MARGARET RIVER REGION - WA

MARGARET RIVER REGION WESTERN AUSTRALIA
8th May to 14th May 2012:

Camped in the Pine Plantation just north of Busselton

Infamous Busselton Jetty 

(1841 metres, 146 year old refurbished)

longest wooden jetty in the southern hemisphere

 The tourist train takes you out to the end of the jetty and back to the shore.......... 

you can walk the 1841 metres if you wish

 Looking back to Busselton on the shores of Geographe Bay

from the end of the jetty

Winnebago Club members camped at Eagle Bay Winery

Redgate Beach.......................

the shipwrecked ship the Georgette lies beneath water in this bay  

 The mouth of the Margaret River

 Leeuwin Winery...........

singers such as Dianna Ross have performed here

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JEWEL CAVE ..... one of over 100 limestone caves in this region. These caves are among the youngest in the world 

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CAPE LEEUWIN

Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse situated at the most south westerly tip of Australia, standing at the point where the Indian and Southern Ocean meet. This lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse on the Australian mainland and remains an important maritime and meteorological landmark. It is one of the few remaining operational lighthouses where you can undertake guided tours.

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 Boranup Forests majestic karri trees

 The lake at Notting Hill Winery

 The pond at The Grove Liquor Factory........No the croc isn't real!

 The Water Wheel near Leeuwin Lighthouse

Ellensbrook Historic Homestead.......the oldest homestead in the Margaret River Region

The old fireplace in the Ellensbrook Homestead

 Black Swan

Canal Rocks near Yallingup

 Another amazing vista at Canal Rocks

Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse