Western Australia

Margaret River area

Centred on Margaret River is a wine producing area with numerous wineries and cellar doors. Margaret River itself is a pleasant enough town but it is the surounding area which draws in visitors rather than the town itself. It has a big selection of accommodation in and around it ranging from international standard hotels and retreats through upmarket bed and breakfasts and self catering to motels and camp sites.

Many of the wineries have excellent restaurants as well as cellar doors and many, like Leeuwin Estate, are also set in beautifully landscaped grounds which are put to good use with outdoor concert performances.

Wineries include:

Vasse Felix	Howard Park Wines	Deep Woods Estate
Cullen Wines	Killerby Vineyards	Rivendell Wines
Leeuwin Estate	Lamonts	Evans and Tate
Gralyn Estate	Settlers Ridge Organic Wines	Wise Vineyards

The Margaret River itself bisects the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park www.naturebase.net(Leeuwin-Naturaliste) which runs along the coast from Cape Naturaliste to Cape Leeuwin to the south. There are lots of walking trails and a number of these now join up making it possible to walk along the coast from cape to cape. The beaches are spectacular (and often wild) and close by inland are limestone caves and karri and jarrah forests.

Other centres in the area include:

Dunsborough

Busselton

Yallingup

Gracetown

Augusta

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Meelup Beach near Dunsborough © Tourism WA

Mammoth Limestone Caves, near Margaret River © Tourism WA

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