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Under the big top at Voyager Estate

Voyager Estate is relocating its Cellar Door for six weeks as it undertakes a refurbishment to improve its wine experience for visitors. From 1 May, the Estate's Cellar Door will be handed over to tradesmen, with guests invited to visit the Voyàge Marquee, a pop-up restaurant and tasting area set between Voyager Estate's rose arches and Chardonnay vines. The decision to move out of the Cape Dut... Read more...

Busselton Jetty named in Australia's top 10 snorkel spots

Australian Geographic Magazine has named the crystal clear waters around Busselton Jetty as one of the 10 best snorkel spots in Australia with the 30km stretch of white, sandy beaches around Geographe Bay also incredibly snorkel friendly. More than 300 individual marine species have been identified in the surrounding waters of the Busselton Jetty. ... Read more...

Jennifer Hawkins sizzles in Geographe Bay

Former Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins was spotted frolicking in the beautiful calm waters of Geographe Bay recently as part of the filming for a new Mount Franklin television commercial. The shoot took place earlier this month in iconic South West locations such as the Dunsborough foreshore and Boranup Forest. The commerical will go to air 01 April. Read more...

Making Waves at Smiths Beach

There’s a great deal of excitement being generated around a pocket of Australia’s south-west at the moment, and it all has to do with two hospitality industry icons joining forces to create one of the region’s hottest new luxury gourmet destinations. Lamont’s renowned food and wine empire is expanding into the five-star Smiths Beach Resort, a collaboration that’s sure to take the popula... Read more...

Stevie Wonder heads to Sandalford Margaret River for his only Australian performance

American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer, Stevie Wonder, is one of the most celebrated and prominent figures in popular music. To date he has amassed an astounding 49 Top 40 singles, 32 #1 singles, and worldwide album sales totaling more than 100 million units. Presented by Dainty Group and Zaccaria, Summer Live brings some of the music world’s premier performing artists to unique ou... Read more...

Region makes top 25 in TripAdvisor's Traveller's Choice Awards

Congratulations to Windmills Break and Yallingup Luxury Retreat who made the top 25 in TripAdvisor's recent Traveller's Choice Awards. For more information visit: http://www.tripadvisor.com.au/TravelersChoice-Hotels  Read more...

2012 Ironman Western Australia Sells Out in Record Time

The Sunsmart Ironman Western Australia, scheduled for December 9, 2012, in Busselton has filled up in record time. All it took was one hour and nine minutes for the event to reach capacity after online registration opened. A record 360 international entries were received for the event. SunSmart Ironman Western Australia takes place in the picturesque town of Busselton on the spectacular shor... Read more...

Caves House Hotel Confirmed As Western Australia's Best Regional Venue

Efforts made by the proprietors and staff of the Grand Old Lady of the South West have paid off with Caves House Hotel in Yallingup being named as Western Australia’s Best Regional Venue at the AHA Aon Hotel and Hospitality Awards for Excellence recently. The Best Regional Venue award is judged on how the venue caters for its specific local area, tourism appeal, natural ambience, popularity, at... Read more...

Ironman Busselton 70.3 fills in under two hours

Publication: Gary Roethenbaugh - Triathlonbusiness.com Ironman Busselton 70.3 fills in under two hours Triathlon Western Australia has confirmed that individual general entries for SunSmart Ironman 70.3 Busselton 2012 have reached capacity. The field for 1,650 individual general entries filled in a record time of less than two hours. Triathlon WA’s Athlete Services Manager Ashleigh Davis said... Read more...

The Studio Bistro, Yallingup Wins Gold Plate Award

Publication: Email from Lizzie Pepper with press release The Studio Bistro, Yallingup’s newest dining experience, has won the Gold Plate for Best Licensed Dining – Country, in the Catering Institute of Australia (WA) Gold Plate Awards on Monday night at the Perth Convention Centre. The Studio Gallery & Bistro opened its doors on 16th September 2010 and has already built a reputation, in ... Read more...

Margaret River Chocolate Company Dominates Awards

Publication: Karen Timms News Date: 20/09/2011 The Margaret River Chocolate Company has again dominated the Perth Royal Show’s chocolate competition, but has also added ice cream success to its medal haul this year. The company won the coveted Champion Chocolate award for best in show, plus an unprecedented seven gold and one silver medal in the chocolate judging. In its first year in the ic... Read more...

Vintages Accommodation wins Small Business of the Year Award

Publication: South Western Times News Date: 29/08/2011 Vintages Accommodation,  Margaret River has been awarded the 2011 Southwest Small Business of the Year Award.  Owner/operators Glenys and Raymond Buchholz are celebrating the coveted win along with recognition in several other categories, six years after purchasing the boutique motel style accommodation. The property offers 11 stylishly... Read more...

Southern Skydiver's managing instructor celebrates 14,000 skydives

Publication: Amy Stutt, Southern Skydivers News Date: 26/08/2011 Busselton skydive operators 'Southern Skydivers' will celebrate a milestone for its lead instructor this month! Mr Glenn Stutt, has been skydiving professionally for 15 years and this month logged his 14,000th skydive. This equates to 194 hours or 8 days of freefall! Glenn has also skydived 50,909kms or the equivalent of skydi... Read more...

Introducing a new Choice Hotel to Busselton

Busselton River Resort now joins the Choice Hotel group, now branded as the Comfort Inn Busselton River Resort.  Comfort Inn Busselton River Resort is situated on the Vasse River and only a 10 minute walk to the centre of Busselton.  Surrounded by beautiful gardens and offering the 'Riverbank Bistro,' a fully licensed a la carte restaurant serving breakfast and dinner, a number of upgrades wil... Read more...

Gnarabar shines at WA Telstra Business Awards

The team at much-loved local restaurant Gnarabar have scooped the pool at the prestigious WA Telstra Business Awards taking home the "MYOB Small Business Award" and the "Telstra Regional Business Award".  Gnarabar will now go on to compete at the National Awards in Melbourne at the end of August. Read more...

Ngilgi Cave in the spotlight

Publication: Sydney Morning Herald, The Saturday Age Max Anderson sees Ngilgi Cave in a different light.  See Max's article "Watching Rocks Grow" in the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne's The Saturday Age here. Read more...

Jamie D in Australia Part 8: Margaret River

Publication: Good Food Revolution, Jamie Drummond Good Food Revolution presents the eighth of a series of videos by Jamie Drummond as he travels across Australia tasting good food and wine. Part 8: Jamie heads to the very west end of the continent to the Margaret River region, where he finds more than kangaroos in and amongst the vines in this video. . Read more...

Now you can fly to Busselton

Skywest will commence twice weekly flights to Busselton on July 8 2011.  The Perth-Busselton-Albany return route will operate on Fridays and Sundays and offer visitors to Geographe Bay and the Margaret River Wine Region a quick 45 minute journey.  For great value holiday deals contact Busselton or Dunsborough Visitor Centre. Read more...

Breweries take top honours at International Beer Awards

A number of local Southwest breweries have dominated at the International Beer Awards announced in Melbourne on Friday 20 May 2011. Cowaramup Brewing Company's Pilsener was judged Champion Lager in Australia whilst Bootleg Brewery also celebrated a big win for their Sou West Wheat Beer as Champion Wheat Beer. The competition is the largest in Australia and one of the most prestigous in the worl... Read more...