Perth and Rottnest Island
Perth city centre is quite compact and I had a bit of a walk around to get my bearings.
My hostel was pretty nice too - Britannia on Williams.
On Sunday I met up with Colin and Nicky and we headed up to Kings Park for a walk around the gardens and some great views out over the city and river.
There was a walking track to follow which takes you through the trees via a glass bridge. After our sightseeing we were thirsty and headed for the pub. Perth is famous for it's Sunday sessions and we checked out Brass Monkey, the Moon and Sixpence and The Elephant and Wheelbarrow (with live band).
Next day I was very hungover so I headed to the cinema to see The Departed.
We all headed to Rottnest Island. Our first ferry took us to Fremantle up the Swan river were we changed boats and headed out to Rottnest Island.
The island was observed by various Dutch sailors from 1610, including Frederick de Houtman in 1619, and the three ships Waekende Boey, Elburg and Emeloort in 1658. The island was named by the Flemish fleet captain Willem de Vlamingh on 29 December 1696. de Vlamingh described the indigenous marsupial called a quokka as a large rat ("rattenest" meaning "rat's nest" in the Dutch language).
Once on the island we hired bikes and followed the various tracks around the island. There were some beautiful coves and beaches as well as shipwrecks and a lighthouse.
There were lots of Quokkas - very odd looking things but not scared of us at all. We also saw a snake on the road which i nearly ran over!
It was a good day and we all dozed off as we headed back to Perth on the ferries.
My hostel was pretty nice too - Britannia on Williams.
On Sunday I met up with Colin and Nicky and we headed up to Kings Park for a walk around the gardens and some great views out over the city and river.
There was a walking track to follow which takes you through the trees via a glass bridge. After our sightseeing we were thirsty and headed for the pub. Perth is famous for it's Sunday sessions and we checked out Brass Monkey, the Moon and Sixpence and The Elephant and Wheelbarrow (with live band).
Next day I was very hungover so I headed to the cinema to see The Departed.
We all headed to Rottnest Island. Our first ferry took us to Fremantle up the Swan river were we changed boats and headed out to Rottnest Island.
The island was observed by various Dutch sailors from 1610, including Frederick de Houtman in 1619, and the three ships Waekende Boey, Elburg and Emeloort in 1658. The island was named by the Flemish fleet captain Willem de Vlamingh on 29 December 1696. de Vlamingh described the indigenous marsupial called a quokka as a large rat ("rattenest" meaning "rat's nest" in the Dutch language).
Once on the island we hired bikes and followed the various tracks around the island. There were some beautiful coves and beaches as well as shipwrecks and a lighthouse.
There were lots of Quokkas - very odd looking things but not scared of us at all. We also saw a snake on the road which i nearly ran over!
It was a good day and we all dozed off as we headed back to Perth on the ferries.
posted by Phil at 7:50 AM
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Where is the pic of the snake!
Jen
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