Busselton

Busselton is a city in the Australian state of Western Australia with about 15,000 inhabitants.

Busselton is located on Australia's west coast - about 220 kilometers south of Perth.

  • 3.1 Triathlon

History

The Briton John Garrett Bussell (1803-1875) arrived in 1832 as the first European settlers and founded the settlement on the west coast of Australia. After his family name of the place was named.

With the completion of the first of Piers in 1865 with a length of 158.4 m was the economic boom for Busselton, as this amounted to a port. Horse-drawn carriage transported initially the goods from one end to the other, in 1911 these were replaced by steam and diesel locomotives from 1960. The last extension of the pier was made in 1960 to 1,837 m, the port operations were however discontinued in 1974. The Busselton Jetty was partially destroyed by Cyclone Alby in 1978 and by fire in 1999.

Attractions

Busselton Jetty

The 1853-1865 built Busselton Jetty is true with almost two kilometers in length as one of the longest piers in timber construction. Due to the shallow coastal course and the shallows here a very long bridge for the supply of water on aircraft and ships was needed. At the end of the web is now an underwater observatory, which provides an insight into the underwater world from shallow water to 9 meters deep reason. Because of the currents in this part of the coast of Western Australia, in particular due to the Leeuwin current, which ensures from the north for warm water temperatures, numerous tropical fish and other marine life on the wooden poles of the Busselton Jetty can be observed.

Sport and Leisure

Triathlon

In Busselton Busselton 70.3 is held annually in December, the Ironman Western Australia and the Ironman. In this triathlon over half the Ironman distance 1.9 km swim, to cope 90.1 km cycling and 21.1 km running.

Personalities

  • Stephen Leaney (born 1969 ) is an Australian professional golfer
  • Scott Sunderland, cyclists
156084
de