Meellup Beach

Dunsborough to Margaret River, day 2, Tuesday 2 December 1980. I enjoyed a nice breakfast and got going as early as I could. I planned to visit Meelup Beach first (couldn’t go to Dunsborough and not visit Meelup!), then get to Margaret River by going uphill to Yallingup, then turning south to find Carters Road, then joining the main highway and proceeding to the town. This was the reverse of the route taken on that rainy day in 1978, but on this occasion I was only coming from Dunsborough and didn’t visit Yallingup Beach or the cave.

I had a lovely swim at Meelup, then dried and got the sand off my feet, dressed and laboured up the steep hill from the beach.  ... Read more