Margaret River

Sightseeing  around Margaret River is very scenic, with rugged cliffs and clear blue water, a nice deep blue. One last cave for us to explore was the Lake Cave, it is one of a few quite active caves in Australia. It was stumbled upon during the late 1800’s by a girl and her horse looking for lost cattle. The horse stopped suddenly and she couldn’t work out why until she hopped off and looked. There was a great big hole in the ground, she couldn’t believe what she had seen and raced back to tell her parents, unfortunately they did not find the hole again. It was not discovered again until 30 years later, this time two men explored the cave. They knew they had seen something special and in the early 1900’s they opened it up for tours. They promoted the cave as a fantastic honeymoon spot for newlyweds from Perth. It took us an hour to complete the tour today, when it first opened for tourism it took them 10 hours.

One thing to mark off the list at Margaret River is to sample some local brew at one of the many wineries. As you drive towards Margaret River along the coast there are so many wineries, every spare piece of land has grape vines on it. Unfortunately the Cheeky Monkey Brewery Bar was quite average in flavor, but most beautiful in scenery and the playground for kids.