WA Trip (V)
19 Jul 05
Margaret River
After some home-cooked breakfast with free range eggs courtesy of our farmstay hosts, we head out to explore the region. First stop - Berry Farm. A nice little place. Not easy to find but then we got pretty lousy navigation skills. The fruit trees were bare at this time of the year but the owners had grown quite alot of beautiful flowers.
"More blooms"
The cellar door stocks heaps of jams and chutney but we were mostly interested in the wine. The mango wine at this place is divine. Like ice wine but not as sweet with a delectable mango smell. Definitely not to be missed.
Chalice Bridge Winery was just around the corner so we decided to head in that general direction since we been seeing their products on display at alot of the restaurants along the way. Unfortunately for us, their cellar door is only going to be completed in the later part of the year so we veer off to the Rockyfield winery next door instead.
"Bare vines"
There was a lot to try here and we ended up getting quite a few bottles of whites to bring back. The owner pointed us in the direction of Augusta for lunch and a spot of whale watching at the lighthouse so that was where we went.
"Blooms outside the pub"
"Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse at Cape Leeuwin, naturally."
So named because the Dutch sighted the Cape in Mar 1962 in the vessel "Leeuwin".
Australia's most southwestern point with the Indian Ocean on the right and the Southern Ocean on the left.
Lat. 34 22 South Long. 115 08 East
This lighthouse is a working lighthouse at the moment and we joined the next scheduled tour that brought us all the way up to see the huge lightbulbs installed inside after a brief narration of the history and the lifestyle of the olden days lightkeepers. This is a good spot for whale watching if you can get used to the binoculars supplied and the strong winds. They sighted 40 whales the day before but we didnt see any while we were up there. Tough luck.
"Us at the top"
The area surrounding the lighthouse was pretty interesting to explore and we spent more time below than up at the top.
"We even went down to the edge of the sea just to get a closer look at some of the residents."
Heading back home, we were just in time for the feeding frenzy back at the farm.
"We were told these are goat-like sheep that are good for eating. Hur Hur Hur."
"The owner's youngest daughter with the orphan lamb that thinks its a dog."
Dinner that night was at the local award winning restaurant, Winos.
The food was really good and their wines comes in 3 different sizes - samplers (15mL), tasters (50mL) and glass (150mL). I thought that was a pretty cool idea. If only they have that in Singapore too. I ordered the Chalice Bridge and Moaning Frog to sample.
The food orders we had were given really funny names on the bill - the kangaroo (which I ate) was typed in as skippy, vegetable lasagne was known as no meat, duck was daffy and pork ribs was porky. I was cursing myself silly afterwards for not remembering to take a picture of that bill :(
Margaret River
After some home-cooked breakfast with free range eggs courtesy of our farmstay hosts, we head out to explore the region. First stop - Berry Farm. A nice little place. Not easy to find but then we got pretty lousy navigation skills. The fruit trees were bare at this time of the year but the owners had grown quite alot of beautiful flowers.
"More blooms"
The cellar door stocks heaps of jams and chutney but we were mostly interested in the wine. The mango wine at this place is divine. Like ice wine but not as sweet with a delectable mango smell. Definitely not to be missed.
Chalice Bridge Winery was just around the corner so we decided to head in that general direction since we been seeing their products on display at alot of the restaurants along the way. Unfortunately for us, their cellar door is only going to be completed in the later part of the year so we veer off to the Rockyfield winery next door instead.
"Bare vines"
There was a lot to try here and we ended up getting quite a few bottles of whites to bring back. The owner pointed us in the direction of Augusta for lunch and a spot of whale watching at the lighthouse so that was where we went.
"Blooms outside the pub"
"Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse at Cape Leeuwin, naturally."
So named because the Dutch sighted the Cape in Mar 1962 in the vessel "Leeuwin".
Australia's most southwestern point with the Indian Ocean on the right and the Southern Ocean on the left.
Lat. 34 22 South Long. 115 08 East
This lighthouse is a working lighthouse at the moment and we joined the next scheduled tour that brought us all the way up to see the huge lightbulbs installed inside after a brief narration of the history and the lifestyle of the olden days lightkeepers. This is a good spot for whale watching if you can get used to the binoculars supplied and the strong winds. They sighted 40 whales the day before but we didnt see any while we were up there. Tough luck.
"Us at the top"
The area surrounding the lighthouse was pretty interesting to explore and we spent more time below than up at the top.
"We even went down to the edge of the sea just to get a closer look at some of the residents."
Heading back home, we were just in time for the feeding frenzy back at the farm.
"We were told these are goat-like sheep that are good for eating. Hur Hur Hur."
"The owner's youngest daughter with the orphan lamb that thinks its a dog."
Dinner that night was at the local award winning restaurant, Winos.
The food was really good and their wines comes in 3 different sizes - samplers (15mL), tasters (50mL) and glass (150mL). I thought that was a pretty cool idea. If only they have that in Singapore too. I ordered the Chalice Bridge and Moaning Frog to sample.
The food orders we had were given really funny names on the bill - the kangaroo (which I ate) was typed in as skippy, vegetable lasagne was known as no meat, duck was daffy and pork ribs was porky. I was cursing myself silly afterwards for not remembering to take a picture of that bill :(
posted by eyes at 12:28 pm
2 Comments:
why did you eat skippy............WHY~~~~^^
Hehehehehe because skippy not sold in sg and also because skippy less fattening than porky or daffy :P
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