From Busselton we drove south and stopped at Prevelly Beach which is where the Margaret River surf beach is. Unfortunately they had some major bush fires only a couple of weeks ago so the area looked very black and treeless. We drove into the town of Margaret River and checked into the caravan park. We spent the afternoon checking out the shops (there are 5 surf shops in Margaret River!). The next day Charlie and I went with Sue, Lily and Jorja to have a look at the Berry Farm just out of Margaret River while the boys went back to Prevelly and the Margaret River mouth to try fishing. The drive to the Berry Farm was so pretty. Lots of rolling green hills covered in vines and black and white cows everywhere. The Berry Farm itself was really lovely. It had a shed used for tasting all their produce including jams, chutneys, wines and liqueurs. The sparkling strawberry will get a run on Christmas morning for sure! They had tea rooms in a little cottage set in a very pretty garden where we had some enormous scones. Almost as good as my mum's but not quite! There were lots of little birds around eating all the sugar.
The kids tried very hard to feed the birds but they wouldn't go anywhere near them. They felt it was safer to eat sugar from adults!
We got back to find that the boys had no luck but instead ended up booking in for a surf lesson the next day.
They got up very early and headed to Redgate Beach and spent a couple of hours with an instructor who they said was very good. The water was crystal clear, the waves were perfect and they even saw fish jumping out of the water. So a very good morning.
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