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The port city of Bunbury is the third largest city in Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
 after Mandurah and Perth
Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the List of Australian capital cities and largest city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of Western Australia. With a population of 1,554,769 , Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average....
 the state capital. It is situated south of Perth's central business district
Central business district

A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In Australia, China , Republic of Ireland, Kenya, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore and South Africa, the phrase is commonly used, and is often colloquially abbreviated to "CBD"....
 (CBD). The port services the farming and timber industries of the south west originally connect via an extensive rail network.

Bunbury was the birth place of Western Australia's first Premier and explorer John Forrest
John Forrest

Sir John Forrest Order of St Michael and St George was an Australian explorer, the first Premier of Western Australia and a cabinet minister in Australia's first federal parliament....
.

ury is situated 175 kilometres south of Perth, near the mouth of the Collie River
Collie River

The Collie River is a river in the South West region of Western Australia.The river was named after Dr Alexander Collie who, along with Lt. William Preston, was the first European explorer to find the river in 1829....
 at the southern end of the Leschenault Inlet, which opens to Koombana Bay and the larger Geographe Bay which extends southwards to Cape Naturaliste
Cape Naturaliste

Cape Naturaliste is a headland in the south western region of Western Australia at the western edge of the Geographe Bay. It is the northernmost point of the Leeuwin-Naturaliste Ridge which was named after the cape....
.

first registered sighting of Bunbury was by French explorer Captain Louis de Freycinet
Louis de Freycinet

BiographyHe was born at Mont?limar, Dr?me. In 1793, he entered the French navy. After taking part in several engagements against the United Kingdom, he joined in 1800, along with his brother , an expedition to explore the south and south-west coasts of Australia....
 from his ship the Casuarina in 1803.






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The port city of Bunbury is the third largest city in Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
 after Mandurah and Perth
Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the List of Australian capital cities and largest city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of Western Australia. With a population of 1,554,769 , Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average....
 the state capital. It is situated south of Perth's central business district
Central business district

A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In Australia, China , Republic of Ireland, Kenya, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore and South Africa, the phrase is commonly used, and is often colloquially abbreviated to "CBD"....
 (CBD). The port services the farming and timber industries of the south west originally connect via an extensive rail network.

Bunbury was the birth place of Western Australia's first Premier and explorer John Forrest
John Forrest

Sir John Forrest Order of St Michael and St George was an Australian explorer, the first Premier of Western Australia and a cabinet minister in Australia's first federal parliament....
.

Geography

Bunbury is situated 175 kilometres south of Perth, near the mouth of the Collie River
Collie River

The Collie River is a river in the South West region of Western Australia.The river was named after Dr Alexander Collie who, along with Lt. William Preston, was the first European explorer to find the river in 1829....
 at the southern end of the Leschenault Inlet, which opens to Koombana Bay and the larger Geographe Bay which extends southwards to Cape Naturaliste
Cape Naturaliste

Cape Naturaliste is a headland in the south western region of Western Australia at the western edge of the Geographe Bay. It is the northernmost point of the Leeuwin-Naturaliste Ridge which was named after the cape....
.

History

The first registered sighting of Bunbury was by French explorer Captain Louis de Freycinet
Louis de Freycinet

BiographyHe was born at Mont?limar, Dr?me. In 1793, he entered the French navy. After taking part in several engagements against the United Kingdom, he joined in 1800, along with his brother , an expedition to explore the south and south-west coasts of Australia....
 from his ship the Casuarina in 1803. He named the area Port Leschenault after the expedition's botanist, Leschenault de la Tour
Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour

Jean Baptiste Louis Claude Theodore Leschenault de la Tour was a France botanist and ornithologist.Leschenault de la Tour was chief botanist on Nicolas Baudin's expedition to Australia between 1800 and 1803....
. The bay was named Geographe after another ship in the fleet.

In 1829, Dr Alexander Collie
Alexander Collie

Dr Alexander Collie was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who journeyed to Western Australia in 1829, where he was an explorer and Colonial Surgeon....
 and Lieutenant Preston explored the area of Bunbury on land. Later Lieutenant Governor Sir James Stirling
James Stirling (Australian governor)

Admiral Sir James Stirling Royal Navy was a British marine officer and colonial administrator. He was the first Governor of Western Australia of Western Australia and on his own initiative signed Britain's first limited Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty in 1854....
 visited the area and a military post was established. The area was renamed Bunbury by the Governor in recognition of Lieutenant Henry William St. Pierre Bunbury (1812-75), who developed the very difficult inland route from Pinjarra
Pinjarra, Western Australia

Pinjarra is a town in the Peel of Western Australia along the South Western Highway, from the state capital, Perth, Western Australia and south-east of the coastal city of Mandurah, Western Australia....
 to Bunbury.

Rail Transport

The Pinjarra to Picton Junction railway line was completed in 1893, connecting Bunbury to Perth, and also to the coal and mineral deposits and agricultural areas to the north and east. The famous railway roundhouse and marshalling yards located at what is now Bunbury Centrepoint shopping centre were a vital service centre for the steam engine
Steam engine

File:Steam-powered fire engine.jpgA steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.Steam engines have a long history, going back at least 2000 years....
s of the day. The train station served as the terminal for the longest lasting named service in Western Australia - the Australind
Transwa Australind

The Transwa Australind is a diesel railcar train operated by Transwa that runs between Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia, and the south-west city of Bunbury, Western Australia on the South Western Railway ....
 passenger train between Perth
Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the List of Australian capital cities and largest city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of Western Australia. With a population of 1,554,769 , Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average....
, transporting its first passengers on 24 November 1947 and connecting to a newly established bus network distributing passengers all over the South West.

By 1983, the railway into the city (closely following Blair Street's alignment) was considered an eyesore by the local council and developers, who wished to take advantage of the newly elected Burke
Brian Burke

Brian Thomas Burke was Labor premier of Western Australia from 25 February 1983 until his resignation on 25 February 1988. Burke was imprisoned for seven months in 1994, after being convicted of rorting travel expenses....
 Labor
Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an List of political parties in Australia.Known as the Australian Labor Party#Etymology for short, the party is the current governing party of Australia, since the Australian federal election, 2007....
 government's pledges to make Bunbury an alternative city to Perth. A new station was constructed at Wollaston
Wollaston, Western Australia

Wollaston is an inner southeastern List of Bunbury suburbs of Bunbury, Western Australia, Western Australia, located 4 km from the centre of Bunbury....
 4 km to the southeast, and the last train to use the old station departed Bunbury on 28 May 1985 with the new terminal commencing operations the following day. The railway land was then sold and Blair Street realigned. The Australind passenger service was then substantially upgraded in 1987.

At present there are two departures and two arrivals at Wollaston every day of the week. The former train station is now the Bunbury Visitor Centre and is the main bus station for Bunbury City Transit
Bunbury City Transit

Bunbury City Transit is a public transport company operating a number of buses in Bunbury, Western Australia, Western Australia since January 1986 under the Public Transport Authority....
 services. It is also a stop for Transwa
Transwa

Transwa is Western Australia's regional public transport provider, linking 275 destinations within Western Australia, from Kalbarri in the north to Augusta in the south, along with the regional centres of Bunbury, Western Australia, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and Northam, Western Australia....
 and South West Coach Lines bus services.

King Cottage Museum

King Cottage was built around 1880 by Henry King was owned by his family until 1923 when it was sold to the Carlson family. In 1966 it was purchased by the City of Bunbury
City of Bunbury

The City of Bunbury is a Local Government Areas of Western Australia in the South West region of Western Australia, covering an area of along the coast about south of Perth, Western Australia, the capital of Western Australia....
 and subsequently leased to the Bunbury Historical Society. The rooms of the cottage are furnished to fit the period from 1880s to the 1920s. The artifacts displayed are part of the Society's collection reflecting the way of life for a family in Bunbury during that period.

Lord Forrest


The first Baron Forrest of Bunbury,(Lord Forrest) was to be the title bestowed on Bunbury born John Forrest, who was the first Premier of Western Australia
Premier of Western Australia

The Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive government in the Australian State of Western Australia. He or she performs the same functions in Western Australia as the Prime Minister of Australia does at the national level....
, explorer and surveyor of Western Australia. Leading three expeditions the first in search of Ludwig Leichhardt
Ludwig Leichhardt

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt was a Prussian List of explorers and natural history. He was born in Sabrodt, today part of Tauche, Prussia ....
, two expeditions to Adelaide the first surveying the route of Edward John Eyre
Edward John Eyre

Edward John Eyre was an England land explorer of the Australian continent, colonial administrator, and a controversial Governor of Jamaica.South Australia's Lake Eyre, Eyre Peninsula, Eyre Creek, South Australia, Eyre Highway , and the Eyre Hotel in Whyalla are named in his honour, as are the villages of Eyreton and West Eyreton in Canterb...
 across the Nullabor, the second from Geraldton to the overland telegraph line between Adelaide and Darwin in search of pastural land in the interior of Western Australia.

In 1890 when Western Australia gained rite to self rule from Brittan, Forrest was elected unopposed to the seat of Bunbury in the Legislative Council and was appointed as the first Premier of Western Australia
Premier of Western Australia

The Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive government in the Australian State of Western Australia. He or she performs the same functions in Western Australia as the Prime Minister of Australia does at the national level....
. Forrest government embarked on a large scale public works expansion under the direction of engineer C. Y. O'Connor
C. Y. O'Connor

C. Y. O'Connor Order of St Michael and St George , full name Charles Yelverton O'Connor, was an Ireland engineer who is best-known for his work in Australia, especially the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme....
 including the building of Fremantle harbour and the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
Goldfields Water Supply Scheme

The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme, also known by names such as the Goldfields Pipeline, Goldfields and Agricultural Water Supply Scheme , and originally known as the Coolgardie Goldfields Water Supply Scheme, is perhaps the world's longest water main....
. On the 13th February 1901 Forrest resigned as Premier of Western Australia and member for Bunbury so he could contest the seat of Swan
Division of Swan

The Division of Swan is an Australian Electoral Divisions located in Western Australia. The division is named after the Swan River .It is a very diverse electorate with the suburbs of South Perth and Como in the west generally being highly affluent and Liberal Party of Australia-voting, and areas such as Cannington, Kewdale and Welshpool h...
 in the first federal election. On 29 March 1901 Forrest was elected to first Australian Parliament where he remained until he resigned due to cancer in March 1918.

On 6 February 1918, Forrest was informed that he was to be raised to the British peerage as Baron Forrest of Bunbury in the Commonwealth of Australia and of Forret in Fife in the United Kingdom. Forrest died 2 September 1918 while travelling to London, to receive treatment and hoping to take his seat in the House of Lords
House of Lords

The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords". The Parliament comprises the British monarchy, the British House of Commons , and the Lords....
. However no Letters patent
Letters patent

Letters patent are a type of legal instrument in the form of an open letter issued by a monarch or government, granting an office, right, government-granted monopoly, title, or status to a person or to some entity such as a corporation....
 were issued before his death, so the peerage was not officially created. According to Rubinstein (1991), "his peerage is not mentioned or included in Burke's Peerage, The New Extinct Peerage, the Complete Peerage, or any other standard reference work on the subject."

Description

The local government of the City of Bunbury has a population of 32,499. Bunbury has sister-city relationships with Setagaya, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, and Jiaxing
Jiaxing

Jiaxing is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province of China, People's Republic of China. Lying on the Grand Canal of China, Jiaxing borders Hangzhou to the southwest, Huzhou to the west, Shanghai to the northeast, and the province of Jiangsu to the north....
, China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
. In 2007 Bunbury was recognised as Australia's fastest growing city for 2005/06 period by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Bunbury's climate is similar to that of Western Australia's capital Perth
Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the List of Australian capital cities and largest city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of Western Australia. With a population of 1,554,769 , Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average....
.

The Bunbury Tower, often called the "Milk Carton" for its distinctive shape and blue-and-white colours, is the major feature of the city centre's skyline. It was built in 1983 by businessman Alan Bond
Alan Bond (businessman)

Alan Bond is a notorious Australian businessman famous for high-profile business ventures, including what was at the time the biggest corporate collapse in Australian history, and for which he was convicted of fraud and sent to jail....
. Also prominent are the old lighthouse and lookout tower in the Marlston Hill district, which has been a focus of the city's cultural and commercial growth since the late 1990s.

Bunbury is the home of the Golden West Network
GWN

GWN may refer to:* Canada, the Great White North.* Golden West Network, an Australian television network* Guild Wars Nightfall, an MMORPG...
, a regional television network broadcasting to the state of Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
. GWN had its origins in Bunbury as Channel 3 in the late 1960s, and then purchased other stations from Kalgoorlie
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Kalgoorlie-Boulder is a Western Australian city located east-northeast of Perth, Western Australia located in the Eastern Goldfields.The city was founded in 1893 during the Yilgarn-Goldfields gold rush, and is located close to the so-called "Golden Mile"....
 and Geraldton
Geraldton, Western Australia

Geraldton is a city and port in Western Australia located north of Perth, Western Australia. According to the 2006 census, Geraldton has a population of 31,553, making it the fifth-largest city in Western Australia....
, as well as launching a satellite service in 1986 to form the current network. Bunbury houses the network headquarters and production facilities, with the Channel 3 transmitter located at Mt Lennard approximately 25 km to the east.

Regional television station WIN can also be received in Bunbury. WIN Television maintains an office and news bureau, however the station itself is not based there.

Recently a new hotel residential complex was built overlooking the estuary. The foundations and main building are built upon an old grain silo.

Suburbs

  • Bunbury
  • Carey Park
  • College Grove
  • Dalyellup
    Dalyellup, Western Australia

    Dalyellup is an outer southern suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia, a city in Western Australia, located within the Shire of Capel Local Government Areas of Western Australia....
  • Davenport
  • East Bunbury
  • Gelorup
  • Glen Iris
  • Mangles
  • Marlston Hill
  • Millbridge
    Millbridge, Western Australia

    Millbridge is a northeastern suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia, Western Australia, adjoining Eaton, Western Australia and located 9 km from the centre of Bunbury....
  • Pelican Point
    Pelican Point, Western Australia

    Pelican Point is a northeastern suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia, Western Australia, adjoining Eaton, Western Australia and located 6 km from the centre of Bunbury, Western Australia....
  • Picton
  • South Bunbury
  • Usher
    Usher, Western Australia

    Usher is an outer southern suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia, a city in Western Australia, located within the City of Bunbury Local Government Areas of Western Australia....
  • Vittoria
  • Withers
  • Wollaston
    Wollaston, Western Australia

    Wollaston is an inner southeastern List of Bunbury suburbs of Bunbury, Western Australia, Western Australia, located 4 km from the centre of Bunbury....


    • Media


    Radio

    AM band
    • 6EL 621 kHz AM - Easy Listening format. Different to its Easy Listening Network partners in the Eastern states. Has local advertising. Will soon becoming a part of the The Spirit Network
      The Spirit Network

      The Spirit Network is a Commercial Radio Network covering the Remote Areas of Western Australia. Formerly known as North West Radio, Spirit targets the 35+ Listeners with its Adult Contemporary format....
      .
    • ABC South West 684 kHz AM - News, talk and sport. Broadcasts breakfast and morning programs from Bunbury.
    • Radiowest
      RadioWest

      Radiowest is a group of 11 AM stations across the Southern half of Western Australia playing the 'songs you can sing along to' and targeting the 35+ audience....
       963 kHz AM - Adult Contemporary for the 40+, with news feeds and sport from 6PR
      6PR

      6PR, known as 882 6PR, is a commercial radio station based in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Its focus is on news, talk and sport, and is Perth's only commercial talkback radio station....
       in Perth. Mostly 60s, 70s, & 80s]] (which in turn is part of the LocalWorks
      LocalWorks

      LocalWorks was the name used to catergorise all of the local heritage radio stations operated by RadioWorks. The music format on most of the LocalWorks stations was an Adult Contemporary format, Hot AC format or Easy Listening format....
       network).
    • Vision Radio Network 1017 AM - Christian
      Christian

      A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
       praise and worship music and talk.
    • 6MM 1116 kHz AM- Easy Listening Format from Mandurah
    • ABC Radio National 1224 kHz AM - Speciality talk and music.


    FM band
    • ABC Classic FM
      ABC Classic FM

      ABC Classic FM is an Australian European classical music radio station available in major centres around the country. It is operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ....
       93.3 MHz FM - Classical music.
    • Triple J
      Triple J

      Triple J is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian Radio in Australia , mainly aimed at youth . Music played on the station is generally more alternative music than commercial stations with a heavy emphasis on Music of Australia music and new music....
       94.1 MHz FM - Alternative music.
    • Hot FM
      Hot FM (Australian radio network)

      Hot FM is an Australian radio network, consisting of stations in Queensland and Western Australia.The brand was created by DMG Radio Australia, before they sold their regional stations to Macquarie Regional RadioWorks in 2004....
       95.7 MHz FM - Adult Contemporary.
    • 96.5 Harvey Community Radio
    • 97.3 Coast FM
    • 69.9 sexpo fm


    Television

    • ABC TV
      ABC TV

      ABC1 is a national public broadcasting Television broadcasting in Australia in Australia. Launched on November 5, 1956, it is the responsibility of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's ABC Television, and is available nationally....
       107.75 MHz FM - Generalist TV network.
    • GWN
      Golden West Network

      The Golden West Network, often abbreviated to GWN, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia owned by Prime Television Limited that is based in Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia....
       91.75 MHz FM - Generalist TV network.
    • WIN
      Win

      selfref|For the Wikipedia policy abbreviated as WP:WIN, see...
       - Generalist TV network
    • SBS
      SBS

      SBS refers to:...
       - Generalist TV network


    Newspapers

    Bunbury Herald, South Western Times and Bunbury Mail

    Notable people from Bunbury

    • Paul Barnard
      Paul Barnard

      Paul Barnard is a former Australian rules footballer who played from 1994 until 2003. Originally from East Perth, where he played 29 games from 1992-93, Barnard's first two seasons of AFL were spent with Hawthorn Hawks and after getting only 11 games he came to Essendon Bombers as part of a trade with Paul Salmon....
      , AFL footballer for Essendon Football Club
      Essendon Football Club

      Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club and is part of the Australian Football League. Formed in 1871 as a junior club and as a senior club in 1873, it is Headquarters at the Essendon Recreation Reserve, Windy Hill, Essendon in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon, Victoria, but match day home...
      , played in 2000 Premiership
    • Murray Goodwin
      Murray Goodwin

      Murray William Goodwin is a cricketer who played 19 Test cricket and 71 One Day Internationals for Zimbabwe cricket team.Goodwin is a right-handed top order batsman strong on the back-foot and a good cutter and puller of the ball....
      , Zimbabwe
      Zimbabwe

      Zimbabwe , is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo River rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east....
      , Western Australia
      Western Australia

      Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
       and Sussex
      Sussex

      Sussex , from the Old English Su?seaxe , is a Historic counties of England in South East England England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex....
       cricketer
    • John Forrest
      John Forrest

      Sir John Forrest Order of St Michael and St George was an Australian explorer, the first Premier of Western Australia and a cabinet minister in Australia's first federal parliament....
      , First Premier of Western Australia and cabinet minister in Australia's first parliament
    • Troy Elder
      Troy Elder

      Troy Elder Order of Australia is a field hockey striker and midfielder from Australia, who was a member of the Kookaburras that won the golden medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....
      , Australian field hockey player
    • Natalie Barr
      Natalie Barr

      Natalie Anne Barr is a journalist, news presenter and television presenter born in Bunbury, Western Australia.Barr studied journalism at Curtin University....
      , current Sunrise news presenter
    • Barry Shepherd
      Barry Shepherd

      Barry Kenneth Shepherd was an Australian cricketer who played in 9 Test cricket from 1963 to 1965.Barry Shepherd was an outstanding junior sportsman in Australian Rules Football, hockey and cricket....
      , Australian cricketer
    • Aristos Papandroulakis
      Aristos Papandroulakis

      Aristos Papandroulakis is an Australian chef best known for hosting the Seven Network cooking show Surprise Chef. He also hosted BYO Chef, also for Seven....
      , television Surprise Chef
      Surprise Chef

      Surprise Chef was an Australian cooking television show that aired on the Seven Network from 2001 to 2003.The show revolved around chef Aristos Papandroulakis, who would surprise an unwitting Coles supermarket shopper with an offer to cook dinner for them in their own home....
    • Sara-Marie Fedele
      Sara-Marie Fedele

      Sara-Marie Fedele gained fame as one of the loudest and most flamboyant Housemates on Big Brother Australia 2001. Prior to appearing on Big Brother, she worked as a manager at a strip club in Perth, Western Australia....
      , popular Australian Big Brother 1 housemate
    • Leon Baker
      Leon Baker

      Leon Baker is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League and Swan Districts Football Club in the West Australian Football League throughout the 1980s....
      , AFL footballer for Essendon Football Club
      Essendon Football Club

      Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club and is part of the Australian Football League. Formed in 1871 as a junior club and as a senior club in 1873, it is Headquarters at the Essendon Recreation Reserve, Windy Hill, Essendon in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon, Victoria, but match day home...
      , played in 1984 and 1985 Premierships
    • Adam Hunter
      Adam Hunter (footballer)

      Adam Hunter is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.He was recruited as the number 29 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft from Swan Districts Football Club....
      , West Coast Eagles
      West Coast Eagles

      The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League. The club is based at Subiaco Oval in Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia and was formed in August 1986 when the then Australian Football League expanded to include teams from Perth and Brisbane for the 1987 season....
       AFL player
    • Bob Maumill
      Bob Maumill

      Walter Robert Maumill is an Western Australian radio presenter....
      , 882 6PR radio presenter
    • Mark Worthington
      Mark Worthington

      Mark Worthington is an Australian basketball player for the South Dragons in the National Basketball League . He was named the NBL rookie of the year in 2006 and won gold with the Australian basketball team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....
      , South Dragons
      South Dragons

      The South Dragons is a team in Australia's National Basketball League . They made their d?but in the 2006-07 season. The club is based in Melbourne, and is the city's second NBL team; the other is the Melbourne Tigers, which entered the league in 1984....
       NBL Player


    Climate

    Bunbury has a Mediterranean climate
    Mediterranean climate

    A Mediterranean climate is one that resembles the climate of the lands in the Mediterranean Basin, which includes over half of the area with this climate type world-wide....
     (Köppen classification Csb) with warm summers and mild winters.

    See also

    • Bunbury Regional Prison
      Bunbury Regional Prison

      Bunbury Regional Prison is an Australian prison located in Davenport, Western Australia, a southern suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia, Western Australia....
    • Bunbury City Transit
      Bunbury City Transit

      Bunbury City Transit is a public transport company operating a number of buses in Bunbury, Western Australia, Western Australia since January 1986 under the Public Transport Authority....
    • City of Bunbury
      City of Bunbury

      The City of Bunbury is a Local Government Areas of Western Australia in the South West region of Western Australia, covering an area of along the coast about south of Perth, Western Australia, the capital of Western Australia....


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