Margaret River Chocolate Company
West Coast Australia
The original factory of this local maker opened here in 1999. Watch chocolate truffles being made and sample the flavours.
Must-see attractions in Western Australia
West Coast Australia
A showcase of big trees from all around the world. Pick up a Karri Forest Explorer map from the Pemberton visitor centre.
West Coast Australia
At the road-end, Reader Head Lookout has great views over the rivermouth, Settlers Beach and Staircase to the Moon.
West Coast Australia
Take the unpaved and steep road up to the water tank for a panoramic view of the town and the parched countryside.
West Coast Australia
Photo opportunities abound with the new bridge across the natural canal here. The Wardandi called it Winjee Sam.
Broome
Has a pleasant sandy beach and good fishing from the jetty. You might even see whales, turtles or dolphins.
Southern WA
Small, fairly sheltered white-sand beach, with rock slabs for sunbathing. Beware the strong currents.
Redbank Bridge Salt and Train Lookout
West Coast Australia
Come here at sunset to admire the pink-tinted mountains of salt and the cargo trains passing by.
West Coast Australia
Appealing sweep of white sand, lapped at by tranquil cerulean waters. Great for swimming.
West Coast Australia
Ashbrook grows all of its grapes on-site. Its award-winning rieslings are rightly lauded.
West Coast Australia
A small-scale producer with an architectural-award-winning tastings and barrel room.
West Coast Australia
Usually empty, this gorgeous crescent of sand with calm waters is great for a dip.
Western Australian Museum – Perth
Perth
The state's museum is a six-headed beast, with branches in Albany, Geraldton and Kalgoorlie as well as two in Fremantle. This main branch in Northbridge…
Broome
The original pearl luggers' jetty at the entrance to Dampier Creek dates from the 1880s and has been rebuilt a number of times. The thin rickety wooden…
West Coast Australia
The 535-sq-km Shannon National Park is on the South Western Hwy, 53km south of Manjimup. Until 1968 Shannon was the site of Western Australia's biggest…
West Coast Australia
Featuring granite outcrops, forests and bountiful fauna, the Avon Valley's eponymous national park is most easily accessed vie Toodyay on Morangup Rd,…
West Coast Australia
The Avon River cuts a narrow gorge through the Perth Hills at the 18-sq-km Walyunga National Park, before it morphs into the Swan River as it continues…
West Coast Australia
Immediately south of Mundaring is Beelu National Park, part of a continuous swath of forest that includes Kalamunda National Park. There's a handy…
West Coast Australia
The lovely russet-red Edenvale Homestead, built in 1888, now sustains a a tearoom in the main house (snacks $3 to $13), plus art-and-craft galleries and a…
West Coast Australia
The vast Lane Poole Reserve, on the jarrah-lined banks of the Murray River, is an ace place to stop for a barbecue, a picnic, bushwalk or (in summer, when…
West Coast Australia
South of Kalamunda, just off Brookton Hwy, is Araluen Botanic Park. Constructed in the 1920s by the Young Australia League (YAL) as a bush retreat for…
Western Australia
Near the southern entrance to Wiluna, this statue pays tribute to the 'Last of the Nomads'. Warri and Yatungka of the Mandildjara tribe fell in love, but…
West Coast Australia
The old gaol (built in 1886 in cruciform shape) houses the museum, which includes a courtyard minerals display and some harrowing details of Aboriginal…
West Coast Australia
This interesting red-brick heritage building is next door to the old Guildford Courthouse – both are part of the Guildford Heritage Precinct. The jail…
West Coast Australia
On the outskirts of town, this mud-brick and hessian-sacking cottage was built in 1836 to house John Morrell, the first white fella to arrive in Northam…
West Coast Australia
Across the street from the main Edenvale Homestead, Pinjarra's original red-brick schoolhouse (1860) is now a quilting workshop. It operated as a school…
West Coast Australia
Around 15km northeast of Mundaring near Chidlow, freshwater Lake Leschenaultia is a picturesque former railway dam created in 1897, and now boasting…
West Coast Australia
This glorious red-brick 1885 mansion overlooks the river a short drive east of town. Wrapped in wrought-iron verandahs and glowing russet-red in the WA…
West Coast Australia
This two-room, sawn-timber cottage is in the grounds of the Guildford Courthouse, and is actually the oldest part of the Guildford Heritage Precinct (1863…
Southern WA
Most of this park's 107 sq km is covered in scrub and coastal heath, sheltering kangaroos and birds. You might also spot seals. Stokes Inlet is a popular…
West Coast Australia
To see WA wildflowers being dried and shipped around the country, visit the commercial Westways Wildflower Farm, 19km north of Moora in Coomberdale…
West Coast Australia
This self-guided cave is managed by the Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPAW), which provides helmets and torches. Calgardup Cave has a seasonal…
West Coast Australia
York's imposing red-brick-and-stone courthouse has hosted plenty of nefarious characters since it started presiding over the town's moral standards in…
West Coast Australia
WA's biggest folk museum is a collection of transplanted historical buildings on the site of the old Upper Darling Range Railway Station, built in the…
Southern WA
Esperance is surrounded by extensive wetlands, which include seven large lakes and over 90 smaller ones. The 3.6km Kepwari Wetland Trail takes in Lake…
West Coast Australia
Start at the top of this stately stone flour mill (1870) on the main street and descend through three floors of fantastical chugging machinery and…
West Coast Australia
Some 7km from the main road and the only place in Francois Peron National Park accessible via 2WD, the old Peron Homestead houses museum displays about…
West Coast Australia
St John's Church (1861–63), built from mud bricks, sits beside a heritage rose garden and a hushed, shady cemetery. Fremantle convicts worked on the…
West Coast Australia
This quirky train has a locomotive smokestack that looks like a coffee pot, hence its name. It used to run the length of the One Mile Jetty, but it's…
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