Margaret River
Nº 70 · 34.0°S 115.1°E · Perth 225 km
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The Margaret River region stretches between two capes along Western Australia's southwest coast, where the Indian Ocean meets a landscape carved by limestone caves and ancient forest. This is wine country that happened to discover world-class surf breaks, or perhaps surf territory that stumbled into exceptional viticulture—the distinction matters less than the result. Between Busselton in the north and Augusta in the south, a network of back roads winds through jarrah and marri forest, connecting cellar doors that opened in paddocks cleared by dairy farmers barely two generations ago. The concentration of independent producers here runs deeper than the obvious wine trail circuit. Deep Woods Estate and Wills Domain represent the region's established names, while newer operations like Flowstone Wines and Dormilona signal an ongoing evolution in both winemaking philosophy and visitor experience. Cowaramup Brewing Co anchors a growing craft beer scene that complements rather than competes with the wine focus, while Twin Peaks Coffee Roasters ensures the caffeine quality matches the broader culinary ambitions. This isn't diversification for its own sake—it's the natural progression of a region confident enough in its primary strengths to explore adjacent territories. Timing matters more here than in most Australian wine regions. Summer brings the Perth weekend exodus, turning Dunsborough and Yallingup into temporary extensions of the metropolitan area. The savvy local strategy involves either embracing this energy or avoiding it entirely.
Best time to visit
Cellar doors and studios operate year-round, so timing follows outdoor plans more than any single calendar date. Warmer months suit the caves, coastal walks and cape track described in the data, while cooler, wetter periods favour the forest retreats with fireplaces and the indoor galleries and tasting rooms clustered around Margaret River, Wilyabrup and Yallingup.
What sets it apart
What stands out is proportion rather than novelty: wine and small-batch producers outnumber every other category combined, yet the craft vertical is nearly as deep as anywhere else in the data, with galleries, ceramic studios and furniture workshops spread across the same handful of towns — Margaret River, Wilyabrup, Yallingup, Cowaramup. Accommodation follows the land rather than the highway, sitting in forest and coastal pockets. Culture and food layers are thin by comparison, suggesting a region defined less by heritage tourism than by makers and producers working close together.
Where to start
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Towns & localities
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Wine regions in Margaret River
Geographical Indications — the legal names a wine may carry. Each number is the producers on the Atlas here, placed inside the GI by their own coordinates.
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A selection of standout places across Margaret River
Spring Valley Orchard
South of Donnybrook, where the South Western Highway settles into the valley…
ShopsDunsborough Cellars
In a town best known for its wineries, this is the shop locals rely on to…
NatureMammoth Cave
Mammoth Cave is a natural time capsule, nestled deep in the Margaret River…
Museums & galleriesLeon Pericles Studio
Leon Pericles works from a property on the banks of the Margaret River, where…
MakersBushy Art Gallery
Bushy Art Gallery, tucked away in Western Australia, operates as an accessible…
Places to stayBina Maya Yallingup Escape
Three accommodations on a 7-acre forest property at Quedjinup, between…
Wine & spirits
After Hours Wine and Gindong Gin
North Jindong, WA
Twenty minutes from Busselton, Warwick's small winery turns around 30 tonnes of fruit annually into…
Amato Vino
Witchcliffe, WA
Brad Wehr makes small-batch wine from alternate varieties at a tasting room inside The Witch…
Amelia Park Wines
Wilyabrup, WA
Cellar door open daily in Wilyabrup, with three tiers running from the entry-level Trellis range up…
Aravina Estate
Yallingup Siding, WA
Vines first planted in 1986 on gravelly loam slopes outside Yallingup produce 12 varieties — among…
Ashbrook Estate
Wilyabrup, WA
Three generations of Devitts have farmed this Wilyabrup property since 1975, picking every grape…
Beerfarm
Metricup, WA
Five friends bought a former dairy farm in Metricup in 2015, turned the hay shed into a tavern and…
Bettenays Margaret River Wine & Nougat
Cowaramup, WA
Greg and Terri Bettenay planted this property in 1989, and the winery has since developed an…
Blind Corner Organic Winery and Brewery
Quindalup, WA
Ben and Naomi Gould have been farming the northern Margaret River coast for twenty years, turning…
Bootleg Brewery
Wilyabrup, WA
Margaret River's original craft brewery, established in 1994 and set on 30 hectares beside a lake.…
Brookland Valley Estate
Yelverton, WA
Secluded Margaret River winery nestled in jarrah forest, offering cellar door tastings, vineyard…
Brown Hill Estate
Rosa Brook, WA
The Bailey family named their 24-hectare Rosa Brook vineyard after the Kalgoorlie goldmine claim…
Cape Grace Wines
Cowaramup, WA
Robert and Karen Karri-Davies planted their 15-acre Wilyabrup vineyard in 1996 on land that Tom…
Coffee
Margaret River Roasting Co
Vasse, WA
Margaret River Roasting Co. sources its Yira Yarkiny single origin from Jack Murat farm in Mareeba,…
Record Coffee Roasters
Cowaramup, WA
A small-batch roastery in the Cowaramup industrial area, just up the road from Margaret River in…
The Townhouse
Bunbury, WA
A boutique coffee house on Victoria Street in central Bunbury, pouring beans from Perth roaster…
Two Cracks Coffee
Cowaramup, WA, WA
An award-winning small-batch roaster and cafe on Bussell Highway in Cowaramup, in the heart of WA's…
Makers
Anarchy Wood Concepts
Margaret River, WA
Former barista Keanan Hardegon stumbled into woodwork through a wedding gift — a custom chopping…
Arts Margaret River
Margaret River, WA
Five decades of programming—music, theatre, cinema, visual art, workshops—now anchored in Nala…
Boranup Gallery
Forest Grove, WA
Thirty years in a rammed-earth building off Caves Road, deep in karri forest, and Boranup Gallery…
Bushy Art Gallery
Bramley, WA
Bushy Art Gallery, tucked away in Western Australia, operates as an accessible creative hub open…
Christian Fletcher Gallery - Dunsborough
Dunsborough, WA
Thirty years into his practice, Christian Fletcher still shoots the Western Australian coastline…
Claymates Studio
Cowaramup, WA
Ceramic artist Kate Lethlean runs this hand-building studio and gallery out of Cowaramup, between…
Dilkes-Hoffman Ceramics
Burnside, WA
Ten minutes from Margaret River's main street, on Caves Road, this family studio has been making…
Fi Wilkie Art @ Toot Studio
Margaret River, WA
Fi Wilkie works from Margaret River's bush fringe, making paintings and collages drawn from the…
Flux & Facet Studio Workshop
Vasse, WA
Emma Miller — qualified gemmologist and jewellery designer trained under local maker John Miller —…
Glitterati
Margaret River, WA
A Margaret River jewellery store trading as Glitterati Carriage Jewellers, stocking rings,…
Happs Pottery
Anniebrook, WA
Myles Happ has spent nearly 30 years firing reduction stoneware on Caves Road in Anniebrook,…
Ian Thwaites
Margaret River, WA
Ian Thwaites makes wood furniture and design pieces from a studio in Margaret River. Designer,…
Places to stay
Barn Hives
Margaret River, WA
Three off-grid pods on a vineyard above Smiths Beach, in the Margaret River cape country at…
Bina Maya Yallingup Escape
Yallingup, WA
Three accommodations on a 7-acre forest property at Quedjinup, between Yallingup and Dunsborough —…
Burnside Organic Farm
Margaret River, WA
Jamie and Lara McCall have farmed this Margaret River block organically since 1997 — Demeter…
Cape Lodge
Wilyabrup, WA
Forty acres of parkland and a private eight-acre vineyard in Yallingup, with 22 rooms and a…
Caves House Hotel
Yallingup, WA
Built in 1903 by the WA Government to house visitors to the newly opened Ngilgi Cave, burnt down…
Chambre Estate
Margaret River, WA
Forest Rise Chalets & Lodge
Margaret River, WA
A 240-acre private estate at Yelverton, north of Margaret River township, where Deb and Benson run…
Heyscape Yallingup
Yallingup, WA
In WA's South West, near the surf breaks and cellar doors of Yallingup, this off-grid tiny cabin…
Hidden Valley Forest Retreat
Margaret River, WA
Four accommodation types spread across 104 acres of Margaret River bushland: a lakeside Deepwater…
Injidup Spa Retreat
Injidup, WA
Ten adults-only villas on Wardandi Country, each with a private plunge pool and unobstructed Indian…
Island Brook Estate Vineyard and Chalets
Margaret River, WA
A working Margaret River vineyard with three chalets and a residence in the jarrah forest, named…
Jarrah Grove Forest Retreat
Margaret River, WA
Sam and Lee run two rammed-earth chalets on 86 acres of Jarrah, Marri and Karri forest at Rosa…
Nature
Cape to Cape Track
Gracetown, WA
Western Australias premier long-distance coastal walk stretches 135 kilometres from Cape…
Injidup Natural Spa
Yallingup, WA
On the coast near Yallingup in the Margaret River region, the Injidup Natural Spa is a natural rock…
Jewel Cave
Deepdene, WA
Jewel Cave is Western Australia's largest show cave and features three expansive underground…
Lake Cave
Boranup, WA
Lake Cave lies beneath the spectacular karri forest, just a 20-minute drive south of Margaret River…
Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park
Naturaliste, WA
Stretching along Western Australia's south-west edge, this national park runs from headland to…
Mammoth Cave
Forest Grove, WA
Mammoth Cave is a natural time capsule, nestled deep in the Margaret River Region, where ancient…
Ngilgi Cave
Yallingup, WA
The entrance to Ngilgi Cave begins with a breathtaking journey through time above ground at the…
Shops
Cape Cellars
West Busselton, WA
Set inside the West Busselton Shopping Centre on Bussell Highway, this bottle shop trades on its…
Condello's Liquor
Withers, WA
Two stores anchor this family-owned liquor business around Bunbury: one on Hudson Road in Withers,…
Dunsborough Cellars
Dunsborough, WA
In a town best known for its wineries, this is the shop locals rely on to actually stock the…
Lakeside Nursery
Stratham, WA
A working production nursery just south of Bunbury, where plants and trees are propagated and grown…
Margaret River BookShop
Margaret River, WA
A main-street bookshop on Bussell Highway, run by the McLeod family, whose forebears settled the…
Margaret River Liquor Merchants
Margaret River, WA
On Bussell Highway since 1983, this is a shop built around a single, deep obsession: the wines of…
Protea Farm
North Jindong, WA
Between the capes of the Margaret River wine region, where the Island Brook creek cuts through…
Southern Habitat Nursery
Vasse, WA
Plant and garden specialists at Vasse, near Busselton in WA's South West, trading since 2011. The…
The Red Mill Store
Bunbury, WA
Set in an 1896 heritage building on Stirling Street that has served over its life as an ironworks,…
Food & dining
Artezen
Dunsborough, WA
A long-running fixture on Dunsborough's main terrace, this licensed brunch bar and restaurant runs…
Blue Ginger Fine Foods
Margaret River, WA
A brother-and-sister family business — Bridget and Paul — running a café, delicatessen and…
Blue Manna Bistro
Dunsborough, WA
Seafood is the whole point at this small owner-run bistro tucked just off Dunsborough's main strip,…
Bunbury Farmers Market
Glen Iris, WA
More fresh-food emporium than weekend stall, this independent green grocer on Vittoria Road in Glen…
Bungalow
Dunsborough, WA
Set inside a converted sixties woodworking warehouse on Naturaliste Terrace, this easygoing pizza…
Candy Cow
Cowaramup, WA
A destination sweet shop in the Margaret River town of Cowaramup — Cow Town — where old-fashioned…
Caves Farm
Cowaramup, WA
The Rintoul family bought Western Australia's original venison farm in 2021 and rebranded it Caves…
Elski Ice Creamery
Dunsborough, WA
Elski brings a distinctly Danish sensibility to the WA coast at Dunsborough, where the seasons of…
Fine Food of Margaret River
Cowaramup, WA
Handmade Italian pasta, ravioli and gnocchi alongside dukkahs, preserves and mustards, all produced…
Gabriel Chocolate
Metricup, WA
Gabriel Myburgh built Western Australia's first bean-to-bar chocolate operation out of frustration…
Gathered Organics
Margaret River, WA
A working farm shop and cafe outside Margaret River where the produce comes from their own patch on…
Harlequin Dessert
Witchcliffe, WA
A Margaret River maker of fine-crafted cakes, desserts and chocolates, built on fresh, local and…
Also in Margaret River
Tours & walks
Based in Margaret River
All Sea Charters
A local family-owned operator running whale-watching tours out of Port Geographe Marina…
Departs AugustaAugusta River Tours
Local skipper and guide Graeme Challis runs cruises down the lower Blackwood River aboard…
Departs Margaret RiverBushtucker Margaret River Canoe Tour
Helen Lee, a West Australian trained in anthropology, botany and teaching, began guiding…
Departs Margaret RiverCape to Cape Explorer Tours
Founded in 2010 by Gene Hardy, this Margaret River operator guides walkers along the…
Departs Margaret RiverHarvest Tours
Designed and led by Margaret River locals, this small-group operator runs half-day and…
Departs Rosa BrookJesters Flat
A working equestrian farm and vineyard at Rosa Brook, about 18 kilometres east of…
Departs Rivermouth Beach, PrevellyJosh Palmateer's Surf Academy
At Rivermouth, where the Margaret River meets the Indian Ocean at Prevelly, Josh…
Departs YallingupKoomal Dreaming
Wadandi custodian Josh Whiteland, whose traditional name Koomal gives the business its…
Departs Margaret RiverMargaret River Adventure Co
A one-person adventure outfit built around the guide's own promise to take you on a…
Departs Margaret RiverMargaret River Climbing Co
Mick Dempsey crossed the Nullarbor in 2000 chasing rock and never left, settling at…
Based hereMargaret River Discovery Co
Sean Blocksidge has been running this tour out of a single Land Rover for eighteen years,…
Based hereMargaret River Mountain Bike Tours
Michael — known locally as Brookesy — runs private guided rides through the forests and…
Departs DunsboroughNaturaliste Charters
Established in 1993 as the first company to run whale watching in Western Australia's…
Based hereOn Track Mountain Bike
Steve leads On Track's coaching and guided rides across the Margaret River region's…
Departs DunsboroughSouth West Eco Discoveries
Run by brothers Ryan and Michael White, these are small guided journeys through the…
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