{"id":24857,"date":"2014-05-24T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/?p=24857"},"modified":"2014-06-04T19:02:05","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T11:02:05","slug":"perth-itinerary-margaret-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/2014\/05\/24\/perth-itinerary-margaret-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Perth Itinerary Day 4: Margaret River & Cohunu Koala Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

Also see:
\nPerth Travel Info: Before Getting to Perth<\/a>
\nGetting Around Perth and Where to Stay in Perth.
\n<\/a>Perth Itinerary Day 1: Perth City<\/a>
\nPerth Itinerary Day 2: Rottnest Island<\/a>
\nPerth Itinerary Day 3: Fremantle<\/a>
\nSuggested Day Trips from Perth City
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Margaret
\nBoth Swan Valley are Margaret River are famed for wineries. If you have only one day, go to Swan Valley (see Option A<\/a>). But if you can spare 2 or 3 days, Margaret River is way more fun.\u00a0You need a car for today. Check out the\u00a0car rental information in our introduction<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Option B: Cohunu Koala Park &\u00a0Margaret River<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are a lot more things you can do if you spend 2 or 3 more days as there are many attractions on the way to Margaret River.<\/p>\n

For instance, you can\u00a0swim with wild dolphins<\/strong>\u00a0for a price either with\u00a0Rockingham Wild Encounters<\/strong>\u00a0(takes a full day, see\u00a0Day Trips from Perth<\/a>) or with\u00a0Bunbury Dolphin Discovery Centre<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(about 2 hours drive from Perth, en route to Margaret River, a 3-hour swim guided by a marine biologist, usually at 7.30am).
\n<\/p>\n

With our aged parents, we couldn’t do the swim but we also didn’t have to wake up at 5am to drive. This is our itinerary:<\/p>\n

8am<\/strong>: Set off from Perth City (2 hours 40 min drive)<\/p>\n

\"Simmo's
\n10.40-11am<\/strong>: take a 20-min ice cream break at\u00a0Simmo’s Ice Cream\u00a0<\/b><\/a>(161 Commonage Rd, Quindalup WA 6281, Australia). Simmo’s is a local creamery,\u00a0voted best 15 ice creams in the world<\/strong>, with a playground for kids. I didn’t fancy the ice cream, overly sweet for my liking, but ChioBu liked it a lot, saying it was very rich and fat. A$14 for a small waffle with 2 scoops of ice creams.<\/p>\n

\"Ngilgi11.15am-12.15pm<\/strong>: A 15-min drive from Simmo’s to\u00a0Ngilgi Cave\u00a0<\/b>(Yallingup Caves Rd, Yallingup Western Australia 6282, Australia; A$22 adult). Half-hourly semi-guided tours from 9.30am-4pm. The cave was formed 500, 000 years ago. In the 19th century, honeymoon couples used to come here. Can you imagine women in corsets and crinolines, \u00a0rappelling down the caves? Now there are steps to walk down. It was a so-so experience for us. The cave is rather tiny, and took only 20 minutes to go up and down.<\/p>\n

On the way from Ngilgi Cave to Margaret River, there are other places of interest that we didn’t go. Just too many of them, but you may try. In order of location nearest to Ngilgi Cave:<\/p>\n

–\u00a0Yallingup Shearing Shed<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(1442 Wildwood Road, Yallingup, WA 6282; +61 8 9755 2309) live shows of shearing sheep at 11am daily except Th & F and the entire month of Aug. A$10 (adult), A$5 (child).
\n–\u00a0Wardan Aboriginal Centre<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Injidup Spring Road, Yallingup, Western Australia) where you can learn how to make tools, throw spears and\u00a0boomerangs<\/strong>, and hike a 1km bush trail.
\n–\u00a0Moss Wood Wines<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(926 Metricup Road, Wilyabrup WA 6280)
\n–\u00a0Ashbrook Wine Estate<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(379 Tom Cullity Drive, Wilyabrup)
\n–\u00a0Cullen Wines<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(4323 Caves Road, Wilyabrup WA 6280)
\n–\u00a0Vasse Felix Wine<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Caves Road, Cnr Tom Cullity Drive, WA 6284)<\/p>\n

\"Watershed
\nThe Gorgeous Watershed Wines<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Watershed
\nWatershed Restaurant and Cafe, Overlooking Vineyard<\/em><\/p>\n

1pm – 5pm<\/strong>: My advice is to skip all the wineries listed above and go to the blockbusters. Drive 40 minutes from Ngilgi Cave straight to\u00a0Margaret River<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0lunch\u00a0<\/strong>in style at a winery.\u00a0Watershed Winery<\/a>,\u00a0Leeuwin Estate\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>and\u00a0Voyager Estate<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0the major wineries at Margaret River, are beside each other and they each have award-winning fine-dining restaurants. So I’d suggest you lunch at one winery and tour another so that you can visit two wineries. \u00a0
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Watershed
\nWatershed Winery\u00a0<\/strong>doesn’t have tours and has an affordable and quick dining option, a cafe, so it makes sense to lunch here. We opted for the cafe, instead of the fine-dining restaurant because we only had 20 minutes for lunch. OMG the estate was gorgeous!! It was like a dream!!! You know those movies with tycoons, when the gate opens, there is a long driveway into a huge beautiful glass house, overlooking a vineyard. This is it! The cafe’s food was good too. Chiobu’s\u00a0caesar salad<\/strong>\u00a0was tasty as hell, especially with the high quality bacon. And my\u00a0wagyu beef burger<\/strong>\u00a0(pictured above) was juicy. Dad’s vegan linguine<\/strong> wasn’t very good, but it was vegan after all.\u00a0We spent\u00a0A$86 for 4 persons.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s a tough fight for touring:\u00a0Leeuwin Estate<\/strong>\u00a0is the\u00a0most prestigious and reputable winery<\/strong>\u00a0in the region, providing a 40-minute tour of how wine is produced, without going to the vineyards (11am, 12pm, 3pm daily, A$15). But\u00a0Voyager Estate<\/strong>‘s tour is more elaborate and exciting, bringing you to the vineyards (T, Th, Sat, Sun 11am,\u00a0see pricing options<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"Leeuwin
\nLeeuwin Estate, where they ferment the wine. My mom said, “That’s a lot of wine.” I replied, “There are a lot of alcoholics in the world.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Leeuwin
\nOur timing chose the tour for us. The guide, Steve, at\u00a0Leeuwin\u00a0<\/strong>was awesome, very knowledgeable. But coming from the extremely stunning\u00a0Watershed Wines,\u00a0<\/strong>I can’t help but to think that Leeuwin is a dowdy elder stepsister of Watershed: old, and stolid, but boring. And I felt robbed of an experience of not going down to the vineyard, plucking a ripe grape, warm in the sun, and putting it in my mouth, juice bursting. So perhaps you can go to Voyager Estate and tell me how the experience is. We bought Leeuwin’s best wine, a Chardonnay, at A$89.<\/p>\n

\"margaret<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Darby<\/strong><\/p>\n

5-7pm<\/strong>: Check into hotel and rest. Theoretically, any place will do since you’re driving. But it is best to stay in Margaret River town area (within the red circle<\/span>) so that you can explore it (although the shops close at 5pm).<\/p>\n

We family of four stayed at\u00a0Darby Park Serviced Residences<\/strong><\/a>. It was nice, with a kitchenette, a hall, two rooms, and a toilet. Great location and inexpensive at about A$270 a night. Some photos of the loft apartment:<\/p>\n

\"Darby
\nKitchenette<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Darby
\nA living room area<\/em>
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Darby
\nMaster bedroom<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Darby
\nThe Loft<\/em><\/p>\n

7pm<\/strong>:\u00a0Dinner.<\/strong>\u00a0I strongly recommend\u00a0Morries Anytime<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>The service was FANTASTIC, the food was exceptional, and the vibe was hopping. My cocktail,\u00a0duck duck melon<\/strong>\u00a0(A$18), had duck fat! And all the\u00a0tapas<\/strong>\u00a0tasted delicious. If this tapas joint were in Singapore, it would have been one of best.<\/p>\n

\"Morris
\n“Duck Duck Melon”: the duck fat tasted like bak kwa!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Morris
\nMade from octopus, not squid.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Morris
\nMy second wagyu burger for the day. The Watershed burger and this burger were equally fantastic.<\/em><\/p>\n

These are all the restaurants in Margaret River<\/strong>, provided by Darby Park Residences:
\n\"Margaret<\/a>\"What<\/a><\/p>\n

Also see\u00a0Day 5: Margaret River Continued<\/a><\/p>\n

Written by\u00a0A. Nathanael Ho.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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