Busselton Jetty

About this place

Busselton Jetty is a wooden jetty in the town of Busselton in south-western Australia, the longest timber-piled jetty in the Southern Hemisphere at 1,841 metres. A not-for-profit community group runs it, and it is one of the region's main attractions. Building began in 1864 and the first section opened in 1865, and it was extended many times until the 1960s. The last commercial ship called in 1971 and it closed the next year, then was restored step by step. It survived Cyclone Alby in 1978, fires, decay and the threat of demolition, and a small train runs along its length. You see a long white wooden jetty running out into calm turquoise water until it almost disappears on the horizon, with a blue building with white triangular roofs at its start. A small red train runs on its tracks, and at sunset the water and sky turn pink and gold. It is on Busselton beach near the town centre. You can walk the jetty or ride the train, and at the end is an underwater observatory with a separate fee.