The Margaret River

The Margaret River collects its water from State forest in the north-western part of the Blackwood Plateau. Then, draining westward through undulating agricultural land and cutting through the Leeuwin-Naturaliste Ridge, it snakes downstream towards the ocean at Prevelly. The river usually breaks through to the ocean after the good winter rains, but during the summer months the river mouth is closed off from the roaring Indian Ocean by a large sandbank stretching across the bay.