As you can see from the photo it was a good day! First we drove to Margaret River. Not the town but the mouth of the famous river which ends on the beach. Wine buffs will know why this area is famous. You will see from the photos that there is a large sand spit between the sea and the river. This sand spit is sometimes breached in bad weather. Apart from wine the area has excellent surfing beaches and some of the world championships have been held at these beache...

We drove to the town of Margaret River that gives its name to the famous wine area that so many of us have heard of!! And tasted of course!!

Margaret River Chocolate Factory - Heaven for Mick. Here they have a huge array of different chocolates in various guises - milk, white, dark, sugar free etc. but they are very expensive. You can take handfuls of little chocolate drops to taste and some people had plastic bags and were filling them up!!!! Outside the factory was my idea of heaven - rows and rows of vines! Now I know a lot of you think I'm a 'wino' but I have had very little wine since we have be...