Freo and Margaret River

I spent last week in Fremantle (Freo) and Margaret River in Western Australia. Freo is just south of Perth, the capital of WA. I was in Freo for a work meeting for three days and then I went on a road trip with 3 friends down to Margaret River for some wine tasting. Western Australia is on the west coast (umm... really?) It was a 4 hour flight from Canberra, not unlike the trip from Atlanta to California. The funy thing is that most people I've met over here haven't made it out to Western Australia... the general attitude seems to be that if they are going to be on a plane for that long, they may as well be going somewhere international. I can see tha point... but to me WA was a destination in and of itself.



It was beautiful! Freo and Cottesloe Beach are very much like San Diego and it's definitely a laid back ocean based place.



After our work meeting in Freo, we got in a car and drove down to Magaret River. The first stop we made in Margaret River was the drive-in bottle shop. Not like the drive-thru in Atlanta... this was a true drive-in, pull in the driveway, the bloke there gets what you want out of the fridges and off you drive, never having left the car. And passengers can drink in the car! I can't tell you how weird it felt to have an open bottle in the car!





We stayed at a place called the Margaret River Beach resort and we were a 10 minute walk from this beach. There was a cafe down there with great coffee and breakfast. On the second morning we got up early and went for a swim in the ocean - the Indian Ocean! A pretty good hangover cure, if I do say so myself.





The wine tasting was great, the day was beautiful and the wine was good - not much more you could ask for.





Some of my favorite images from the week:


The surf at Yallingup Beach


The vineyards at the Watershed Winery


Me and the Indian Ocean


The Western Australia coastline, from Cape Naturaliste