Margaret River road and camping trip

So after numerous people recommended Margaret River to us we knew we had to go. We waited until we had 2 consecutive days off together and booked a little car, a campsite and a wine tour.

For those of you who haven't heard of Margaret River, it's 3 and a half hours South of Perth and is famous first and formost for it's wineries and there is also breweries, cheese factories, chocolate factories, etc. Basically anyone who likes consumable goods mainly wine head to Margaret River. 

We left early on Tuesday morning in our little Hyundai arriving in Margaret River at lunchtime. It was Nath's first time driving in 5 years so it was a huge occasion. I now know Mum and Dad the stress you probably went through being in a car with Adrian and I for the first time!! Although all went well, thankfully! 

We could only check into our campsite at 2pm (which is slightly closer to the coast in Prevelly) so before heading off to do a food shop for the few days and a bit of an explore, we drove along the sea front and stopped by a few view points.

On our way back to the campsite we discovered a wine estate so we decided to stop by and see what it was all about in preparation for our tour. We stopped at Cape Mentelle which was amazing! The location was lovely and during peak season (summer) they offer an outdoor cinema. We missed it by a week and were gutted. 

After having a few tasters including an incredible dessert wine that tasted and smelt just like apricot we decided it was probably time to pitch our tent.

Now I consider myself an expert campsite and Nathan and I both like to be right all the time and prefer not to admit defeat. I thought I'd just mention this so that you know Nathan's expertise does not lie in tent building, however he is learning. Leave it to the expert. 

Tent courtesy of Philippa and Marika, so thank you.

Soon after we were pitched and had showered it started to get dark. Thankfully the campsite provided bbqs and an outdoor (with a roof) eating area. We BBQed ourselves a feast of sausages, beef burgers with salad and sweet chilli cheese and drank some pink bubbles.

The good thing about camping is that your pretty much guaranteed an early night unless you have cards or something to entertain you. 

The next day we embarked on out Bushtucker Wine Tour (recommended via an Aussie friend) at 10am and we had a super confident, full of jokes your guide. 

We visited various wineries including Adifern Estate and Knotting Hill, a liqueur place called The Grove, a brewery called Cheeky Monkey, the Margaret River (personal favourite) and Jam, oil and chocolate liqueur place. It was a fab day, where we drank too much wine and are some great food including kangaroo and crocodile. I also signed up to eat an Aussie grub, yuck! (Picture I follow). The majority of people on our tour were from Melbourne but we had 2 girls from Ireland and some more local people from Perth.

Enjoy the pictures.

The grub!

When we got back it was late and we had a quick BBQ before heading to a place nearby that had live music we then had an early night. Because the following morning our alarms were set for 4.30am to put down out tent and say goodbye to Margaret River. 

Leaving at that obscene hour was worth it to see sunrise.

Xoxo