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<= Spectacular Canal Rocks

During a recent drive to Yallingup Beach, one of the most famous surfing beaches of south western Australia, I discovered that a cafe I had frequented on numerous earlier visits was gone….bulldozed I guess. And now, two story apartment houses occupied the space where the cafe had resided for as long as I can remember. The owners of the new apartment buildings now enjoyed their coffee and views out over the ocean from their balcony’s. However, Yallingup no longer provided a cafe for a coffee break for thirsty tourists.

As a result of that minor disappointment we drove further south to where I was sure they still provided cafe facilities…Canal Rocks. The drive from Yallingup Beach south to Canal Rocks is several kilometres through timbered, green, rolling, hilly country, interspersed with numerous vineyards. A number of these vineyards are world famous for many of their annual wine vintages. Over the years I have visited most of them and enjoyed wine tastings of famous reds and whites surrounded by beautiful bush settings. In fact, just the previous day we had visited well known Deep Woods Vineyard, enjoyed tastings of several vintages, and had purchased several bottles of a delightful 2005 vintage Chardonay to mature a bit longer at home. The spectacular view from Deep Woods tasting room out over long, green valleys full of vineyards is worth the visit alone (see photo below).

Canal Rocks consists of mammoth grey, granite boulders forming a small peninsula extending out into a blue green ocean. Even though this was a particularly calm and mild day, enormous swells could be seen building into huge green waves eventually crashing with resounding booms into the huge granite walls of Canal Rocks bordering the sea.

Since my last visit to Canal Rocks, the Council, or similar had constructed a timber walkway from one series of rocky outcrops, across the canal, joining onto an isolated group of rocky terrain. How they achieved this construction feat defies belief. However they had done so and we had to test the timber walkway out. We walked to the middle of the structure where it crossed the open water of the canal. Wow…what scary stuff to watch the waves building and building to the front of us, then crashing onto the rocky outcrops, eventually surging a couple of meters below our feet under the walkway.

After taking plenty of photos we drove to the cafe at the small holiday resort of Canal Rocks. Decided not to have coffee there after all and instead continued back inland to find a restaurant to have dinner instead.

If you are considering a visit to Western Australia’s south west, make sure you allow for several days touring the Dunsborough, Bunker Bay, Yallingup, Canal Rocks, Margaret River regions. The towns, large and small, all have something unique to offer and the countryside is absolutely spectacular.

Happy travelling.

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