http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Western Australia , Rottnest Island en-us Fri, 11 Dec 09 05:30:00 +0000 Fri, 11 Dec 09 05:30:00 +0000 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 ldquoQuokkasrdquo were mistaken for giant rats Rottnest rats nest After housing a prison for aboriginal men between 18381903 it became a detainment centre during WW1 for german and Austrian descendents. Only after th http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/blog-431503.html Day 34 Sunday 24May09 NJJLuke 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/blog-420626.html 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 fo http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/blog-382153.html 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 30degr http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/blog-375263.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/blog-374774.html Hello allChristmas 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 goodHot 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/blog-367306.html 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'sWe 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/blog-351113.html 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 en http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/blog-344861.html 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 11500 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 b http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/blog-338573.html 201008 Monday Day 67 A day on the bikeToday we went to Rottnest Island which is 30 minutes off the coast of Fremantle. Itrsquos a really nice place because therersquos no cars except the 1 bus service that runs around it and everyone gets around on bicycles. We got our bikes when we landed off the boat and were looking forward to the day except for the 1 thing that was really annoyinghellip http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/blog-337716.html Okay well the bear I saw on television but the quokkas and giant pelicans are legit. We are leaving for Bali in about two hours which is quite exciting but before we go I wanted to wrap up our trip in Australia. We ended up spending 2 weeks in Perth which was both good and bad. Bad because it was rainy and not nice out most of the time so we spent a lot of our time in the hostel and didn't g http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/blog-331678.html Called Rottnest because when the Dutch first settled the island there were a lot of these rat looking creatures call Kwakas and the Dutch word for rat is rott. And now you know. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/blog-321524.html We went to Kings Park which overlooks Perth CBD. There was a wildflower exhibition on this month and they had flowers from all over the state. At the water garden there was some baby ducklings only a few days old. Perth has a free bus service called CAT and there are 3 of them. The red blue and yellow. They crisscross the Perth CBD. Fremantle also has the CAT. We got to catch one when we http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/blog-320553.html Western Australia world's largest state http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/blog-314119.html Today wa so much fun we rose early and headed towards the habour to jump on the ferry over to Rottness Island. Wecaught the 830am ferry and arrived around 45mins latter the sea was calm which made the trip very enjoyable.We headed over to the bike hire shop as quick as our hung over legs could take us as we were on a mission to get the best tandom bikes they had. Jay and I were first thank good http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/blog-303616.html We missed out a blog on another place that we visited in Western Australia..........this place being Rottnest Island we visited there on my birthday.Rottnest Island is a 20km 30mins boat ride from Fremantle docks. We were lucky enough to have bikes that Lynda and Sean had kindly lent to us. The Island itself is only 11km long and 4.5km wide so nice and easy to ride around The ferry that you t http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/blog-295876.html Rottnest Island has some of the world's finest beaches and bays and is located just 19 kilometres off the coast of Fremantle. Roisin dropped us off in Fremantle to take the ferry across to the Island. Once we arrived we rented some bikes and made our way around with ONE gear only. This proved to be a bit of a challenge as we cycled hard to get to the lighthouse highest elevation point on the i http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/blog-270854.html Pahkailin aamulla mita teen passini kanssa. Turvalokerostakin aloin epailla toimiiko se tai saako sita sitten auki. Turvauduin minigrippussiin. Voisin ryhtya minigripmannekiiniksi kun niita pusseja on tullut talla matkalla kaytettya.Herasin aamulla jo klo 6 aamuvirkku rytmi siis no Melbournen aikaahan se oli klo 8. Ehdin silti vasta klo 9.30 lahtevaan laivaan. Kun laiva lahti tuli sadekuuro http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/blog-265033.html So...my ipod may have actualy died. My moment of rejoice as it worked again last night was short lived as i have had no luck out of it all day. I know this sounds like not a major thing but it really is. The idea of no music for the next 10weeks is not worth thinking about seriously if it has died i might actually cry Am researching the possibility of buying a new one and either stealing some http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/blog-262674.html Sorry about not updating my blog for a while...I got busy with school for a while. Speaking of which school is going well so far I'm actually enjoying my classes Between school and work the only thing I've really done is visit Rottnest Island which is such a beautiful place I was only there for one day and the ferry takes about 2 hours so all I really got to do on the island was snorkl http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/blog-257931.html