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Caption: | Gourmet Escape Weekend | Margaret River
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Caption: Food and travel go hand in hand right? So when the team from Western Australia asked me to fly over to Margaret River for the Gourmet Escape Weekend I was all over it. Then I found out that the amazing @jewelszee would be joining me and the adventure just got a whole lot more exciting
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Caption: Our adventure began on Rottnest Island where we hired bikes and went exploring, mostly looking for the perfect Quokka selfie ππ
Rottnest is full of exciting things to do including: hiking, snorkeling, cycling, fishing, surfing and just relaxing.
*Quokkaβs are cute little marsupialβs that have made the island even more famous than it was.
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Caption: Pastel sunsets at one of the many beautiful beaches on Rottnest Island.
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Caption: Trying to get a selfie with one of these little cute animals is waaaaaaay harder than we first thought, we even tried to get the quokka to take a shot of us πππ
Jewels and I spend a lot of time rolling around in the dirty and leaves before we managed to get 1 photo.
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Caption: Success πππ»
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Caption: Gourmet Escape Weekend official opening party.
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Caption: Our first Gourmet Escape dinner was set on Castle Rocks Beach. Tonight we were treated to an amazing beach BBQ cooked by world famous chef Curtis Stone
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Picture of Rottnest Island
Caption: Not only did we eat and drink for the week but we also done some very cool activities, one of which was a section of the Cape to Cape walk with Saul from Cape to Cape Explorer Tours
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Picture of Rottnest Island
Caption: How beautiful is this place? It is known as The Aquarium and is well worth a little dip on the Cape to Cape walk.
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Caption: After all the hard work (π eating, drinking wine and making photos) Jewels and I headed to the beautiful BondiJ spa at Injidup Spa Retreat for a relaxing massage π€
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Picture of Rottnest Island
Caption: Our second Gourmet Escape Experience was held at Leeuwin Estate Vineyard.
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Set amongst the forest was an amazing old barn that had been transformed into a magical Feast in the Forest.
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Tonightβs dinner was prepared by Duncan Welgemoed who is one of Australiaβs most sort after chefs.
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Caption: Dinner in the Forest at the beautiful Leeuwin Estate Vineyard
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Caption: The best way to see this amazing coastline is to get yourself on a scenic helicopter flight with the team at www.scenichelicopters.com.au
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Picture of Rottnest Island
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Picture of Rottnest Island
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Caption: All the food... And then there was all the delicious food.
Margaret River is a serious foodie haven, there are so so many delicious restaurants, cafes & vineyards.
Luckily we always travel with our camera equipment on our backs, itβs good for a bit of cardio after all the food πππ
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Caption: Next stop....
LAKE CAVE
There are so many caves to explore but this cave was by far my favourite.
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Picture of Rottnest Island
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Caption: For more information on any of the activities we done while in Western Australia check out
www.westernaustralia.com.a
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Or
www.facebook.com/ExtraordinaryWesternAustralia
Rottnest Island
www.facebook.com/Rottnest
Gourmet Escape
www.facebook.com/gourmetescape
Margaret River
www.facebook.com/MargaretRiverWineRegion
Injidup Spa Retreat
www.facebook.com/bodhijspa
Cape to Cape Exporer Tours
www.facebook.com/CapetoCapeExplorerTours
Scenic Helicopters
www.facebook.com/ScenicHelicopters
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All shots taken with the Olympus E-M1 Mark II
www.olympusaustralia.com.au
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