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After making our decision to head home both Sheena and I started to count down the weeks (days!) left that we would have to soak up all that Perth had to offer. So in true 'Scott' fashion, we made a list (Eric did..not Sheena) of things we had to see/do before leaving Perth. Time is definitely moving quick and starting to run out! First thing's first: Java Juice had to go. As much fun as it was to make smoothies all day and drink a ridiculous amount of freshly squeezed juices on my break, it was taking up our available time [View Full Entry]

EricSheenaScott - Sheena & Eric Scott | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 13th 2009 | 91 Views | [diary=460128]

The Spread
The View
Decorations

Rottnest Island lies about 50 mins off the coast from Perth and is reached by ferry. The island was discovered in 1696 by a dutch explorer and got its name after the islands “Quokkas” were mistaken for giant rats (Rottnest = rats nest) After housing a prison for aboriginal men between 1838-1903 it became a detainment centre during WW1 for german and Austrian descendents. Only after this did it become a holiday playground and island reserve. After almost missing the morning ferry we arrived onto the 19kmē island and waited for our hire bikes to be unloaded from the ferry(as the [View Full Entry]

globetrotters2009 - Sharon & John | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 2nd 2009 | 31 Views | [diary=431503]

Too tame
How cute
Bit too close

Day 34 (Sunday 24-May-09, NJJ) Luke made us bacon and egg rolls for brekkie before driving us to get the ferry to Rottnest Island. We hired bicycles to get around the island for the day which was fab and good exercise in the sunshine. We rode to Little Salmon Bay where we stopped for some time, had the lunch we'd bought at island entrance, and relaxed in the sun. On the way back to the bike rental place we stopped to see the Quokkas at the roadside, a good chance for Jamie to make some new animal friends, they were so [View Full Entry]

jayandnat - Jamie Jones and Natalie Jones | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 21st 2009 | 17 Views | [diary=420626]

Natalie enjoying a downhill bit
Jay being mad on a bike
Rottnest Coastline

We went on a day trip to Rottnest Island today which is a 25 minute boat ride from Fremantle. It was such a lovely place with gorgeous beaches and coves. The boat was fairly full and the townships had quite a few people in but once we were out of them everywhere was empty. We hired bikes and now have sore bottoms! We cycled all round the island which was 24km (I think). That is a lot of cycling for me. We cycled from one lovely beach to another. We had to get quite picky towards the end as we could [View Full Entry]

LJ - Laura Simpson | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: March 16th 2009 | 52 Views | [diary=382153]

Another lovely beach
The quokkas are very friendly
A quokka

G'day from Australia! After a teary farewell with Mummy at Heathrow Airport i boarded the A380 Airbus to Perth. My stopover was at Singapore 12 hours and 40 minutes later, and i was very lucky in that i got off one plane and hopped onto the next which meant that i didn't have to hang around the airport long. 5 hours and 5 minutes later i touched down in Perth. Immediately i felt the heat of 30degrees and had to start de-layering! I was picked up from the airport by 3 friends and it was so nice to see familiar faces [View Full Entry]

DanielleCoates - Danielle | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 20th 2009 | 80 Views | [diary=375263]

Fremantle from the air
Approaching Rottnest Island
A Quokka

On the last day before leaving Perth, we went out to Rottnest Island for the day. It's a great little island (17km long) and no cars are allowed, so it's really peaceful. Given that we both get very bad sea sickness, we had to make a decision between getting there quick on a bumpy speedboat, or geting there slowly on a ferry. We chose the former. It was really fun, and we weren't sick (but the girl in front of me was). I got chatting to the skipper and he said he started doing the captaining of the boats over to [View Full Entry]

Lucy and Jon - Lucy and Jon | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 18th 2009 | 66 Views | [diary=374774]


Hello all! Christmas & New year... Our first Christmas in Oz was 'different' .. No snow, no cold nights by the fire, no carol singers.. but my goodness it was good!!! Hot days, warm evenings, we even bought a 8ft x 4ft inflatable pool to dip in and out of as a break from the heat - much cheaper than the olympic size pool we are planning on putting in later this year but just as effective when your out digging in 40 degrees and in need of a dip! We took the dogs down t the dog beach for a [View Full Entry]

The long way down under - Oggy and Ang | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 10th 2009 | 136 Views | [diary=367306]

Boxing Day Spa!
Working girl!
Outdoor movies

Today we went to Rottnest Island. The name came from a captain who discovered the island. Once landed he thought it was infested with big rats and named it "rat nest island". They aren't rats but "Quokka's", they look like mini kangaroo's! We caught the bus round as it's quite big and we could hop on and off as much as liked. The beaches are all pituresque. We got off at Salmon point, took a really nice walk down and accros Salmon Bay, it was beautifull. The sea is different shades of blue's and green's. Walked up to Wadjemip - the [View Full Entry]

Tufty - Emma Loades | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 4th 2008 | 29 Views | [diary=351113]

Rottnest
Quokka

Today we took the Rottnest Express over to Rottnest Island. We rented bicycles for the day and spent the day cycling around the island. Rottnest has 63 beaches and 20 bays on an island which is approximately 10.5 km long and 4.5 km at its widest point. The roads around Rottnest are limited to a very few number of tour buses and bicycles. It was a cool day, ideal for biking, but maybe not warm enough for a swim. We did, however, wade in the Indian Ocean for a few prior to heading back to Perth. Today was Frank's birthday so [View Full Entry]

Kip and Frank - Oceania | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 14th 2008 | 88 Views | [diary=344861]

Kip and Frank - Wading in the Indian Ocean
Western Point
Kip's Pinwheel

Ahhh, THAT was the longest 3 weeks of my LIFE! I had to work extra at the bookshop AND I had to do a big project, research presentation, AND write 11,500 words worth of essays (I don't even wanna know how many pages that is...probably somewhere between 40 and 50). Needless to say, I didn't do much of anything besides sleep, work, and WORK in the past couple of weeks, but it is such a RELIEF to be all done!! Now I have a bit of a review week and then I am off to HONG KONG next week! That's right, [View Full Entry]

Smwilliams87 - Samantha | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 26th 2008 | 40 Views | [diary=338573]



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