Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Plan Your Trip
Discover Margaret River & the Southwest
Coast
Margaret River features family-friendly beaches, brilliant surfing, labyrinthine
caves studded with limestone formations, and a world-class gourmet scene - all
in a relatively compact area. Vineyards producing excellent chardonnays and
Bordeaux-style reds segue to rural backroads punctuated with craft breweries,
providores, cheese shops, chocolate shops, and art galleries.
Best of the Region
Best Wineries
Vasse Felix
( 08-9756 5000;
www.vassefelix.com.au
; cnr Caves & Harmans Rds) Regional pioneer leading the
way with its Heytesbury Cabernet blend and Heytesbury Chardonnay.
Cullen Wines
(
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) Another Margaret River pioneer, with the 2009 Diana Madeline cabernet sauvignon
merlot awarded Wine of the Year in the
Australian Wine Annual 2012
.
Leeuwin Estate
(
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) Wonderful wines, especially its Art Series chardonnay and sauvignon blanc.
Watershed Premium Wines
(
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) One of WA's best vineyard restaurants and renowned for its Awakening
cabernet sauvignon.
Ashbrook
(
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) Great quality, good value; try the cabernet merlot.
Four Things You Wouldn't Expect
Artworks by Arthur Boyd and Sidney Nolan in the
Bunbury Regional Art Gallery
(
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).
A highly rated French-Australian film festival,
CinéfestOZ
(
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), is held annually in beachy Busselton.
A colony of
red-tailed tropicbirds
roosts off Cape Naturaliste.
Most of the best restaurants aren't open in the evenings.
