{"id":269922,"date":"2025-11-08T00:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T00:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/269922\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T00:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T00:37:09","slug":"western-australias-big-sails-bike-trails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/269922\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Australia\u2019s big sails &#038; bike trails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">ON THE WATER<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Eclipse Expeditions is sailing again in WA\u2019s South West this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Luxury catamaran Eclipse\u2019s first voyage in Geographe Bay is on December 14, 2025, and it will sail two and three night South West Safari voyages until March 3, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Guests can also hire Eclipse exclusively for a private day charter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The catamaran takes up to eight guests overnight and 12 for the day, exclusively in the Dunsborough and Geographe Bay area. They will visit secluded beaches and coves by tender, and be served the region\u2019s food and wine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cReturning to the South West feels like coming home,\u201d says co-founder and skipper, Jackson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThis coastline is world-famous and well known, but from the water and deck of Eclipse you see it differently \u2014 the stillness of the afternoon glass-offs, the striking cliffs at sunset, the sense of space and calm that only comes from being on the water. It\u2019s an experience that changes how people see the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">From anchorages at Eagle Bay and Castle Rock to the headlands of Cape Naturaliste, from swimming in crystal clear bays to snorkelling with Australian sea lions or stretches of the Cape-to-Cape trail, guests get to fully enjoy the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Onboard, there is chef-prepared dining, with premium West Australian wines and beverages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Liveaboard voyages are from $2970 per person. To charter the whole vessel is from $7130 per night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Eclipse is a new Leopard 50 catamaran, proudly West Australian owned and operated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">eclipsewa.com.au<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">ON THE LAND<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Stage two of the Dwellingup Mountain Bike Trail network is now open for riding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Added to stage one, that gives 68km of bike trails.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Part of the $8.5 million Dwellingup Adventure Trails project, it includes 40km of new mountain bike trails in Lane Poole Reserve, and upgrades to the existing Marrinup and Turner Hill mountain bike trails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ON THE WATER Eclipse Expeditions is sailing again in WA\u2019s South West this summer. Luxury catamaran Eclipse\u2019s first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,3792],"class_list":["post-269922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}