Margaret River Wine & Surf Weekend

Margaret River Wine & Surf Weekend

Cellar doors, limestone caves, giant karri trees and a surf check at Surfers Point.

Margaret River3h 30m from CBDBest time: Spring & autumn

Margaret River is the country's most scenic wine region — a 90km strip of karri forest, limestone coast and some of the most decorated Cabernet and Chardonnay on the planet. Three hours south of Perth it trades cellar-door rush for slow tastings, big surf and the kind of accommodation that ruins you for normal hotels.

Highlights

  • Leeuwin Estate — the region's flagship, concerts in summer
  • Vasse Felix and Cullen for Cabernet benchmarks
  • Surfers Point and Main Break surf check
  • Lake Cave or Jewel Cave limestone tours
  • Boranup Karri Forest drive — 60m tall pale-barked giants

Suggested itinerary

  1. Saturday · Morning

    Perth → Margs

    Three-hour drive via Bunbury. Yahava Koffee Works in Dunsborough is the essential coffee stop.

  2. Saturday · Midday

    Cellar door one

    Start at Vasse Felix for the founding history and the art gallery, or Cullen for the biodynamic garden.

  3. Saturday · 1:30pm

    Long lunch

    Rustico at Hay Shed Hill for sharing plates on the terrace, or Voyager Estate for a rose-garden degustation.

  4. Saturday · 4pm

    Surfers Point + sunset

    Main Break is a world-tour stop — watch the surfers from the headland. Sunset over the Indian Ocean from Prevelly.

  5. Sunday · Morning

    Mammoth or Jewel Cave

    Fifteen-minute drive south. Jewel is the biggest; Mammoth has ancient megafauna bones. Self-guided tour $25.

  6. Sunday · Afternoon

    Boranup Forest + drive home

    Ten-minute detour through silver-trunk karri, then back via the scenic Caves Road.

Getting there

3 hours from Perth via the Forrest Highway and Bussell Highway. Margaret River's regional airport at Busselton-Margaret River (BQB) serves some interstate flights.

Eat & drink

  • Arimia Estate for paddock-to-plate degustation on the farm
  • Yarri in Dunsborough for the hinterland's most exciting kitchen
  • Bettenay's Farmhouse Cheese — a tasting stop between wineries

Local tips

  • Caves Road is the scenic spine — use it both ways even if it's 10 minutes slower
  • Book Voyager and Leeuwin lunches 3+ weeks ahead for Saturdays
  • Surf reports: Surfline for Margs Main Break, check swell size before swimming kids
  • Busselton Jetty (2km long, world record) is an essential pit stop on the drive up or back

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