Blogs from Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 3

I was up early this morning and I headed down to the pier to catch my ferry to Rottnest island which is just off the coast of Fremantle. It's about an hour ferry ride from Perth up the river out to Rottnest island. Once the ferry landed on Rottnest island I hopped off and grabbed the bike I rented. It's been a while since i've ridden a bike but I hopped on with my map in hand and headed off to see the sights. I started out ok and seeing some of the coast on this island was amazing. But the road started getting quite hilly and it was hot out so I was sweating a lot. SOme of the hills I had to walk up because I had no energy. I stopped at a few ... read more

Hi all, Yesterday was a lovely day where we enjoyed a family BBQ - Auntie Marie and Uncle Terry invited Padma, Clinton and Baby James and also Paul (International Cricketer!) and Jaime so it was lovely to meet everyone and have a few beers together and some lovely food. Afterwards we headed over to Uncle Terry's factory unit to see his kit cars and went for a real thrill ride in one of them! The noise was immense and our legs were shaking afterwards from the adrenaline. Today we took the ferry accross from Fremantle to Rottnest Island, which is a small place off the coast in the Indian Ocean, and it's vehicle free so we hired bikes to travel around. No doubt there will be a few aching muscles tomorrow! We found a few secluded ... read more

So before leaving I had to spend a few days on my beloved Rottnest Island. Captain J-Rad took us over on Amnesia - a slightly rough ride. Once we arrived we got down to business and opened some drinks. There were plenty of laughs and good times had by all. Lisa and I stayed on while the others headed back to the mainland on Monday arvo. The weather was perfect and we were glad of our trusty push bikes. We swam, ate and drank. The perfect Australia Day weekend. Thanks to all who made it a ripper!... read more

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 on weekends. Alas, I bid them a fond farewell (but still am on payroll to ensure that I get that sweet employee discount ;) and now Sheena and I both have our weekends free to ... read more

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 19km² island and waited for our hire bikes to be unloaded from the ferry(as the island is car free the only way to get around is on foot or by bike!) Having prebooked our hire bikes ahead we were told they would be labelled with our names on and waiting ... read more