YALLINGUP

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In Yallingup, we enjoy a typically mediterranean climate; hot dry summers, cool wet winters. The coastal maritime environment is still largely unspoiled. We are renowned for fine wines, gourmet cuisine, diverse art and craft, surf and extensive national parks. The region between capes Naturaliste and Leeuwin has one of the greatest varieties of wildflowers in the world, with over 10,000 species identified. Here are a few that are right on our doorstep...

Summer in Yallingup is a time of  blossom, sunsets, endless beaches and long warm days. The nights are cool and still.

The South West has now become the playground of  Perth and its endless suburbs. Families and friends arrive in droves over the Christmas season, but somehow we have the capacity to absorb hundreds of thousands of  visitors without ever feeling crowded.

Monster swells appear from nowhere, sometimes on the hottest days. Then the 'surf  telegraph' fires up and locals and visitors enjoy some of the best surf in the world. Although white pointers are not unusual, there have been no major attacks on surfers here, as far as I know.

By March the Australian Salmon will be running and anglers vie for good spots on rocky outcrops, and twilight beaches bristle with rods.

Frogs sing through the night like a crazy orchestra and the cacophony of bird calls in my garden make it difficult to sleep past five a.m.

Yallingup means "Place of  Love" in the local Aboriginal dialect. For some fifty thousand years, the indigenous inhabitants walked to the coast from the forest hinterland as the weather warmed. Old folk and families enjoyed the tranquil shade and calm waters of Geographe Bay, where game and seafood was abundant .(Nothing has changed much).Younger, fitter individuals made the trek over the Cape to the windswept dunes and trickling brooks of  Yallingup. Here they could spear dhufish and snapper from the rocks and dive for crayfish and abalone. Today Yallingup still has that special attraction for young people. Romance is abundant.

Much of  the rural land here, once used mainly for dairy, has been subdivided into lots of three to ten acres for private dwellings. Galleries, cafes, restaurants and wineries give visitors an endless choice of  superb holiday activities and the locals like it too!