Margaret River
9 makers
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Down the coast
Keep scrolling. The line marks four places, from the jetty to the capes.
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The jetty runs 1.8 kilometres into Geographe Bay, the longest timber-piled jetty in the Southern Hemisphere.
5 makers within a short drive
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A calm beach in sheltered Geographe Bay, good for swimming, snorkelling and picnics under shade trees.
2 makers within a short drive
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Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse marks the start of the roughly 125 km Cape to Cape Track.
2 makers within a short drive
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Yallingup's beach break and calm lagoon sit near Canal Rocks, where the sea has cut a channel through granite.
Honey, olive oil, tea, soap and more. Every label leads to the maker's own shop.
Further south
Four more, from the surf breaks to the karri forest and the lighthouse.
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Injidup's rock pools can look calm on a small-swell day, but this stretch of coast has dangerous rips.
1 maker within a short drive
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Surfers Point's Main Break hosts a world surf tour event and sits near the Margaret River mouth.
13 makers within a short drive
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Boranup's karri trees grow over 50 metres tall on limestone ridges a short drive from Margaret River.
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Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse, the tallest on mainland Australia, stands at the south-west tip of the country.
Long guides from the journal, written in Busselton.
All journal postsTwo lighthouses, 125-odd kilometres of cliff, beach and karri forest, and not much in between but the Indian Ocean. Here's how to break it into five good days, what to carry, and the one river that decides which way you walk.
Chocolate ground on stone, honey from one kind of tree, a soap scented with Boranup Forest in mind. Here's what the makers in this guide make that travels well, who it suits, and the drive that picks most of it up in an afternoon.
Stop 1 of 5 · Geographe Bay
Bunbury, Busselton, Vasse and Jindong: coffee roasters, handmade soap and skincare, hemp from the farm.
Stop 2 of 5 · The capes
Dunsborough, Eagle Bay, Yallingup and Metricup: skincare made by hand, olive oil from Eagle Bay, chocolate.
Stop 3 of 5 · The river
Cowaramup to Margaret River: bean-to-bar chocolate, nougat, tea, olive oil, soap and pantry shelves worth a detour.
Stop 4 of 5 · Where two oceans meet
Witchcliffe, Karridale and Augusta. Nobody is listed here yet, so there is room on the map for the first maker.
Stop 5 of 5 · Karri country
Donnybrook, Nannup, Bridgetown, Manjimup and Pemberton: honey from Nannup, truffle salt and truffle oil from Manjimup and Pemberton.
Something to take home
Something warm after a dawn paddle.
Light enough to carry, good at the top.
Bring the South West back to the room.
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