The delightful seaside town of Bunbury.
The people of Bunbury, the port town in Western Australia, will be popping champagne corks and partying in the streets today after being awarded the 2009 GWN Top Tourism Town Award.
Bunbury, famed for the dolphins at Koombana Bay and being the birth place of the first Premier of Australia, John Forrest, beat four other finalists to scoop the prestigious top prize. The other finalists were: Kununurra, Kojonup and Margaret River.
Bunbury however shone out because of its first rate tourism industry and because of the warm welcome extended to visitors by townsfolk. Bunbury is now an even more desirable resort to holiday in after the completion of the Forrest Highway, which brings the city of Perth a whole 30 minutes closer.
Tourism Minister Liz Constable admitted that the judges had deliberated long and hard over the winner, possible sleepless nights were had: “The judges faced a tough choice in deciding the Top Town Award this year but Bunbury’s great mix of tourism attractions was a deserving choice for the Top Town.�
Kununurra did however scoop the Top Tourism Town Award available to towns with a population of less than 2,500, it also won the category for Special Events.
Bunbury was recognised in 2007 as Australia’s fastest growing city for 2005/6 and now has a population of over 33,000. It’s major feature is Bunbury Tower or the ‘Milk Carton’ as it is affectionately known, due to its distinctive shape and blue and white colours. It does not however, produce any milk.
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