We love our beautiful South West and Myself and my Fiance have been here for 58 years combined, Saarah was born in Nannup and Myself the UK. I moved here 21 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 experience 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), Alan's cafe inc great food, Little peach expresso, FAT DUCK CYCLES - E-Bike and normal bike hire too, Bistro Breton, Equinox, The goose.
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, 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.
Places to see - Jetty, Town centre, Foreshore, Museum.
For the kids & parents - 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.
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.
For the kids & parents - Escape the cape, Monkey business, dunsborough beach and playground, bike/paddleboard hire on the beach, Simmos ice cream, Yalingup Maze, Joe's Dunsbough, Learn to surf, Bike trails, Fishing
MARGARET RIVER
Coffee - Margaret River bakery - best around, Egberts, The Urban Bean, Drift cafe, Riversmith, Blue ginger, Margs Cafe, White elephant cafe, Sea Gardens cafe.
Food - Margaret river bakery, La Scarpetta (best italian we have had in Australia), Margaret River Tavern - great pub food and huge beer/wine list, RIO's - great sunday roast too, Morries - best tapas and cocktails, Rum Burgandy for cocktails also, The River, Burger baby, 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, The green room - VALUE, Margaret river brew house - brewery in town!, Khana Khazana by Khan - indian, Kappadokia kebabs, Food Room, Normal van, THE SPOT ITALIANO - NEW AND GREAT VALUE!, The urban bean, Margaret river distilling company.
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, Walking trails, Contos beach/redgate/gracetown/Hamelin bay to see stingrays, Boranup forrest, Witchcliffe, Cowaramup.
For the kids & parents - Skatepark, beaches, bike hire at hairy Marron, Maze, surfing lessons.
Other must see's to the South
Augusta
Walpole
Denmark
Manjimup
Nannup
Pemberton - climb the worlds scariest trees!!!
Bridgetown
Mt Barker
Albany
Hopetown
Esperance
Kalgoorlie
TO THE NORTH
Bunbury
Mandurah
Fremantle
Perth
Rottnest Island
Pinnacles
Lancelin
Kalbarri
Shark Bay
Monkey Mia
Exmouth
