Okay so forewarning I’ve been drinking a lot of expensive Margaret River wine before writing this!
We checked out of our accomodation (air bnb escape hatch in Margaret river – would stay again) before we 10am and headed to the chocolate factory for delicious fresh waffles for breakfast. There are lots of in town options if you prefer! Brumby’s, the town bakery, the other town bakery, the mosaic cafe to name a few!
We then drove another 25ish kms to Ngilgi (pronounced Ni-lgi) cave. This came up in my research as a hidden gem – not as big as the main show caves but lots of hidden pathways and you can go the whole way to the bottom! We pre-booked. B says “pretty cool, I was impressed”. I say that I was not expecting to be able to do the 370 steps up and back but I managed it due to the number of rest points!
After Ngilgi Cave we headed to Cape Naturaliste with a stop off at Sugarloaf Rock sightseeing point (best at sunset apparently). It was still cool to look at in the day time and less busy.
After visiting the rock we paid $15 each to do the lighthouse tour. This was prebooked which turned out to be lucky as it filled up. We were able to learn the history of the area and climb up to the viewing platform (approx (59 very narrow and steep steps). Everyone went very slow up the stairs so it was not obvious I was limping at this point!
At 2:15pm we left Cape Naturliste and headed to Injidup Spa and Resort about 25 mins back towards Yallingup. This is an ADULT ONLY resort (they take that seriously) with 10 private villas that all have ocean view decks and plunge pools. Ummm it’s a bit amazing! We are so far very impressed. You are near other villas (shared walls) but you can’t really tell.
We checked in at 3pm, had a massage from 3:30-5pm then had a grazing platter and complimentary bottle of wine while watching the sunset in our private pool and deck.
So far 10/10 here.
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