http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Western Australia , Fremantle en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:50:58 +0000 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:50:58 +0000 Oct. 5th Kevin and I traveled by train subway from downtown Perth to Fremantle which is a beautiful suburb of Perth located right on the ocean. We had heard such good things about Fremantle that we just had to check it out After walking around the little town for a bit we had a nice pizza dinner at a restaurant and then did some grocery shopping. After heading back to our hostel we happily http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-449649.html HelloI am currently quite annoyed as I started this with the intention of getting some more photos up. Sadly the computer doesn't seem to recognise the existence of my camera and I've given up. Update sorted it.But anyhow.Today was the day of my trip to Fremantle Perth's neighbour 'city' although it's a bit too small to count as a city in my opinion. The first part of the day was spent tram http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-449432.html This past weekend marked our first venture out onto the Indian Ocean whale watching Mike Rita Sheena and I headed out to Freo just after noon and boarded a sea cat bound for the area of water known as the Humpback Highway a well traveled strip of water just off the coast which is a favorite passage for Humpback whales coming down from the mating grounds in Northwest Australia down to thei http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-438116.html This past weekend a blast from my TriCampus past fellow goaliepartner Will and his girlfriend Lindsey came to Perth. Both Will and Lindsey are studying Law at Bond University on the Gold Coast so when I found out they were going to spend a few days in Perth I thought it would be great to show them around and do a few more of the sights with themSaturday was finally a true spring day in Per http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-436447.html We were going to sleep in this morning but the children had other ideas.Anyway we had a very lazy morning doing not much after Anne went to work. We went out to the shops to get a few bits and pieces and had lunch. Then Anne was back from her duties and we all set off for Fremantle and the beach.We looked around some of the historic bits on the coast which included a jail house where Simon go http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-425716.html Day 32 Friday 22May09 NJJ In the morning we did our laundry then Jay found a bargain camper van with toilet and shower for us so we booked that for Monday so we can do the west coast. We caught the 12.49pm bus into the city and then a train out to Fremantle which if the weather had been better would have been a lovely place to wander around for a few hours. We had lunch at an Italian restaura http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-420561.html may 13 09. i have seen the bathers. yes dear reader it's true. well almost. the bottom is finished with the southern cross on the front. the top is cut and alligned with the gold boomerang and green. just needs a back and some stitching. may even be finished as i type. next to find a model to fit the size take the photo and list it on 'picasa' on website. it might even be worthy of putting on f http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-398589.html PERTH FREMANTLE ALBANY MARGARET RIVER FREMANTLE PERTH CANBERRAJa was soll man denn dazu sagen... ich mein zu dieser Blamage.... Es ist zwar nun einige Wochen her seit ich den 'Staub gebissen' habe bite the dust auf die Schnauze fallen. Obwohl einiges an Schmerz in den Gliedern nachgelasen hat so bleibt der klagende Verlust eines treuen Wegbegleiters. Genau. Ich sitze hier wieder http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-396658.html Currently writing from Hong Kong airport while i wait for my flight to Bangkok in an hour or so after a great weekend in the Cantonese megacity. But that's for the next blog.After the anticlimax of New Zealand I flew over to Melbourne for a week. I have been to Melbourne before but this time I thought I would come back to catch up with friends I had met travelling see a bit more of the city I http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-394854.html Perth Fremantle Western Australia 22 31 May 2009Once arrived in Perth I checked in at a hostel in Northbridge where most of the residents were longterm British and Irish. Pretty cool people and during my 2 nights there we mainly spent the time playing cards or going out in one of the nearby pubs clubs in this lively neighbourhood.However after visiting Perth and the surroundings I he http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-390204.html On Easter Sunday we hied off to Fremantle to see the annual Street Arts Festival. The day was scorching but we managed about 3 hours of walking around watching the various shows and just peoplewatching D I'm pretty sure more interesting stuff turned up later that day but we were just too sunburned to stay http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-390169.html march 26 09. have been having health issues which now look to be under control. it can be a very energy sapping experience. flag news is that the woman who was doing the bathers seems to have hit a block as she can't find any bathers in stores as its autumn. maybe she'll find something at the op shop. told her not to stress as this has been an idea for five years so no rush. still seeing sticker http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-384855.html 1639 wet by j.b. o'reilly's cambridge st. west leederville and 'southern cross and boomerang' was still flying. faded and tattered it has been over three months. went in to give paul north the owner a new one. he insisted on paying me. he's one of our staunchest supporters. bathers not yet in sight. will be in fremantle on wednesday and will talk to seamstress. otherwise had health scare but fo http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-382101.html Good morning It's 930am here and i have just returned from the morning's outting to Cottesloe Beach where we watched thousands of swimmers start a grueling 19.2km swim from Cottesloe to Rottnest Island. This happens once a year and we had to wake up before the sun at 6am so that we could get a good spot down at the beach to watch the first wave of people set off. The view out onto the ocean was http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-375401.html Tiden bevaeger sig hurtigere der kan ikke vaere anden forklaring.Jeg bor nu i et hus har en super fed bil og har noget der naermest ligner en hverdag men kun naermest. Jeg forstaar ikke mennesker som savner barndommen jeg har mere fritid end nogensinde foer mere legetoej og friheden til at tage hvorhen jeg vil selvom jeg elsker Fremantle og egentlig ikke har lyst til at forlade stedet. De http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-370399.html Hello again everyone ...ready to hear some more adventuresWell I ended up only leaving Sydney on the 30th of January when I was supposed to leave on the 2nd... Its true what they say about that place and the people its impossible to leave And if I hadnt had a whole rather large country to see I could have easily stayed there forever Ill definately be back The last few weeks in Sydney i http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-369934.html drove along the coast to fremantle its realy nice there older the oldest western settlement in WA the houses look like the wild west thats called colonial apparently.we went to the round house first where the first convicts from england were held. at 1pm they fire a cannon and drop a timeball it used to be done to tell the whole town what the time was thats were the phrase on the bal http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-369612.html In six days time I'm leaving to go to Denmark so I thought I'd set this up and write a preexchange entry.To be honest I've not had much time to really think about going to Denmark as I've been going out so much. It was Laura's 18th on Friday I'm going to work and then probably to stay the night at Mai's house tonight it's Austen's birthday party on Tuesday and then it's mine on Thursday. Bu http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-364519.html hi allwe we made here to perth. we landed wed 8th jan 3pm local time that was after 3 flights and yet another night with no sleep airport floors are not comfyour friend dave who we met on our last trip picked us up from the airport and we went to stay with him in fremantle. he is house sitting for a lady who is traveling for a while she has 4 dogs and hundreds of birdbudgie things. Finally i http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-362929.html Jeg har faaet et job i Fremantle Sailing Club som tjener og et andet job paa Salt On The Beach. Tjenerjobbet kraever nystroeget skjorte bredt slips og pudsede jakkesaetssko og stedet er alt for posh efter min smag saa jeg holder fast i det andet job. Indretningen i sejlskibsklubben er holdt i flot sen80'er Stena Line aestetik med monogrammer i gulvtaeppet og blankpolerede egetraespaneler pa http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-357331.html