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Margaret River is located 9 kilometres (6 mi) inland from the Indian Ocean at a point about halfway between Cape Naturaliste and Cape Leeuwin in Western Australia's South West region. The climate is warm-summer Mediterranean ( Csb in the Köppen climate classification ), with an average annual rainfall of around 1,130 millimetres (44 in).
The Margaret River is a river in southwest Western Australia. In a small catchment, it is the eponym of the town and tourist region of Margaret River . The river arises from a catchment of just 40 square kilometres in the Whicher Range .
Margaret River is the major geographical indication wine region in southwest Western Australia, with 5,840 hectares under vine and 215 wineries as at 2012. [1] Margaret River wine region is made up predominantly of boutique size wine producers; although winery operations range from the smallest crushing 3.5 tonne per year to the largest around 2,500 tonne.
The South West region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. It has an area of 23,970 km 2 , and a population of about 170,000 people. [ 1 ] Bunbury is the main city in the region.
Augusta was a summer holiday town for many during most of the twentieth century, but late in the 1990s many people chose to retire to the region for its cooler weather. As a consequence of this and rising land values in the Augusta-Margaret River area, the region has experienced significant social change.
The Margaret River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.. The river was named on 29 May 1879 by the explorer Alexander Forrest, during an expedition in the Kimberley area, after his sister-in-law Margaret Elvire Forrest, wife of his brother and superior, Deputy Surveyor-General John Forrest, who was later to be Premier of Western Australia.
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Scott River is a rural locality of the Shire of Augusta–Margaret River in the South West region of Western Australia, located along the Scott River and on the Southern Ocean coast. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]