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Bunbury

The port city of Bunbury is the third largest city in Western Australia after the State Capital Perth and Mandurah. 
 
It is situated 175 kilometres south of Perth's central business district (CBD). 
 
The port services the farming and timber industries of the south west originally connected via an extensive rail network. 
 
The first registered sighting of Bunbury was by French explorer Captain Louis de Freycinet from his ship the Casuarina in 1803. 
 
He named the area Port Leschenault after the expedition's botanist, Leschenault de la Tour. 
 
The bay was named Geographe after another ship in the fleet. 
 
In 1829, Dr Alexander Collie and Lieutenant Preston explored the area of Bunbury on land. 
 
Later Lieutenant Governor Sir James Stirling 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 to Bunbury. 
 
The local government of the City of Bunbury has a population of 32,499. Bunbury has sister-city relationships with Setagaya, Japan, and Jiaxing, China. 
 
In 2007 Bunbury was recognised as Australia's fastest growing city for the 2005/06 period by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
 
Bunbury's climate is similar to that of Western Australia's capital Perth. 
 
Bunbury The Bunbury CBD is located primarily on Victoria Street, while Blair Street is the major road through all of the Bunbury area and has a large number of businesses and retail outlets situated along it. 
 
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. 
 
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. 
 
Recently a new hotel residential complex was built overlooking the estuary. 
 
The foundations and main building are built upon an old grain silo.
 
On 11 November 2008, Bunbury-Jiaxing Business Office was established to boost business opportunities between the two regions by assisting with communications and facilitating trade. 
 
The office is currently operated by Chenxi (Edwin) Zhuang, who is born and raised in Jiaxing and came to Australia to study his Bachelor of Business degree.
 

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