Blogs from Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 16

We arrived from Tasmania yesterday evening (flying from Hobart with a change at Adelaide) and caught the local bus to our accommodation which we had booked while waiting at Adelaide Airport. We had an excellent meal at a restaurant attached to the hotel. The next morning we checked out and set off with our rucksacks to explore Perth. We walked through the shopping centre and down towards the colonial areas. We passed the Town Hall, the Cathedral, Government House, the Council House and arrived at the Supreme Court of Western Australia. We walked through the Supreme Court Gardens (which sported statues of Kangaroos) to Barrack Square Jetty. Here there was the Swan Bells Tower housing 12 of the original bells from St Martin in the Fields (London). The Swan Bells are a set of 18 bells ... read more

Fremantle and Perth We arrived in Fremantle, the port serving Perth. Fremantle won recognition in the 80’s when the America’s Cup was held here. It is a busy port with huge cargo ships loading and unloading goods. Perth is the capitol of Western Australia, and the fastest growing and most prosperous city in the country. There are huge iron ore and coal mines nearby producing lots of ore being shipped to the orient, especially. And then there are natural gas platforms off shore, too. After coming ashore we took a short shuttle ride to the nearby train station in Fremantle for a 30 minute ride on a commuter train into the center of Perth. The train station is smack in the middle of Perth and connects to a series of pedestrian walkways leading to museums as ... read more

Hi everyone, reached the next place on the list, Fremantle, to the harbour etc, it isn't as good as Perth but still got its charm. Here it is much easier to go the beach, which is cool, especially considering the heat. I went to Fremantle Prison, the largest convict built building in Western Aus, was great, and as you can imagine, they pulled no punches giving the tour, some pretty in depth stories etc. Before we came here, we went to the Perth Mint, which was a good trip, seen a gold pour, gold rush stuff and coining. All very rich and glam, considering i then ate 30p noodles the next day. Tommorow we move up the coast to watch the beach cricket world cup and for once England are defending champions which is pretty funny ... read more

Perth, actually Fremantle, is where the aussie adventure really picks up! After stopping so many times pondering wether or not to stay and work I am so glad we didn't. Fremantle was definetely the best place for us to call our home for 4 months. We arrived in Perth off the bus, with our heavy backpacks and no idea where to go. In the lonely planet I read that cottesloe was one of perth's nicest beaches so we called up the hostel and luckily they had a room for us for the one night only. We took a quick stroll along the beach and watched a georgeous sunset, then settled in for the night. The next morning we woke up early and grabbed the paper hopeing to find an apartment starting today since the hostel was ... read more

Arranged to meet up with Kim today to go to Freemantle for the day, Perths Port village and a little quaint place so the guide book tells me...lets go and see.... Grabbed the train down there, sneaking on as a student - I can still pretend I am entitled to Student Discount!! Weather was still a bit chilly after the rain yesterday - and they tell me this is an Ozzie summer???!! hello UK! Went for a walk about first, the place is really nice with lots of random buildings and different architecture, nothing is the same which is always good! It's quite a buzzing little place with a nice atmosphere, there was a lot of small market stalls and cafe tables in the streets. We hit the prison first, where as we suspected, we got ... read more