Blogs from Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 11

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 discovered that every evening, the hostel shows a movie on a big screen set up in the lounge area. That night we watched “Pearl Harbor”. The next day was our only day to explore Fremantle, so we were sure to get up nice and early. We walked around, saw a bit of the university, and headed over to the Shipwreck Museum. Here, ... read more

This past weekend a blast from my Tri-Campus past, fellow goalie-partner 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 them! Saturday was finally a true "spring" day in Perth, with sunny blue skies and temperatures in the low 20's. After a lazy morning on my behalf, we met Lindsey and Will in Fremantle - which is one of the coastal towns/suburbs of Perth. Freo (as its known by the locals) has a bit of character and is actually one of the oldest parts of WA - its where ... read more

Day 32 (Friday 22-May-09, 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 restaurant, had 2 meals for price of 1 with voucher off Luke and Lisa. We did the prison tour and found out about the convict history. Got the train back to Perth then bus back to house. The four of us had an evening in with wine and a Thai takeaway - delicious.... read more

PERTH - FREMANTLE - ALBANY - MARGARET RIVER - FREMANTLE - PERTH - CANBERRA Ja 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, wiedermal ohne Bruder, in Canberra auf der oestlichen Seite des australischen Kontinents und das hat seinen Grund. Doch ich bin genoetigt moeglichst rasch wieder quer durch das weite Land an die Westkueste nach Perth zu kommen. die Zeit draengt. Wie das gekommen ist, das erzaehle ich euch hier... Meine BMW R1150GSAdventure haben wir also bei BMW Auto Classic in Perth, welche BMW Auto und Motorraeder vertreibt und unterhaelt, zur ... read more

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 people-watching :D I'm pretty sure more interesting stuff turned up later that day but we were just too sunburned to stay :)... read more