Pre Conference & Partner Tours
We are currently planning a number of enticing tours and activities for you to choose from whilst you are at the 2007 ASAM Conference.
THURSDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 2007:
Minimum numbers required (10), max 12
Cost: $110 per person, inc lunch.
10.30am Depart from Abbey Beach Resort
11.00am Wise Winery – tasting
11.45am Wills Domain for wine tastingand gourmet lunch platters
2.00pm Margaret River Cheese Factory – tasting
2.45pm Visit Margaret River town – take a relaxing look at great shops, galleries and fine food stores
4.00pm Margaret River beach and river mouth
5.00pm Return to Abbey Beach Resort
Minimum numbers required (15)
Cost: $150 per person
Coach departs: 10.00am, returns 2.30-3.00pm
Food & Wine demonstrations begin at 10.30am
Lunch 12.30pm
Vasse Felix is renowned for high quality food and wines, and this experience is for those delegates who are looking for an ‘up close and personal’ food and wine experience. If you appreciate the skill and art of cooking and would like to see the Executive Chef at Vasse Felix in action then this tour is for you.
Vasse Felix – home to the Holmes a Court Art and Sculpture Collection; you’ll have the opportunity to enjoy the surroundings and then into the kitchen for a two hour culinary experience, including a cooking demonstration from the Executive Chef; wine tastings and dialogue from the winemaker; followed by a tasting of local olive oils from Olio Bello. Then it’s onto lunch for a sumptuous three course lunch with more wonderful Vasse Felix wines. If you’re a foodie, then this is one experience not to miss.
FRIDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 2007:
Minimum numbers required (10) Max 12
Cost: $175 per person inc lunch
9.30am Depart from Abbey Beach Resort
10.00am Whale Watching with Naturaliste Charters (weather dependent)
1.00pm Lunch at Rivendel Wines and Restaurant
3.00pm Ngilgi Cave Tour Yallingup & Yallingup Beach
5.30pm Return to Abbey Beach Resort
Minimum numbers required (8)
Cost: $120 per person, including transfers
This cooking class includes 4 hours of instruction, practical demonstrations, take home recipe booklet and sumptuous feast at the conclusion of the session.
SATURDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2007:
Minimum numbers required (10) Max 12
Half Day Tour: $85 per person, inc lunch
An opportunity to see some of the local area as well as tasting some of the local wines.
Great for those who are short on time.
10.30am Depart from Abbey Beach Resort
11.00am Amberley Estate – tasting
11.45am Windance Wines – tasting
12.15pm Swings and Roundabouts – tasting
1.00pm Bootleg Brewery – lunch/beer tasting
2.00pm Brookland Valley – tasting
2.45pm Vasse Felix – tasting
3.30pm Margaret River Chocolate Factory 4.30pm Return to Abbey Beach Resort
ACTIVITIES AT ABBEY BEACH RESORT and in BUSSELTON
The resort features 2 outdoor swimming pools, a 25m indoor heated swimming pool with children's wading pool. A gym, spa, sauna, squash court, tennis courts and children's play ground are also available to guests.
You can explore Geographe Bay on mountain bikes and wave skis, which are made available for guests, or enjoy a barbecue at our undercover barbecue and picnic area.
If you are looking for something a little more relaxing, you can find a quiet spot on the edge of the lake or in a corner of our extensive lawn areas, or visit the onsite gallery of resident artist Jenny Taylor.
Scuba Diving
The Capes region is ideal for scuba diving and snorkelling. The Busselton Jetty, Eagle Bay, Meelup and Castle Rock are calm and ideal for snorkellers. Located near Dunsborough, the HMAS Swan dive wreck is one of Western Australia's most spectacular artificial reefs and is a mecca for scuba divers. The former HMAS Swan, 120 metre long decommissioned naval destroyer was scuttled off Meelup in 1997.
A number of commercial operators offer dive tours to the Swan Dive Wreck and other key diving locations in the Capes Region. There are 12 moorings available for divers. Private boats need a dive permit, which can be obtained from the Busselton or Dunsborough Visitor Centres.
Whale Watching
Dunsborough is perfectly located for the annual whale watching season, between September and December, when Southern Right, Humpback, Pygmy and Blue Whales are moving across Geographe Bay. Seeing them basking or at play in the Bay is an unforgettable experience when viewed from tour boats, or from vantage points such as Cape Naturaliste as they round the corner in the calm Geographe Bay. Bottlenose dolphins are also regular inhabitants of Geographe Bay. (Be sure to observe stand-off regulations if approaching whales or dolphins in private vessels).
Whale watching tours can be arranged at the Busselton and Dunsborough Visitors Centres and on www.geographebay.com.
