{"id":24418,"date":"2017-06-13T20:06:34","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T12:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=24418"},"modified":"2017-06-13T20:45:22","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T12:45:22","slug":"western-australia-day-7-margaret-river-exploration-millers-ice-cream-farm-and-cheeky-monkey-brewery-cidery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2017\/06\/13\/western-australia-day-7-margaret-river-exploration-millers-ice-cream-farm-and-cheeky-monkey-brewery-cidery\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Australia – Day 7 – Margaret River Exploration: Millers Ice Cream Farm and Cheeky Monkey Brewery & Cidery"},"content":{"rendered":"

The animal feeding ran from 8:30AM to just past 10:00AM, which left us with the rest of the day to explore the immediate vicinity of Margaret River. We would be going on a private day tour the next day that would be covering a range of natural sights, so we stayed cleared of those and confined ourselves to visiting produce shops and the like.<\/p>\n

Our first stop from our farm was Millers Ice-Cream Farm<\/strong>, along Wirring Road in Cowaramup, which was about 12 minutes drive away. This stopover was just a passing interest to us as we’d already tried Millers Ice-Cream in the town center itself. There is a milking activity on Sundays, so we missed that on the day we went by. The Farm has a small cafeteria and shop selling a huge range of ice-cream flavors, but oddly it was slightly more expensive than the town center version. Long story short: unless you’re visiting on a Sunday, there’s no significant reason to go out of your way to go by the Farm if you’re only going to try the ice-cream.<\/p>\n

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Millers Ice-Cream Farm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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There’s a children’s playground on the Farm too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Milking shed, and presumably where the milking event takes place on Sundays too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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You can tell how good the ice-cream is just by looking at these three’s faces (especially Peter).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next stop was the Cheeky Monkey Brewery & Cidery<\/strong> along Caves road and about 13 minutes drive away. We arrived just a little past 11AM and were the first family to arrive for lunch – though the kitchen only opens at 11:30AM. So, the kids occupied themselves with the grounds’ playground. More lunch crowds started arriving closer to noon too.<\/p>\n

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Beautiful grounds @ Cheeky Monkey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Two dining halls that are joined together that can probably sit hundreds, and there’s outdoor seating too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cheeky Monkey spotted!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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H and P had the whole playground to themselves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Chilling out at the restaurant’s fireplace while waiting for food to arrive.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Their seasonal special: a steak sandwich that sounded real interesting – so we tried that.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The steak sandwich that both Ling and I both liked!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The “Pig Out” pizza.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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All grins and smiles before we attack lunch!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Eating pizza like a man by stuffing the entire slice into the mouth LOL.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tummies filled, exploration continues in the next post!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The animal feeding ran from 8:30AM to just past 10:00AM, which left us with the rest of the day to explore the immediate vicinity of Margaret River. We would be going on a private day tour the next day that<\/p>\n

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