselton for another week and use it as a base to see all the area including Dunsborough (a beaut spot&#8230;only 10 minutes from Busselton), Augusta (1 hour away), Gracetown and of course Margaret River district (less than half an hour away). We spent yesterday down south enjoying the Margaret &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/?p=1159\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Busselton<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":373,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-busselton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1159"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1171,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159\/revisions\/1171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}