Great MARGARET RIVER drive trails
With WORLD-CLASS beaches, hidden caves and more fine PRODUCE than you can poke a fork at, a road trip through the Margaret River Region is ENTICING for all kinds of holidaymakers.
Busselton Bay and Bounty Trail DISTANCE FROM PERTH: 220KM
With its Norfolk pine-lined foreshore, red tourist train and beachside kiosk, Busselton has a sense of holiday nostalgia. Stripped back and relaxed, it’s got all the calling cards of family getaways past and memorable family getaways to come. Don’t miss Catch the train along the iconic to the underwater BUSSELTON JETTY observatory, where you can watch marine life dart about the jetty pylons. Walk the 1.8 kilometres back and an ice-cold pint at is a well-deserved SHELTER BREWING CO reward. Zipline at FOREST ADVENTURES or hold a snake at SOUTH WEST DISCOVER to get the adrenaline pumping. DEADLY
Gracetown Cowaramup Harvest and Vines Trail DISTANCE FROM PERTH: 260KM
The land around Cowaramup is some of the Margaret River Region’s most bountiful; it’s where you’ll find the majority of vineyards, breweries, distilleries, farms and orchards. A playground for the palate, this is the south-west pocket no food or liquor lover can miss. Don’t miss For an al fresco lunch with a tasting of some signature wines, consider WINES; one of the first families of WA CULLEN wine, they’ve led the biodynamic viticulture carbon positive revolution. Do your skin a favour and call into VIRGIN, a modernday VASSE apothecary specialising in extra virgin olive oil-based soaps. is next on the BEERFARM hit list: go for the brews and laid-back country ambience, stay for the barramundi burger. Move from hops to grapes and sample BETTENAY’s wines with deliciously sticky goods. MARGARET RIVER NOUGAT COMPANY It’s the estate’s signature experience.
Augusta Caves and Coastline Trail DISTANCE FROM PERTH: 316KM
Augusta is a quintessential seaside town, as far to the south-west as you can get on mainland Australia. Life here is slow and simple, with the rugged natural surroundings of Cape Leeuwin left to do all the talking. Don’t miss Cruise through the towering trees of on your way BORANUP KARRI FOREST to BAY. From the bay’s shores, watch HAMELIN the resident fever of eagle rays glide by on their daily hunt. Thrill-seekers can get their kicks on an electric quad bike tour with RIVER, while ECO ADVENTURES MARGARET geo-lovers can explore CAVE. MAMMOTH An absolute must is climbing CAPE LEEUWIN LIGHTHOUSE, the tallest lighthouse on mainland Australia. It’s at the tip of the cape where the Indian and Southern Oceans meet.
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