Events September 2010

Standard and Advanced Evaluate Wine Workshops coming July through to October. Wine sensory, covering basic wine faults and how to detect them, the different taste sensations and how to describe the feel of wine in the mouth. Discover the different varieties, where they are grown, there taste characteristics and regional differences.

Think Fresh, Think Seasonal, Think Local!

Margaret River regularly hosts its popular Farmers Markets for one and all to grab a fresh, tasty bargain.  The popular breakfast bar and Yahava Koffee van are always there along with heaps of locally produced food and other goodies - with enough new in season to keep everyone suprised! Stalls are manned by the growers and producers themselves providing you with a diverse range of prime South-west produce.

And at 11am on each market day a hamper of local goodies will be drawn (everytime you buy something - grab yourself a free raffle ticket!)

Markets are open from 8am - 12pm

2010 Dates:

September 11th & 25th
October 9th & 23rd
November 13th & 27th
December 11th & 18th 

Come along and support the Lions Club of Margaret River - while picking up a bargain!

Twice a month the Lions hold their popular "Garage Sale" where visitors can pick up all sorts of goodies including bedding, clothing, bric-a-brac, electrical....the list goes on!

Hay Shed Hill presents a collection of work by well known Margaret River artist Rebecca Cool

Lend The Environment A Helping Hand!

Every Thursday at 9am - 2pm the Capes Volunteer Team head out to the natural areas and carry out conservation activities - whether it be attacking weeds, collecting seeds, planting trees or maintaining tracks.

Whatever the job, the team gets out there, has fun and helps the environment.  And you can too!

The team meets at the Capes Office at the Community Centre, Tunbridge Street, Margaret River.  Make sure you bring your lunch and wear appropriate and hardy clothing and footwear.

So come on, join the Eco Warriors!

Spend Your Weekend At The Town Square Markets!

Whether it be regional produce, art, craft, fashion or jewellery - you'll find it all here at the Town Square Markets.  Grab yourself, or a loved one, a gift from Margaret River today!

Join the team at The Larder for their spring cooking classes - these classes are delicious and fill up quick!

RUNNING WITH THE BULLS - SPANISH TAPAS COOKING CLASS

Grab your Flamenco shoes and join us for an evening of culinary curiosities.
Sea salt + fennel spiced almonds
Chorizo, quince+ Manchego crostini
Caramelized onion + potato tortilla
Basque chicken with mixed olives, proscuitto and red peppers
Sweet sherry, honey and cinnamon bread 
Pedro ximenez hot chocolate
 
6.30pm start – Thursday Sept 2nd - $88 incl GST

THRILL YOUR GRILL - BBQ COOKING CLASS

One of our most popular classes. Become the king of the campfire with these easy, delicious dishes. Great gift for Father’s Day!
 
Grilled caeser salad
The perfect steak sandwich
Chicken and lemongrass sausage on sugar cane with tamarind syrup
Salt and pepper squid
Salsa, marinades and more

6.30pm start - Thursday Sept 9th - $88 inclusive GST

EAT, PRAY, LENTIL – INDIAN VEGETARIAN COOKING CLASS

Warm away those winter blues with these nutritious vegetarian dishes.
Steamed semolina cakes with black eyed bean dhal
Paneer cheese with peppers  Peanut radish salad
Potato and tamarind masala
Warm carrot pudding with cardamom yoghurt

6.30 pm Thursday 16th September -$88 inc GST
 
 
CHICKEN MASTERCLASS COOKING CLASS
BRADLEY HORNBY FROM KNEE DEEP WINES

Bradley Hornby joins us for a special master class with many years of experience in high quality restaurants and 5 star luxury resorts such as Huka Lodge, Inter Continental Wellington and Lizard Island
 
Salt & pepper spiced chicken ‘oysters’
with Japanese mayonnaise, cucumber and pickled ginger salad
Butter roasted Poussin breast with confit leg roll, cauliflower puree and cous cous
Knife tips, professional kitchen secrets and more..

Served with wines by acclaimed Sommelier Liz Buttimore from Knee Deep wines

6.30pm start - Thursday 14th October - $110 Inc GST

Sept  9 — Rusty Tin Men – Thursday Night Acoustic Vibe 8-10pm
Sept 10 —  Minute 36 – Album Launch - Indie Rock/Goth
Sept 11 — Kniki & Band - plus: Pink & White Bridge -   Blues Rock Acoustic
Sept 12 — Minute 36 Stripped Back - “Blues on the Verandah 3-6pm”    Unplugged – Acoustic Roots & Blues                  
Sept 15 — Acoustic Open Mic Night - Every Wednesday 8pm hosted by Elliott Morris & Brett Wilson – Wed night raises money for the Margaret River Primary School Band

Front Row Experiences coming soon: 
Sept 22 Wed -   Amy Meredith – *Tx on sale at venue  or www.heatseeker.com.au
Sept 24  Ash Grunwald Plus The Joe Kings – *Tx on sale now at Settlers Tavern or www.bocsticketing.com.au
Sept 30  Little Red with Sparkadia – *Tx info soon
Nov 27  The Audreys – Oztix - 1300 762 545 www.oztix.com.au THIS SHOW WILL SELL OUT!

What’s new! 
Aug 20th 2010 – Australian Financial Review/Tim White names Settlers Tavern in TOP 10 WINE LISTS Australia (the only WA LIST to be named)
Aug 2nd 2010 - Setters Tavern Awarded BEST PUB RESTAURANT WINE LIST AUSTRALIA 2010 for the second year in a row in the Gourmet Traveller WINE & Fine Wine Partners - Wine List of the Year Awards. See the press release here. 

“Settlers Tavern... the kind of pub every wine region should have.”  - Gourmet Traveller WINE

BEST PUB RESTAURANT WINE LIST AUSTRALIA   2009 Australian Wine List of the Year Awards   -Gourmet Traveller WINE
WA’s BEST REGIONAL HOTEL / TAVERN OF THE YEAR!   And.... WA COMMUNITY SERVICES AWARD  Aust Hotels Assn – Awards for Excellence 2009

Russell Ord from Sitting Room Gallery, Cowaramup presents his upcoming exhibition Raw Motion Exhibition

Opening Night 7pm Friday 10th September 2010 Runs until 7th November 2010

A collection of Ocean Photographic Works exhibiting at Bunbury Regional Art Galleries.

Proudly Sponsored by Bunbury Regional Art Galleries, Sitting Room Gallery, Edwards Winery, Fitzgerald Photo Lab, Scott Print and Camera Electronic

More details online at www.sittingroom.com.au

Each spring the region comes alive with wildflowers!

With 2,500 wildflower and 150 orchid species in the Margaret River region, it is one of the top 10 biodiversity hotspots in the world. You will be enchanted by the kaleidoscope of colour and delicate designs.

Join one of our Wildflower Walking Tours to experience for yourself the brilliance of nature on an informative guided wildflower tour.

Third Tuesday: a monthly morning session for newcomers hosted by Arts Margaret River from 10.30am to noon on the third Tuesday of each month in the Foyer Gallery, Margaret River Cultural Centre.

Our next Third Tuesday events will be September 21.

We like to welcome new people to Margaret River and for anyone interested in the arts, Arts Margaret River is a great way to get involved, make new friends and have some fun. At each of these sessions there will be tea/coffee available and a short introduction/welcome.

Just come along or phone Arts Margaret River on 9758 7316 (10.00am-4.00pm weekdays) to register your interest or for more information.

Amy Meredith are excited to announce details of their headline RESTLESS TOUR, after what has an been an incredible start to 2010. The tour takes in 18 dates across Australia this September and October, and comes off the back of huge chart success with their smash hit single Lying and debut album Restless.
 
Furthermore, fans have even more reason to be excited - Young At Heart, the song that has sent fans into an online frenzy since they got their hands on the album, is heading out to radio next week.

The band released their debut album Restless last week, where it debuted on the national ARIA charts at #8, following Lying smashing into the Top Ten of the ARIA singles chart. They will soon be supporting Aussie rockers Grinspoon around the country, before heading out as headliners on their own tour to take their tunes to the masses.
 
Off the back of the two smash hit singles, Lying and Pornstar, Restless has been backed up with live appearances on ‘Hey Hey It’s Saturday’, the State of Origin, and ‘Sunrise’, followed by gigs from Perth to Brisbane and everywhere in between. The band have toured non-stop for the past 12 months, scoring massive support slots with the likes of Cobra Starship, Stereophonics and Good Charlotte.
 
The journey to album release has been a long one for the Sydney 5 piece; they have spent the last 3 years gearing up for this moment and they are going to enjoy every second of its success when they head out on the road.
 
Special guests will be announced as supports for all shows,  tickets on sale www.heatseeker.com.au or at the door $18
 
For more information, jump on over to www.myspace.com/amymeredithband

Come down and check out the goings on at Caves House during the long weekend!

Friday, 24th September
Knee Deep wine & cheese tasting 5pm – 7pm
Freya Hanley playing 7pm – 10pm

Saturday, 25th September
AFL Grand Final LIVE on the BIG screen in the Yallingup Room
John Read Band playing after the game

Sunday, 26th September
Come and enjoy Caves House famous Sunday Session – Qynn and support act playing from 5pm

COOKING CLASSES - 2 Hours
Our cooking classes welcomes participants from the complete novice through to the experienced enthusiast. Stand along side our very own Tony Howell and learn some of his kitchen secrets, tips and recipes.
 
Cooking Classes- Saturdays 3.30pm - 5.30pm
25 Sept, 23 October

Prices
$95 pp  Cooking Class Only
$230 pp Cooking Class followed by a superb 5 Course Chef's Tasting Menu in the Cape Lodge Restaurant

This annual event is held in a different state each year, and will be held at both the Bunbury and Busselton Hockey Stadiums in 2010. 
Men's hockey teams from all over Australia will participate in O/40, O/45, O/50, O/55, O/60, O/65 and O/70 divisions during the two week tournament. 
Spectators are welcome to watch games, with canteen and bar facilities available at both venues. 

7.30pm Monday 27th September is this year's Winter Storytelling final session in the series. 
Everyone is welcome to get up and share their poetry, short stories...in fact any general life experiences. And for those who prefer to just listen...well you are very welcome too! 
Ash believes there is a rich source of creative talent in Margaret River. He takes great delight in encouraging storytelling in the community and ensuring Margaret River Bookshop plays a lead role in providing the opportunity for local and visitors to share their work. 
Winter Story Telling FREE entry

Melbourne’s Little Red have announced a massive headline tour in support of their forthcoming new album Midnight Remember.
 
The sophomore album’s undeniable lead single Rock It has already taken the nation’s airwaves by storm and anticipation for this next chapter in the Little Red story is sky high. Underpinned by a sly disco bass hook and spry piano, Rock It mimics the experience of the summer nights that you don’t want to let go of, even when night turns to day. It has become the band’s most successful single to date and is already being mentioned in media circles as one of the singles of the year. 

Produced by Scott Horscroft (Panics, The Presets), Midnight Remember’s collection of tunes still drip with energy and heart-on-the-floor honesty in true Little Red style, but there is also an undeniable technical jump into a hyperspace that takes the band well into the modern age. You are as likely to hear echoes of Phoenix to The Pogues, early U2 to MGMT, with lashings of Bob Dylan and his erudite prose seeping through. Midnight Remember is unquestionably a quantum leap in songwriting and production. That is not to denigrate the band’s scorching 2008 debut album Listen to Little Red – a landmark debut record that crashed the ARIA Top 30, spawned radio singles Coca Cola, Witchdoctor and Misty I,  made countless critics’ Album of the Year listings and catapulted the band from the backblocks of Melbourne to a must-have fixture on any major music festival in Australia and sold out headline tours around the country. 

Accompanying Little Red on this 'Midnight Remember' tour will be special guests Sparkadia. Sparkadia are poised to release the first single of the new album, “Talking Like I’m Falling Down Stairs” and return to Australian stages, as guests of Little Red, for the first time since their sold out Auf weidersehen tour in April 2009. “Talking Like I’m Falling Down Stairs” is, in typical Sparkadia form, a melody and hook ridden excursion into ‘odd pop’, and one that teases and harkens to a coming record brimming with excitement. 

Events October 2010

Linda O'Brien has been painting for many years...an enthusiastic pastellist, who is now branching out into acrylic and oils, while experimenting with new ideas and mixed mediums. 'My subject matter varies greatly; from landscapes and seascapes to watery reflections and in particular, to capturing that nostalgia with real people in holiday situations; always sunlit and usually late afternoon, discovering that excitement in the play of luminous colour."

Linda O'Brien will be at Boranup Gallery October 2nd from 11am - 4pm to discuss her recent artworks and the inspiration her recent trip to France provided.

The pinot noir grape is the cause of much festivity at Howard Park Wines this year, which has announced the inaugural Howard Park International Pinot Noir Tasting and Lunch Event. An impressive line up of pinot noirs from celebrated regions around the world including Burgundy, Australia and Europe will be featured. Howard Park’s own Marchand & Burch Pinot Noirs, from the Great Southern will be included in the line up. The selection process for the wines that make the cut is rigorous, as many pinots are tasted and few are chosen.

Pascal Marchand, ex-regisseur of Domaine De La Vougeraie and co-founder of the Marchand & Burch range will be at the tasting with two Masters of Wine to discuss the stylistic differences of the regions. This event presents the perfect forum to experience and learn more about pinot noir in the company of esteemed wine makers, wine experts and friends.

A sumptuous lunch prepared by winery chef, Saul Atkinson and held in the Howard Park cellar door, transformed into a stylish dining room, will be accompanied by current and latest Howard Park Wines releases. Live music will entertain guests into the late afternoon.
 
Ticket Prices
Tasting and Lunch: $300.00 per person
Tasting only: $110.00 per person
Lunch only: $200.00 per person

What will you wear on Melbourne Cup Day? What's hot this year? Get the girls together and book a table and get inspired. Dazzling display of Cup fashion, jewellery and accessories, everything a girl needs for race day!

$33pp for two courses and a glass of wine

Join us for a benchmark tasting of 20 leading examples of Chardonnay, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon from around the world.

You are invited to a Voyager Estate international benchmark tasting exploring special sites around the world that are acclaimed for producing iconic Chardonnay, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon blends.

Hosted by Voyager Estate’s Manager of Winemaking and Viticulture, Steve James, you will discover and debate what makes these sites so distinct, their individual character and their influence on these noble varieties.  Nigel Harvey, Executive Chef, will create a menu of distinction to complement the wines for the evening.
The masterclass and dinner will be conducted with strictly limited places of only 40 seats and booked on a first-come, first-served basis.

Join the team at Must to celebrate the launch of Russell Blaikie's new book. He will be available to sign copies

Cape to Cape MTB is a four-day mountain bike race through the Margaret River region in Western Australia. The event is a challenge to riders of all levels, either competitive or recreational. The course is set to an iconic backdrop of world-famous surf beaches, private farmlands, rocky outcrops and national forests.

This is an AMRTA Featured Event

The second annual Regional Environment Centre Challenge (RECC) mountain bike tour is a nine day point to point ride through the Margaret River, Cape to Cape region. Keeping off the main roads the route has been planned to take in the most of this extremely diverse region.

The tour starts and ends at Glenbrook Farm Stay about 4km south of Margaret River, just off the southern ‘Rails to Trails' track. Utilising local tracks and little used roads we will travel from Margaret River to Cape Leeuwin and return via the Willyabrup Wine Region, Margaret River and Blackwood River catchments, Augusta, Hamelin Bay, Boranup Forest and Contos Beach.

The RECC is not a race. It's a tour in the true sense. Some hard and some not-so-hard days, with the emphasis on smelling the roses, not on clocking up the kilometers.

All riding will be fully supported with most meals prepared at Glenbrook and delivered hot and delicious to riders on route, campfires at night and a touch of the gourmet at wineries and cafes whenever possible.Riders bring their own camping gear and this will be transported from one campsite to another. The cost is all inclusive except for alcohol, cappuccinos and meals on our rest day.

The tour is limited to maximum of thirty riders. Cost per rider $1150.

THIS EVENT IS ORGANISED AND RUN BY VOLUNTEERS. ALL PROCEEDS OF THIS RIDE WILL GO TO THE MARGARET RIVER REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT CENTRE AND MARGARET RIVER BICYCLE USERS GROUP.

Celebrate the release of the 2010 Vasse Felix Sauvignon Blanc Semillion with an extravagant feast of oriental delicacies created by Executive Chef, Aaron Carr.
10.30am - 12.20pm  
Tickets $85pp

The 10km route or 4km walk/run option will take place on Sunday 24 October 2009 and registration is now available at www.mronline.com.au/funrun with on-line credit card facilities.

The run will commence at Margaret River's tranquil town centre and continue past picturesque vineyards towards the spectacular views at Mainbreak before finishing at Rivermouth Beach - where the river meets the ocean! The 4km option commences at the cemetery and follows the same route.

Cost: Adults $25. Children under 18 $5.

Events November 2010

Janey Emery has been painting full-time since 1991 and has attained a high degree of respect in the art world from peers and art lovers alike. Janey has won numerous distinguished artistic awards for her work and has sold many paintings throughout Australia and overseas. Janey Emery is achieving the recognition her distinctive artistic talents deserve.

Though previously best known for her delightfully tranquil paintings in gouache using a realist style, Janey is adept in all media and many styles. Most recently she has developed a love of oil painting, with the focus on capturing the human spirit and to evoke feelings of nostalgia and affection.

Join the team at Must for a Melbourne Cup to remember.....DETAILS TO FOLLOW!!! Stay tuned

It is not Flemington. It is not Rose Hill. It is XANADU WINES!

Please join Xanadu for a memorable Melbourne Cup luncheon at our restaurant.

We have prepared all inclusive package full of excitement and fun including 
 - 4 course set menu tailored by Iain Robertson
 - superb wines including 2005 Yarrabank sparkling and full selection Xanadu ‘Next of Kin’ wines
 - sweep stakes for everybody for the main race and great prices
 - competition for best hat or fascinator
 - competition for best tie
 - competition for best themed dressed
 - large screen projection of all races
 - DJ 
 - transport from and to Margaret River town centre before and after the luncheon

Xanadu Wines is proud to host a fabulous evening of world class music, food and wine featuring an international mezzo-soprano star, Ruby Philogene MBE.

Ms. Philogene has performed on many of the world’s leading opera stages and concert halls including the Royal Opera House London, The English National Opera, The Deutsche Oper Berlin, San Francisco Opera and La Monnaie Opera House Brussels. During her celebrated career she has won the Kathleen Ferrier Award and was awarded an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II for her services to music. To view more details about Mr. Philogene visit www.philogene.net.

Ms. Philogene was directed by Mamma Mia film and stage musical director Phyllida Lloyd in her signature role of Carmen, which she will perform at Xanadu.

This marvelous evening will include a tantalizing four course menu, including basil infused port lincoln blue fin tuna as the entrée and confit crispy skin duck for the main. And for the finale dark chocolate velvet cake, peanut crunch with banana ice cream.

Selected Xanadu wines will be available on the night including special releases and wines with limited availability.

Join us for the annual burning of the vine cuttings to celebrate another great vintage. Bring a picnic supper or buy from foodstalls, enjoy the monster bonfire and spectacular fireworks on the soft lawns of Leeuwin Estate.

A spectacular off-road event in a truly wild part of the world. Competitors follow a course that commences at the base of the Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse and entails running around dramatic rocky headlands before an ocean swim. The race finishes with paddling on the stunning Hardy Inlet and Southern Ocean before mountain biking through scenic inland forests. This international event was hosted in Augusta for the first time in 2009 and was a great success.

This is an AMRTA Featured Event

Cape Mentelle, a pioneer and founding winery of the remarkable Margaret River wine region, is hosting a celebration of the world’s finest cabernet sauvignons in the magnificent surrounds of their beautiful winery.

A tradition since 1982, this benchmark event commences with a tasting of 20 esteemed cabernets from the 2007 vintage in the historic barrel cellar and concludes with a stunning lunch served in the winery’s tranquil native gardens.

This year’s tasting showcases wines from the world’s finest cabernet producing regions and includes stars such as Chateau Margaux, and Chateau Cos d'Estournel from Bordeaux alongside the best of the Napa valley, Tuscany and Australia. Margaret River will also be well represented having experienced another stunning cabernet vintage in 2007.

Following the tasting the cabernets will be paired with a fantastic long table lunch featuring fresh local produce prepared in a contemporary provincial style by Chef Russell Blaikie of Must Margaret River.

THE AUDREYS - Best Blues and Roots ARIA for albums “Between Last Night and Us” and “When The Flood Comes” -ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM “SOMETIMES THE STARS”
AND NATIONAL TOUR OCTOBER/NOVEMBER /DECEMBER 2010.
Plus: Nicolas Roy piano based indie pop songwriter with the  2010 JJJ play listed song “It’s All My Fault”, 

It’s been a hell of a ride since The Audreys first took their trademark roots/alt/country sound out of the studio and onto stages in 2006. Their 2 albums “Between Last Night and Us” and “When The Flood Comes” both took out the ARIA for Best Blues and Roots album giving them a strike rate the envy of many a musician.

The Audreys will be taking “Sometimes The Stars” on the road playing all states and many regional areas across Australia throughout October, November and into December. It’s been over 2 years since Australia has seen the band playing many of these cities and towns, and with a new touring band backing Taasha and Tristan, these are shows not to miss.

Joining The Audreys as their special guest support at all shows, except those noted below*, will be piano based indie pop songwriter Nicolas Roy. Nicolas burst on the radar in 2010 with the JJJ play listed song “It’s All My Fault”, and will be releasing his debut album to coincide with this national tour.

Events December 2010

The Australian Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Richard Tognetti, will perform at Vasse Felix, Margaret River,in the Vasse Felix Barrel Hall.

Enjoy a weekend of musical delights, accompanied by our fine wine and food, in the enchanting surrounds of one of Margaret River's finest wineries ~ Vasse Felix.

Events February 2011

The premier ocean swim around the newly refurbished Busselton Jetty, in the South West of Western Australia.

The Busselton Jetty Swim 2011 event will be held over 2 days, and also includes entertainment, activities and family-friendly fun for all ages. The swim itself will take place on the morning of Sunday 6th February 2011. The course is a swim of 3.6 km around the iconic Busselton Jetty.

For more information, visit our website.

Leeuwin Estate is delighted to present Roxy Music, with the band based around the classic line-up of vocalist Bryan Ferry, guitarist Phil Manzanera, saxophonist Andy Mackay and the great Paul Thompson on drums, to perform the 2011 Leeuwin Concerts.
 
Renowned for their potent cocktail of fashion, romance, nostalgia and futurism, Roxy left a massive footprint on British popular culture with classic hits including Dance Away, Avalon, Let’s Stick Together, Do the Strand, Angel Eyes, Oh Yeah (On the Radio, In the Midnight Hour, Jealous guy and More Than This.
 
Roxy Music formed in 1971 and their ‘72 self-titled debut album, declared by many as the best first album ever, cleared the path for a saunter into the UK top five by the ravishingly stylish first single ‘Virginia Plain’. Before the year ended Roxy had completed their opening tours of both the UK and US.

Almost everything that Roxy achieved during the next decade, including seven more studio albums, has become part of the fabric of rock history, from  singles like ‘Pyjamarama’, Street Life’ and ‘Love Is The Drug’ to Bryan Ferry’s ever-influential wardrobe and those legendary album covers. They topped the album charts with 1973’s ‘Stranded’, 1980’s ‘Flesh and Blood’ and their last studio album ‘Avalon’, and it wasn’t long before the compilation album ‘Street Life’ raced to No.1 in 1986 and stayed there five weeks. They disbanded while still at the top of their game.

The remastered and critically acclaimed reappearance of the entire Roxy catalogue in 2000 preceded the reunited Roxy Music 2001 World Tour which confirmed that the legacy had only appreciated with time.  Critics were unanimous in their unequivocal praise: “literally inimitable”, “consistently cited as influential by modern heroes”, “the experience is more like re-reading a good book”, “...received an ecstatic response from the crowd”, “Roxy Music surprising us again.” Bryan Ferry’s 1999 solo album “As Time Goes By’ gained significant recognition with a Grammy 2001 nomination.

Guests are invited to stay after the main performance and enjoy the party atmosphere and dancing to the post concert entertainment!

Events March 2011

Australia's love affair with MICHAEL BUBLÉ is continuing, with Sandalford Wines, Dainty Consolidated Entertainment and Zaccaria Events thrilled to announce that his Crazy Love tour is coming to Margaret River.
MICHAEL BUBLÉ is a blockbuster act, closing in on two million album sales in Australia. His worldwide sales stand at 25 million.

The Crazy Love Tour celebrating Michael's latest chart-topping album, his fourth studio set, which debuted at number one in Australia and the US. Crazy Love – which includes the Bublé originals Haven't Met You Yet and Hold On – is already five times platinum in Australia, having sold close to 350,000 copies. Worldwide sales are closing in on five million.
"My songs have always been about love," Michael explains, "mine and everyone else's. But this time it was a little more extreme, and I dug deeper – way deeper."

The multiple-Grammy winner last toured Australia in 2008, when he did 18 sold-out shows, the reviews were outstanding with The Age newspaper saying "Australia can't get enough of Michael Bublé. From the first note, the crowd was putty in his hands." Michael has made the classics his own, delivering thrilling interpretations of songs such as Sway, Come Fly With Me, Fever, Kissing A Fool, How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?, Save The Last Dance For Me, and Quando, Quando, Quando. The Crazy Love album includes Michael's versions of Cry Me A River, Georgia On My Mind, the Eagles' Heartache Tonight, and, of course, Van Morrison's Crazy Love.

VIP tickets are available ($799 for the CRAZY LOVE package and $499 for the STARDUST package). Reserved Seating tickets are $229. General Admission tickets are also available for $129 each should you prefer to bring your own picnic dinner.
 

This iconic ride through the South West is a week where everything can be taken care of for you while you cycle your way through stunning scenery, meet a great bunch of people and have the experience of a lifetime.

Check out the stunning route for the 2011 Great West Australian Bike Ride. Onky 560kms to go....

It's got everything - 560kms of tall timber forests, stunning white sands, gourmet wineries, great scenic roads and friendly communities eagerly waiting for your arrival. What more could you ask for?

Friday 18 March (pre ride camping/start) Manjimup
Saturday 19 March Pemberton 51kms
Sunday 20 March Karridale 105kms
Monday 21 March Margaret River (via Augusta) 73kms
Tuesday 22 March (rest day) Margaret River 0kms
Wednesday 23 March Dunsborough 63kms
Thursday  24 March Busselton 70kms
Friday 25 March Balingup 100kms
Saturday 26 March Nannup 43kms
Sunday 27 March (finish site) Manjimup 56kms

Events April 2011

A lot of members from the Volkswagen Clubs in Australia have been getting together over Easter every year since 1970 and afterwards, the host club will often organise a road trip to showcase their region to the visitors.

In 2011 the WA club will be the hosts and Margaret River will be the 2nd night's stopover on a 5 day tour of the Southwest. With so many attractions in and around Margaret River, the secret will be out after 2 days in the area.

Events May 2011

Please join forces with Xanadu Wines in this events second year to celebrate as well as donate.

As in 2010…
… our head chef Iain Robertson will prepare extraordinary seafood special to be available alongside seasonal a la carte menu.
… every lady will receive a flower.
… every diner will receive a glass of wine on arrival
… we will ask for a small donation and Xanadu Wines will match it dollar-for-dollar.

So, join Xanadu Wines and give a supporting hand.