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31 Bussell Highway, Margaret River, 6285, Australia
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The Bootleg Brewery is a touristy brewery where you can try some of their own boutique beers. It opened in 1994 and they have won several national and international awards since then.
You can also have lunch at the Bootleg Brewery between 12 pm and 3 pm.
The brewery is open 7 days a week from 10 am to 4:30 pm.
It is located on the corner of Johnson & Puzey Roads, Willyabrup.
Web: www.bootlegbrewery.com.au
Email: enq@bootlegbrewery.com.au
Returning to Perth via the old highway (see update below) you will pass a sign that says "Lake Clifton Lookout". Taking a detour here will bring you to the shore of one of the many salt lakes that lie between the highway and the coast - part of an extensive chain of important wetlands all down this southern region.
Lake Clifton is one of the loveliest, and is definitely the most unusual. Apart from its serene beauty and stillness, the lake is unique for the formations of thrombolites that ring its shores.
What are thrombolites? Rocky mounds of calcified micro-organisms that are a direct link to the earliest forms of life on earth. In winter they are underwater but you can still see them clearly from the board walk that goes out to the summer lake edge. Come summer when the lake has shrunk, the shore is ringed with these strange "living rocks"
2009 update The opening of the new Forrest Highway south of Mandurah has taken the main road right away from the Lake Clifton turnoff. If you are travelling on this section of the highway you'll need to look out for the Old Bunbury Road turnoff and follow the signs to Lake Clifton.
Where to eat and drink Cape Bouvard winery just near the boardwalk does excellent lunches and their wines are not a bad drop either.
On the hill is a lovely little cafe who's outdoor balcony overlooks the ocean and the slopes of Gracetown. It is a great spot for a quiet afternoon coffee or evening dinner with the sun setting over the Indian Ocean. There is also a general store which sells liquor and of course a surf shop.
Part of the Boranup Fine Timber Furniture and Art Gallery, Accommodation and Spa Retreat.
Boranup Café offers a casual alfresco menu in a quiet forest setting, delightful modern cuisine using local produce and wholefoods where possible. Indulge in an all day Big Boranup Breakfast on weekends, home baked cakes, fresh juices, great coffee as well as light healthy lunches. Open everyday including public holidays (closed Christmas Day). Available for small gatherings and special events.
10am-4pm daily I had a Roasted Pumpkin, Capsicum & Proscuitto Salad with Spicy Jam and Parmesan Cheese which was divine. My sister had the Caesar salad which was equally adorable. Beautiful food and well worth the visit.
Just a few kilometres south of Margaret River, along Caves Road, you enter the totally different world of the Boranup Karri Forest, a beautiful small forest of magnificent white-trunked karris (third tallest of the world's trees) that never fails to draw gasps of admiration from anyone seeing it for the first time. With their trunks soaring straight for 60 metres and more, the trees fill a wide bowl lying right beside the coast - this is the most westerly and northerly point these trees grow, you'll need to travel another 100km south-east before you'll see them again. The Boranup Forest Drive, a gravel track that wind through the forest, is suitable for all cars but some of the side tracks, such as Grace Road, become chalky limestone as they approach the dunes, very rocky and rough in patches and more suited to 4x4s. The drive is about 22 km; about halfway along you can leave your car and climb up to the Boranup Lookout for wonderful views over the forest and out to sea.
Old growth karris reach 90 metres, those in the Boranup Forest are only babies - 100 year old regrowth - the last timber was taken out of here in 1913. The forest's understorey is lush - look out for yellow wattles, purple hardenbergia (native wisteria) and creamy wild clematis in Spring, and thick green ferns all year round.
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