Western Australia – Day 5 – Amaze’N Margaret River

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Our itinerary for our five-day stay @ Margaret River went through a lot of revisions over the last couple of months, and it was only some advice from a private tour operator we would be going with on Day 4 did we firm up most of what we should spend our time on and where. The drive from Pemberton to Margaret River was a lot easier than say from Pemberton to Walpole, as the roads – and in particular Stewart Road which was long, straight and providing very good line of sight of oncoming traffic for several hundred meters – were nothing like the constantly winding and numerous changes sharp turns in the latter.

It took us about 100 minutes to get from Beedelup Falls to Amaze’N, our first stop for the Margaret River segment. This is a children-centered park that features a number of areas for play, including mini-golf, outdoor games and puzzles, BBQ and picnic areas, children slides, and of course numerous types of mazes. The real highlight of the park though is the half-hectare Giant Hedge Maze, which sees visitors trying to find their way to its center – a two floor high wooden viewing platform. The kids certainly had a lot of fun in this one with H and P both taking turns to try to find their way to the center, and then out of it. There was quite a bit of crowd sourcing going on too, since everyone was trying to find their way too LOL.

Trying to read the provided map on where to go first right after getting admitted (AUD63 for the family).
Olympics shot putters in training – three shots are in the air.
We survived the Giant Hedge Maze thanks in no small part to the two kids’ boundless energies trying every path ahead and using brute force to find the right ways in and out LOL.
More mazes to race!
Rehearsing for the Margaret River leg of our ongoing chess tournament!
The children’s park is filled with all types of mazes. These two were at a race to see who could finish first.
Took a series of our almost 4 year old running circles around a maze. The Panasonic GX85 + 40-150mm f2.8 has acquitted itself marvellously well in this trip.
H and P!
H is bossy, but at heart she cares for her baby brother.
Ling spotting yet another flora point of interest. Reckon there’ll be a FB post on her wall soon on this!
P has given Ling a lot of agony this trip (mostly to do with not listening to instructions), but he has his delightful moments.

There is also a small cafe that offers a range of western-styled sandwiches and the now-ubiquitous Fish & Chips. We lunched there before traveling the last 10 minutes to our accommodation for the next five days; the Margaret River Hideaway & Farmstay.