Cape Lodge has once again made it on the Condé Nast Traveller Gold List 2012 – Best of Food.

See below why they have selected Cape Lodge.

This charming boutique hotel is set in its own vineyard in Western Australia’s Margaret River wine region. It has 22 bedrooms and suites decorated in a contemporary style and showcasing original works by top Australian artists, as well as a two-bedroom cottage and five-bedroom villa in the grounds. There are tennis courts and a pool. Wine and gourmet tours, cookery classes, horse-riding, fishing and eco-tours into the bush are all available.

X-factor The gorgeous Cape Lodge Margaret River Restaurant, where chef Tony Howell cooks contemporary Australian cuisine with a Mediterranean twist, has a 14,000-bottle cellar. ‘There may be hipper places to eat among the vineyards,’ says Gold List contributor Mike Dolan. ‘But nowhere else showcases Australian cuisine with such finesse and flavour.

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The third series of MasterChef starts on Sunday the 1st of May and looks like it is going to be bigger than ever. See our very own Tony Howell in the lime light showcasing some of the best of the best of the Margaret River region.

Watch the MasterChef Series Preview Trailer www.masterchef.com.au/video.htm

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Western Australia’s premier boutique hotel Cape Lodge has made a UK The Times list of the world’s top 20 winery hotels.

 The renowned Margaret River establishment found itself in rarefied company spanning the great wine regions of the world in a story that appeared in the respected UK daily newspaper in Britain this week.

 Cape Lodge was one of only two Australian winery hotels that made the list, the other being the celebrated Tower Lodge in the Hunter Valley, NSW, which was recognised as a “romantic escape”.

 Apart from its magnificent setting, ambience and impeccable service, Cape Lodge was particularly applauded and recommended for its outstanding restaurant.

 The hotel has an international reputation for its fine cuisine, prepared by award-winning chef Tony Howell.

Chef Tony Howell showed Natalie from Getaway a few culinary tricks in his Cooking School. Visit the Getaway website to view the segment.

courtesy of Margaret River Discovery Company

This week has seen exceptional and close-up whale sightings off Augusta in the south west.

Some very inquisitive Southern Right Whales have been ‘nose to nose’ with the boat and putting on an excellent display.

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On any day you will be impressed by the range of styles, mediums, and improvisation by artists in the south west region.

courtesy www.margaretriver.com.au

Gerry Reilly’s art glass, Atelier Susi jewellery with a special year round Christmas twist.  You will find hand crafted timber at Boranup Gallery, Jahroc Gallery for an exceptional selection of designers/furniture makers and also in the region a self confessed artist surrounded by collective mayhem.

You will find these and more at

www.margaretriver.com.au

www.geographebay.com.au

www.margaretriverartisans.com.au

courtesy www.whalepatrol.com

Not only will you find Humpback Whales off Flinders Bay in Augusta you can also expect to see Southern Right Whales. Cavorting in the warm clean waters will be males and females looking for a mate from June to September.  Spot them from Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse or on a whale tour.

Endangered Blue Whales have been sighted in the calm waters of Geographe Bay in Dunsborough.  Witness mothers and calves exercise and play during the months September to December in preparation for the return journey to the cold southern oceans.  Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse is a great vantage point to sight whales in the Indian Ocean and around the Cape.  

Visit www.margaretriver.com.au or www.geographebay.com.au to book a whale tour.

courtesy www.capetocapetrack.com.au

At a distance of 135k the track offers a spectacular landscape from clifftop to woodland as well as the tall karri trees of the Boranup Forest.

An exhilirating walk that can be enjoyed in easy half day treks or the full distance for the more adventuress. 

Expect to see exceptional ocean views, seasonal wildflowers of the south west as well as native fauna and some of the worlds best surf breaks.

visit www.capetocapetrack.com.au

Image courtesy of Voyager Estate

Winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards and recipient of an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II, Ms Philogene has performed at Royal Opera House London as well as Deutshe Oper Berlin.

Enjoy Voyager Estate Wines and a four-course menu prepared by Chef Nigel Harvey.

 For more information contact Voyager Estate.

www.voyagerestate.com.au