• Several weeks ago Tourism WA launched the new Wander Out Yonder campaign to inspire West Aussies to explore their own state 😎. This is Jane and Greg from Bunbury. To say they've embraced the wander out yonder challenge in recent weeks would be an understatement. Jane's social media pages read like a one woman marketing machine for the South West . They've been wandering from Balingup to Yallingup and every art gallery and tree hugging opportunity in between. Todays adventures includes a bunch of first time experiences including canoeing the Margaret River, hiking Wilyabrup, 4WD'ing and discovering a new love for Chardonnay 😍. Returning home with arm loads of wine for the cellar. And it must be said they were some very smart wanderers. Extending the weekend by an extra day to escape the weekend crowds and getting everything to themselves👍. Wander out Yonder WA 🤩. . . #wanderoutyonder #thisiswa #margaretriver #australiassouthwest #westernaustralia
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    Several weeks ago Tourism WA launched the new Wander Out Yonder campaign to inspire West Aussies to explore their own state 😎. This is Jane and Greg from Bunbury. To say they've embraced the wander out yonder challenge in recent weeks would be an understatement. Jane's social media pages read like a one woman marketing machine for the South West . They've been wandering from Balingup to Yallingup and every art gallery and tree hugging opportunity in between. Todays adventures includes a bunch of first time experiences including canoeing the Margaret River, hiking Wilyabrup, 4WD'ing and discovering a new love for Chardonnay 😍. Returning home with arm loads of wine for the cellar. And it must be said they were some very smart wanderers. Extending the weekend by an extra day to escape the weekend crowds and getting everything to themselves👍. Wander out Yonder WA 🤩. . . #wanderoutyonder #thisiswa #margaretriver #australiassouthwest #westernaustralia
  • Had these three girls pop up in front of the car while 4WD'ing. Only managed to score this quick pic straight through the windscreen before they hopped away. Somehow the windscreen effect seems to make the whole scene more like a painting than reality 🤔 . . #wanderoutyonder #thisiswa #margaretriver #australiassouthwest #westernaustralia #kangaroos
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    Had these three girls pop up in front of the car while 4WD'ing. Only managed to score this quick pic straight through the windscreen before they hopped away. Somehow the windscreen effect seems to make the whole scene more like a painting than reality 🤔 . . #wanderoutyonder #thisiswa #margaretriver #australiassouthwest #westernaustralia #kangaroos
  • Right place right time today for the unofficial pre-test run opening on the newest Margaret River mountain bike trail 👍. Yeeeew! And what a tonne of fun it is. Berm after berm after berm and a few sky launches for good measure. Officially it’ll be a blue skill level trail, but realistically it’s so perfectly constructed even a green level beginner could ride it 🤩. We’re gonna see a tonne of money thrown at big government infrastructure stimulus projects around the state in coming months, but I reckon it’ll be these small under the radar community projects that’ll have the biggest benefits. Within an hour of opening the gate there must have been a hundred riders ‘discover’ it. This trail was built in the harvested pine plantation on Carters Rd as part of a larger trails master plan and funded by Margaret River Off Road Cycling Association (MROCA) memberships. The build was officially down to the local legend trail builder JD and Magic Dirt with the assistance of a bunch of dirt loving volunteers. These type of projects are true community projects. Right from the MRORCA volunteers who help engage, fund, design and build, through to the local land managers like Ben and Kane from DBCA who’s progressive thinking helps hit the green go button at a government level on getting things done ✅ . No official name on the trail yet, but I’m loving the early contender for the trail name as “Ben said Yes!” 👍👍 . #wanderoutonder #thisiswa #margaretriver #australiassouthwest #dbca
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    Right place right time today for the unofficial pre-test run opening on the newest Margaret River mountain bike trail 👍. Yeeeew! And what a tonne of fun it is. Berm after berm after berm and a few sky launches for good measure. Officially it’ll be a blue skill level trail, but realistically it’s so perfectly constructed even a green level beginner could ride it 🤩. We’re gonna see a tonne of money thrown at big government infrastructure stimulus projects around the state in coming months, but I reckon it’ll be these small under the radar community projects that’ll have the biggest benefits. Within an hour of opening the gate there must have been a hundred riders ‘discover’ it. This trail was built in the harvested pine plantation on Carters Rd as part of a larger trails master plan and funded by Margaret River Off Road Cycling Association (MROCA) memberships. The build was officially down to the local legend trail builder JD and Magic Dirt with the assistance of a bunch of dirt loving volunteers. These type of projects are true community projects. Right from the MRORCA volunteers who help engage, fund, design and build, through to the local land managers like Ben and Kane from DBCA who’s progressive thinking helps hit the green go button at a government level on getting things done ✅ . No official name on the trail yet, but I’m loving the early contender for the trail name as “Ben said Yes!” 👍👍 . #wanderoutonder #thisiswa #margaretriver #australiassouthwest #dbca
  • Peekaboo! Soooo good to have these guys back visiting the garden and munching on the gum nuts 👍 #wanderoutyonder #margaretriver #blackcockatoo
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    Peekaboo! Soooo good to have these guys back visiting the garden and munching on the gum nuts 👍 #wanderoutyonder #margaretriver #blackcockatoo
  • I think most teenagers had a mates house they spent almost as much time at as their own 🙄. I was lucky enough to have several mates who's parents welcomed us with open arms. And open fridges. And pools. And stereo systems with 100w speakers 🤩. One of those houses was my mate Steve Melville. And his legendary parents Duzz and Muzz from the two storey suburban wonderland of Avocado Drive in Dianella. Half a dozen smelly teenage boys would descend on their house every weekend to clean out the fridge, marco polo the pool and live large listening to Midnight Oil on solid rotation. They introduced us to wildly exotic experiences like buffet food at the Mandurah Atrium. Oysters. And Magnum ice-creams. Heady days indeed for the late 80's. So it was the greatest of pleasures today hosting these two genuinely awesome people after nearly 30 years since hanging out together, and repay some of the hospitality and immense amounts of fun they bought to my teenage years. Double thumbs to ya Muzz and Duzz 👍👍 . #wanderouyonder #thisiswa #margaretriver #westernaustralia #australiassouthwest
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    I think most teenagers had a mates house they spent almost as much time at as their own 🙄. I was lucky enough to have several mates who's parents welcomed us with open arms. And open fridges. And pools. And stereo systems with 100w speakers 🤩. One of those houses was my mate Steve Melville. And his legendary parents Duzz and Muzz from the two storey suburban wonderland of Avocado Drive in Dianella. Half a dozen smelly teenage boys would descend on their house every weekend to clean out the fridge, marco polo the pool and live large listening to Midnight Oil on solid rotation. They introduced us to wildly exotic experiences like buffet food at the Mandurah Atrium. Oysters. And Magnum ice-creams. Heady days indeed for the late 80's. So it was the greatest of pleasures today hosting these two genuinely awesome people after nearly 30 years since hanging out together, and repay some of the hospitality and immense amounts of fun they bought to my teenage years. Double thumbs to ya Muzz and Duzz 👍👍 . #wanderouyonder #thisiswa #margaretriver #westernaustralia #australiassouthwest
  • Check the dexterity of the gumnut grip 😎 #margaretriver
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    Check the dexterity of the gumnut grip 😎 #margaretriver
  • What a difference several weeks make. The bloke in the lead canoe is Matt Anderson. He's a 7-News cameraman that was in the region filming at the height of the lockdown about the devastating impact on the tourism industry. He was back today with his partner in a much more positive tourism environment. Out on tour on my first mixed group tour since March! Tourism operators have all still got a looooooooong way to go in getting back to anything resembling normal volumes of trade, but geez it feels good to know we are on that path forward. Bloody great work WA 👍. And great effort from the Channel 7 news team too. I know in recent weeks, the reporter, cameraman and news director from that initial bad news story, have all made the effort to visit Margaret River and spend money helping our local economy. . #wanderoutyonder #thisiswa #margaretriver #westernaustralia #7newsperth #7news
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    What a difference several weeks make. The bloke in the lead canoe is Matt Anderson. He's a 7-News cameraman that was in the region filming at the height of the lockdown about the devastating impact on the tourism industry. He was back today with his partner in a much more positive tourism environment. Out on tour on my first mixed group tour since March! Tourism operators have all still got a looooooooong way to go in getting back to anything resembling normal volumes of trade, but geez it feels good to know we are on that path forward. Bloody great work WA 👍. And great effort from the Channel 7 news team too. I know in recent weeks, the reporter, cameraman and news director from that initial bad news story, have all made the effort to visit Margaret River and spend money helping our local economy. . #wanderoutyonder #thisiswa #margaretriver #westernaustralia #7newsperth #7news
  • Anna from Fraser Gallop Estate starting the winter task of vine pruning. Internet providers should expect to see a steep rise in podcast usage throughout the region in coming weeks 😉. #margaretriver #thisiswa #wanderoutyonder
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    Anna from Fraser Gallop Estate starting the winter task of vine pruning. Internet providers should expect to see a steep rise in podcast usage throughout the region in coming weeks 😉. #margaretriver #thisiswa #wanderoutyonder
  • Hard to believe that was a winters day? Beaches full of action. Shortest day of the year. Summer is on the way 😉 #margaretriver #thisiswa #westernaustralia #margaretriver #wintersolstice #wanderoutyonder #australiassouthwest
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    Hard to believe that was a winters day? Beaches full of action. Shortest day of the year. Summer is on the way 😉 #margaretriver #thisiswa #westernaustralia #margaretriver #wintersolstice #wanderoutyonder #australiassouthwest
  • I know that looks like I've over-popped the colours🙄. But that's 100% straight outta the camera. On sunset mode setting. Crazy beautiful light courtesy of fuel reduction burns (in winter!). Thank you to the two models who walked into the scene 👍 #margaretriver #sunset #wanderoutyonder #thisiswa #westernaustralia #australiassouthwest
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    I know that looks like I've over-popped the colours🙄. But that's 100% straight outta the camera. On sunset mode setting. Crazy beautiful light courtesy of fuel reduction burns (in winter!). Thank you to the two models who walked into the scene 👍 #margaretriver #sunset #wanderoutyonder #thisiswa #westernaustralia #australiassouthwest
  • Another one from Friday's rather dramatic sunset. #margaretriver #sunset
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    Another one from Friday's rather dramatic sunset. #margaretriver #sunset
  • Brrrr bit cold this morning. That's early morning steam fog rising of the eucalyptus leaves as the sun warms the valley. #wanderoutyonder #thisiswa #westernaustralia #margaretriver
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    Brrrr bit cold this morning. That's early morning steam fog rising of the eucalyptus leaves as the sun warms the valley. #wanderoutyonder #thisiswa #westernaustralia #margaretriver