Finally, an eventful Christmas! I got the opportunity to head down to the south of Perth and into the famed Margaret River region. Being about a 3 hour drive, the weather was significantly cooler which is why it’s a great fresh produce area.
Along the way, there lies the southern hemisphere’s longest wooden jetty – Busselton Jetty. It’s about 2k long with a train track running all along it. All along the jetty there are heaps of people fishing – we saw whiting and squid being caught. Squid make weird noises when they’re dying upon the jetty….
The place where I stayed had some lovely sunflowers, as well as a tea house and restaurant/winery attached. So very nice!
And the tea house specialised in lavender products (their lavender ice cream was a let down though), and had this cute little grasshopper dancing away on the window:
The restaurant was pretty good – they were closed on Xmas Day and Boxing Day so lunch/dinner were out of the question, however they served some tasty tea for breakfast!
There were wineries everywhere, I stopped at one called Cape Naturaliste vineyards, and their shiraz was actually quite tasty. I wish I could drink alcohol, though. One winery was enough for me, so that’s about it for what people usually come here for.
The Margaret River town centre was also a quaint little street. There were a few hipster cafes and restaurants which I enjoyed, but nothing that stood out in particular, except some coffee kombucha from a cafe that used their La Marzocco container as a table – that was cute!
Instead, the highlight of the trip was Yallingup beach, which was about 45 minutes north of the Margaret River. Here’s some lovely beach spam!
And a hipster cafe :D
