Our “last” two week vacation started with our favourite place out here- Margaret River. We have been down a couple of times and wanted to fill in the gaps and revisit our old faves.
The area juts out into the Indian Ocean between two lighthouses just over 100kms apart. The Northern terminus, Cape Nauturaliste provided us with Whales. I would like to say we captured a photo of the humpback whale breaching out of the water, but we did get to see it. The Southern end, Cape Leewin, is where the Indian Ocean and Southern Ocean meet.
In between is Caves road, the Cape to Cape trail and about 80 vineyards. One of the ones we visited, Flying Fish, has a winemaker who is also one of the area’s top surfers (and a great Shiraz). We chose Lake Cave to visit, which features a 300 step climb down into a depression in the earth and then an underground walk along a 80m cave with a lake.
Barrie and I managed to fit in a round of golf at the Margaret River course and negotiated nine holes around the crew of kangaroos on the course. There were also visits to the Chocolate factory (purely for the kids, not Diana and I. J), the Maze and Madfish Wines.
But the main mission was to surf in Margs. Meaghan, Liam and I took a lesson down at Redgate Beach, the spot we bodyboarded at on our first trip. Both kids are getting the handle and can get up on their own. I need some more practice and a bigger board.
After a gutbusting brunch at the Bakery we reluctantly pushed inland to the forests.
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