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Bunbury, Australia

The port of Bunbury is the second-largest city in Western Australia and is situated approximately 2 hours drive South of Perth. The site was discovered by Lieutenant Henry William St. Pierre Bunbury of the Scots Fusiliers in 1830.

Bunbury is slightly more temperate than Perth, actually receiving rainfall during summer and not generally reaching into the low-mid 40s as Perth often does.

Bunbury is situated by Leschenault bay and is generally at the point where the rocky reefs finally dive into the coastline, allowing some actual surf through to the beaches.

The one main feature of what you could call the Bunbury skyline is the tallest "high rise" that is often referred to as the "Milk Carton".

Bunbury was declared a city in 1979.

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Bunbury is also a fictitious character in Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest.

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