"Cape Leeuwin" Peacefrog's photos around Augusta, Australia

A TripAdvisorâ„¢ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Augusta, Australia by TravelPod blogger Peacefrog titled "Cape Leeuwin" Peacefrog's travel blog entry: "Go to the Summary Page ___________________________ In the morning we checked out of the hostel, hoping to leave the bedbugs behind. Tahti had decided she wanted to get to Sydney as soon as possible, so it was only Sjuert and me for this 3-day trip to the south-west of the continent. Meanwhile I had left a few posts in travellers internet cafes to sell the car or find people willing to go to Melbourne. Not with much hope though, as there seem to be no backpackers at all around, everybody being still up north before the wet season, picking up fruits or something. We reached Busselton, and then Margaret River, along acoastline famed for its beaches, rock formations, caves, and vineyards. We could have stayed there, but there was one thing I stubbornely wanted to do, and that was to reach Cape Leeuwin. We drove to there, on a barren land, made of short and thick bushes, a land used to the winds and oceans. We reached the lighthouse an hour before sunset but it was already closed... and the whole area was fenced, I could not get to the tip of Cape Leeuwin... arghhhh!!! That reminded me of Pointe du Raz, in Brittany, where I did not reach the tip, and later realized it was the most western point in France, and sooo regretted I did not go, just tosee how it was to be a bit more to the west. So I was very dissapointed. We ...