We love our beautiful South West and Myself and my Wife have been here for 58 years combined, Saarah was born in Nannup and Myself the UK. I moved here 23 years ago as a 20 year old backpacking surfer who fell inlove and started a Car rental business in Margaret River back in 2009. I love the Ocean, have many years experiences with the Cape to Cape as a walker, Love a beer or 4 and Love to eat out at our many great eateries. Here are some of our favourties....Please note - there are way TOO MANY TO LIST so grab a car and explore, the smaller run places are the gems of our area.
BUSSELTON
Coffee - Good Egg, Kwik Koffee busselton (drive through and walk in), The Urban coffee house (great food too), Brimful of asha Cafe, VASSE FARMERS MARKET, inc great food, Little peach expresso, FAT DUCK CYCLES - E-Bike and normal bike hire too, Bistro Breton, Equinox, The goose, Origin Markets (local produce and kids playground)
Food - Western growers fresh for homemade meals, fruit & veg & everything else - CLOSEST PLACE TO THE AIRPORT!!, Burger Bones (Best burgers we have ever had!!!), Esplanade, The Ship, Alforno, Hidden kitchen - GREAT INDIAN FOOD, Thai lemongrass (Our Favourite Thai ever!!!), taste of asia, The good egg cafe, Hummingbird, Mano wraps, Baked bakery & Kent street bakery, Firestation for pizzas and brews, The GOOSE, VASSE pub, Rocky Ridge, Alforno, VASSE famrers market is the best around for pre made meals and anything you could possibly wish for.
Places to see - Jetty, Town centre, Foreshore, Museum, Jail, Visitors centre, Beaches, Marina
For the kids & parents ****(most breweries have kids playgrounds) - Beach, Jetty train/walk, Shelter brewery, skatepark, cycle path from Busselton to Dunsborough is world class, foreshore playgrounds, parks & BBQ's, Fishing off the jetty or beach (abbey boat ramp is great in winter/monahans/abbey beach area), Sugar Chef for cakes and ice cream - local owned and operated, Forest adventures for the thrills, rope courses etc, Minigolf/PAR3, Bow and arrow, escape the cape, Mano wraps for ice-cram and wraps, Cinema, ZONE Arcade.
DUNSBOROUGH
Coffee - Merchant & Maker, The Cure, Local Dunsborough, Wild & Woods - great food too, Artezan OUR FAVOURTITE inc food, Evviva, Conscious craves, Tiny coffee, Naturaliste Health, Yallingup coffee roasting, Hot Chocolatte.
Food - Artezan cafe, Occys brewery, Peko Peko, Bayside burgers, burgertron, Clancys fish pub (amazing playground next door and rope courses for the kids and adults), La Casina, Blue Manna bistro, Bungalow, Peace Pizzas, Yarri & bar, Pedro's mexican, Bamboo spice, Dunsborough Chinese, Oh Dehli Indian, The pour house bar, Spice odysee food van - great location by old Dunsborugh jetty - authentic and value for money, Squidlips, Har Bar - super funky bar.
Places to see - Lighthouse, Sugerloaf rock, Bunker bay beach, Meelup beach, Castle rock, Eagle bay, Yalingup, quindalup waterfalls, walk from sugerloaf rock to the lighthouse which is a pathed track, Yalingup, Injidup, Smiths beach, Caves, Arts and crafts.
For the kids & parents ****(most breweries have kids playgrounds) - Escape the cape, Monkey business, dunsborough beach and playground, bike/paddleboard hire on the beach in town and meelup beach/castle rock, Simmos ice cream, Yalingup Maze - HAS THE BEST MINI GOLD COURSE, Joe's Dunsbough, Learn to surf, Bike trails, Fishing, Skatepark, JETSKI Tours, Maze, Archery, Caves
MARGARET RIVER
Coffee - Margaret River bakery - best around, Egberts, The Urban Bean, Drift cafe, Riversmith, Sidekick cafe Blue ginger, Margs Cafe, White elephant cafe, Sea Gardens cafe along with many more
Food - Margaret river bakery, La Scarpetta (best italian we have had in Australia), Margaret River Tavern - great pub food and huge beer/wine list, Sports bar/HOMEGROUND- great sunday roast too, Morries - best tapas and cocktails, Rum Burgandy for cocktails also, The River, Normal van, Miki's open kitchen - japanese, squid lips, Tuck shop - pizzas and others, Normal van, Pies and Ales in Boranup forest - MUST DO!!!, ElToro, Swings and roundabouts, Pizzica, Ruccola PIZZA YUMMMM, Sons of napels AMAZING, The green room - VALUE, Margaret river brew house - brewery in town!, Khana Khazana by Khan - indian, Kappadokia kebabs, Food Room, THE SPOT ITALIANO - NEW AND GREAT VALUE!, The urban bean, Margaret river distilling company, Side kick cafe, Drift cafe.
Places to see - Township is wonderful, The actual river that runs through it - great walk, Bike trails are world class, Beaches and world class surf 12kms west of town and all the way from Augusta - Dunsborough, Maze, Walking trails, Contos beach/redgate/gracetown/Hamelin bay to see stingrays, Boranup forrest, Witchcliffe, Cowaramup, arts and crafts.
For the kids & parents ****(most breweries have kids playgrounds) - Skatepark, beaches, bike hire at hairy Marron, Maze, surfing lessons, Quad bike adventure tours in the boranup forest, Mazes, Fishing, 4WD Beaches at Boranup and Kilkarnup, caves.
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Other must see's to the South
Margaret river region (Augusta/Dunsborough/Busselton/Margaret river is always good to speand 2-3 days exploring all of these and then maybe head furth south to the following........ ALL IN ORDER
Nannup
Pemberton - climb the worlds scariest trees!!!
Bridgetown
Mt Barker
ALL INLAND TOWNS ON THE WAY TO...... THE FOLLOWING COASTAL TOWNS
Walpole/nornalup
Denmark
Albany
Hopetown
Esperance
Kalgoorlie
This is the 'Great southern' and amazing national parks, beaches, walking trails, fishing, surfing and beutifully remote. Great for a 4WD Camper to get off the beaten track or a camper van. The roads are good here but must be careful of wildlife between dawn and dusk, we recomend a larger car and a lot of the road are unsealed between highway and beaches.
TO THE NORTH....All in order.
Bunbury
Mandurah
Fremantle
Perth
Rottnest Island
Pinnacles
Lancelin
Kalbarri
Shark Bay
Monkey Mia
Canarvan
Exmouth
