Dolphins and Cows and Kangaroos OH MY!

Since Jamie and I moved here we've wanted to visit Margaret River.  It's about 2 hours south of Perth and is considered their "wine country".  We've heard wonderful things about it, but seeing as though I was pregnant when we moved here the trip wouldn't have been much "fun" for me.  Instead, we saved it as a "to do" while his parents were here.

Since we were taking the trip to Sydney as well I didn't want to leave the dogs again.  My answer for this problem was to rent a house instead of staying in a resort.  We couldn't have picked a better house to stay in!  The house had plenty of space and the grounds were beautiful! 

View from the front patio and view from back door

From the back yard we had this gorgeous view...

We spent the first day hanging out in the house and getting settled.  Not that we really had much of a choice since the entire town seemed to shut down on Sundays!  In the end it worked out and we were able to relax and enjoy the house.  The next day we headed over to Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse, Sugarloaf Rock and the Ngilgi Cave.  Kylie wasn't too fond of the lighthouse but I think it was because it was cool and windy and the tour happened to be at her eating time.  She fell asleep in Mama Connie's arms at Sugarloaf Rock (as she had just got done eating!) so I can't say she was too impressed with that either!  All of the adults on the other hand enjoyed taking in the beautiful views and watching the whales and dolphins splash around.  The site I can say with certainty that Kylie L-O-V-E-D was Ngilgi Cave.  She talked and smiled the entire time, probably because she was not the one walking up some 400 steps and then back down them again with an extra 16 pounds on her chest!!  My legs were killing me the next day, but it was worth it to watch the look on her face as she checked things out.

The lighthouse and view from the top

Sugarloaf Rock - Beautiful!

Kylie before falling asleep and us

The caves - Jamie tried to crawl through the "kids hole".  He made it through, but said it was a "tight fit"

The entire next day was spent touring the wineries.  I'm not sure how many there are down in that area but it must be close to 100 or so.  We made a list of some that we wanted to visit with our "must see" being Watershed.  It's our favorite wine here so we thought we had to see it while we were down there.  All of the ones we ended up seeing were great and I am happy to announce that Watershed did not disappoint.  Not only do they have great wine, but their winery grounds and cellar door are beautiful!  After our wine tasting and purchasing were complete we had lunch in the restaurant (which was great too!) and enjoyed the views.  Kylie was amazing all day and handled the "in and out" of the car seat like a champ!  Thank goodness I have a well behaved, easy going kiddo!

Jamie after a few drinks at Vasse Felix

Watershed

Our nights were spent hanging out at the house watching the kangaroos and relaxing.  It was a great holiday, even though it was a little short!  For as small of an area as it is, there are tons of things to do.  We were able to keep pretty busy and see a lot of sites while we were down there but there are still a few things we missed.  Jamie's golf group is planning a golf weekend down there in October, so we may be heading down that way again soon.

For those of you on Facebook you'll note that I do have photos with my hair down even though I swore I would not! (If you have no clue what I'm talking about I'll catch you up real quick - I got a haircut the week before Sydney and it was THE WORST HAIRCUT EVER!!!  It was WAY SHORTER than it was suppose to be and the lady did my layers completely wrong!  Jamie tried to make me feel better by saying "Oh no it's not the worst, but probably the second worst cut you've ever had"!  I said that for the next 6 weeks or so there would be no photos of me with my hair down.)  Even though I've gotten used to my ugly hair, I still don't like it!  I've just decided to live with it, hence the photos. 


Here are a few additional photos from our trip!!

Mama Connie and Kylie hanging out before bath time

Jamie taking the photo at the begining of the blog

Jamie going hunting for kangaroos! (we blamed the large herd of cows for running the kangaroos off by our last day, but this many have been a factor as well!)