The Margaret River area to the south and west of Perth is the state's playground. Famous for its wine and food, it also attracts surfers, fishers, and other recreators to its many prosperous towns. Once just farmland with small dots of housing on the river or the coast, this part of Australia now bustles with traffic with towns like Busselton Dunsborough and Bunbury thriving … [Read more...] about Plenty to enjoy in the Margaret River and Perth
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Life, coffee and adventure
How many of us are prepared to go to another country and work up a business from scratch, at a starting age of over 60? Wellington brand and advertising guru Dave Bassett has reinvented himself in an expanding coffee franchise business in Western Australia, and he's loving it. After a long career creating advertising and branding in Wellington (Consultus and then his own … [Read more...] about Life, coffee and adventure
A taste of Margaret River
Just three hours south of Perth, the wine and food attractions of this prized pocket of Western Australia is largely centred around the township of Margaret River. Certainly, most of the good wineries, the beaches, breweries, galleries, glassworks, and the olive oil, cheese and chocolate establishments are an easy driving distance from the township itself. Caves Road, west … [Read more...] about A taste of Margaret River