An early morning start will give you the best chance of meeting the friendly wild dolphins of Bunbury for a memorable close encounter. Head south from Perth on the Kwinana Freeway and Forrest Highway and you’ll reach the Bunbury Dolphin Discovery Centre within just two hours. Take a swim tour with the dolphins, join a dolphin eco cruise, learn more about dolphins and local marine life inside the centre, or head for the interaction zone at the shoreline, and wait for the dolphins to come to you. Stay in Bunbury for lunch at a cafe, restaurant or brewery, or make the 50-minute journey to Busselton for lunch overlooking Geographe Bay and the longest timber jetty in the southern hemisphere – Busselton Jetty. Take the 1.8-kilometre jetty walk, or ride the train and take a tour of the Underwater Observatory – your window to Australia’s greatest artificial reef. From here, it’s another 25-minute drive to reach Dunsborough for your overnight stay.