Doing Time in Fremantle


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November 15th 2008
Published: November 17th 2008
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After more than a month in my new home here in Western Australia, we decided to go a bit farther out and visit Fremantle. After a quick stop in Perth (30 minutes or so by train) to get some cash, we took the train to Fremantle (I think another 30 minutes). It was a gorgeous day and Fremantle was the perfect venue for a day out. First we had lunch at Cicerello's, reputedly the best restaurant at... Read Full Entry



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the altar; the 10 commandments was the artwork of a prisoner
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check out commandment 7 changed to THOU SHALL NOT DO MURDER. the inmate who did this figured that since killing is allowed in war and accidents, then only murder is a mortal sin.
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the inmates loved going to church because up here is where the women prisoners will be -- they cannot talk but they can look all they want :D
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looks haunted, isn't it?
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2 colors of wood in the roof -- from before and after the fire
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a painting of how the prison looked like after the fire
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bunk beds if you wanted a cellmate
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a prisoner's cell painting
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more paintings by inmates inside the cell
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before the beds, there was only this
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the flogging post -- look up the term to FLAGELLATE
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oh look, says david, "It's a jailbird!"
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look how little air and light goes into that - windows of solitary confinement
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after a stint at solitary confinement, prisoners are asked to walk here, number by number -- look what's missing
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if you're just coming from solitary confinement, there's no need to make you walk through no. 6 -- looks too much like a hangman's noose
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same as no. 16 - because it looks too much like the hangman and his noose



18th November 2008

interesting walk in fremantle, reminded me of my field trip in fort santiago :-)

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