Around the corner from the beach, this small hostel is in a labyrinthine old house with hammocks and a barbecue on the back verandah.

For luxurious heritage accommodation, go for the top-of-the-range rooms in the Clifton's historic Grittleton Lodge (1885). Good-value motel rooms are also available.

The Mantra has sculpted a set of modern studios and apartments around four grain silos by the harbour. Deluxe rooms have spa baths and full kitchens.

This excellent family-friendly park offers a wide range of accommodation amid shady trees, palms and flax bushes. Deluxe spa villas ($185) have corner spas, huge TVs, DVD players and full kitchens.

Close to the beach, these good-value self-contained apartments are bright and cheery, each with private courtyard and barbecue.

On the Quindalup beachfront, this friendly hostel has lawns stretching languidly to the water's edge; it's an easy 2km cycle from the town centre.

Centrally located in Dunsborough town, this well-run motel is good value, especially if you can snare an online midweek discount. That means more of your travel budget to enjoy nearby wineries and breweries.

You'll sleep to the sound of the surf here, with the beach just across the road.

Luxury cottages trimmed by native bush are arrayed across 49 hectares, and the property's main house also hosts the Mad About Food Cooking School with Sioban and Carlo Baldini. Sioban's CV includes cooking at Longrain and living in Tuscany, so the culinary emphasis is Thai or Italian. Cooking classes are $135 per person and usually run on a Wednesday.

Studio Bistro's gallery focuses on Australian artists, while the garden restaurant showcases subtle dishes such as pan-fried fish with cauliflower cream, radicchio, peas and crab meat. Five-course degustation menus are offered on Friday and Saturday nights. Bookings recommended.

Restaurant, gallery and wonderful hilltop views over vines. An innovative seven-course tasting menu (with/without wine match $139/99) is also available.

There are plenty of farm animals for the kids to meet at one of Margaret River's best family-oriented camping grounds. For caravan and tenting buffs, the amenities blocks are spotless, and also scattered about are farmstyle self-contained cottages.

Noble Grape is more like an upmarket motel than a traditional B&B. Rooms offer a sense of privacy and each has a verdant little garden courtyard.

Set amid shaded forests and around a former timber mill, Wharncliffe has accommodation ranging from simple shared dorms to safari tents and cosy wooden cabins. Solar power and sustainable environmental practices are encouraged, and there's plenty of excellent advice on local opportunities for bushwalking and mountain biking. Margaret River township is just 2km away, and mountain bikes can be hired (half/full day $15/25).

About 1.5km southwest of the town centre, this clean, well-run hostel has a pool, volleyball court and football field. Dorms share a big communal kitchen, and a quieter area with private rooms has its own little kitchen and lounge.

Just a pleasant stroll from Margaret River township, the rooms here have all been recenty renovated with new bathrooms and a chic Asian theme. Friendly owners have lots of local recommendations, and the leafy shared garden is perfect for an end-of-day barbecue.

Rammed-earth and limestone bungalows have spacious decks and designer kitchens, and the surrounding farm hosts a menagerie of animals and organic orchards. Guests can also pick vegetables from the garden. Welcome to the perfect private retreat after a day cruising the region's wine, beer and food highlights. Minimum two-night stay.

This light and airy place offers the beach on a budget. The rooms are clean and well presented, and there's a very enticing little pool. Private rooms with bathroom facilities are good value.

Private bushland – complete with marsupial locals – conceals three luxury chalets that are well located to explore the region's vineyards, caves and rugged nearby coastline. Limestone walls and honey-coloured jarrah floors combine for some of the area's best self-contained accommodation. Spacious decks are equipped with gas barbecues.

Absolute beachfront, northwest of Augusta, this secluded place gets very busy during holiday times.

Clean, modern rooms with creamy brick walls and pieces of antique furniture. There is a bay view from the deck and, in winter, a roaring fire in the communal lounge. Some doubles have compact balconies.

Excellent coffee and good food. Try the bacon and egg wrap for breakfast.

This riverside caravan park has overflow camping at two other nearby sites.

The decor might lean towards granny-chic, but this large house on the hill has charming hosts and comfortable rooms. It's surrounded by large gardens dotted with quirky sculptures (open to nonguests for $4).

Good coffee, huge slabs of cheesecake, and smoked trout kebab wraps are all tasty reasons to stop in at this quirky combination of health food store and organic and sustainable cafe.

On a rural riverside property, 5km up the road to Nannup, these four stand-alone wooden chalets (complete with pot-bellied stoves and washing machines) sleep up to six in two bedrooms.

Colourful, cosy, and serving the best coffee in town, the Barking Cow is also worth stopping at for daily vegetarian specials and world-famous-in-Bridgetown gourmet burgers.

Craft beer, cider and light lunches on outdoor tables by the river. On Friday nights from 5.30pm there's live music.

The main hostel is given over to seasonal workers, but you'll need to check in here for a room in the separate cottage (8 Dean St) that's set aside for travellers. It's cute and cosy, but book ahead as it only has three rooms, one of which is a six-person dorm.

The town's old cinema has been revamped into well-appointed, self-contained, spacious apartments with lots of jarrah detail and black-and-white movie photos. It offers good value for money and includes an on-site spa.

Choose between very nice, simple karri cottages, or leap to the top of the ladder with the luxury eco-chalets. The latter are light and airy, with elegant, contemporary decor, eco-conscious waste-water systems and a solar-passive design. You're also right on hand to enjoy culinary treats at the adjacent Foragers Field Kitchen.

Right in the middle of Warren National Park, these four country-style rammed-earth-and-cedar cottages with pot-bellied stoves and lots of privacy are luxurious getaways. Look forward to marsupial company at dusk.

Good coffee and tasty cakes and toasted sandwiches adjacent to the excellent Pemberton Fine Woodcraft Gallery. Especially good are the tasting platters of Holy Smoke's smoked meats, fish and pâtés.

Join renowned chef Sophie Zalokar at one of her regular Friday or Saturday set dinners – options could include wood-fired Italian dishes or seasonal four-course menus – or sign up for one of her cooking classes (usually on a Wednesday night). Check the website's events calendar for dates. Booking at least 48 hours ahead is preferred.