Woke around 7.

Shower.

Went to breakfast. Slow cooked eggs on toast. Nice.

Did our teeth. Then went to Elizabeth Quay about bought ferry ticket to Fremantle.

~1.25 hour scenic trip to Freemantle. Lots of expensive houses.

In Fremantle caught bus to market. Some food.

Walked to prison. Tunnel tour. Amazing.

Walk to Little Creatures. Had a beer.

Ferry back to Perth, with wine tasting.

Beer at “The Island Brewery” and some houlumi.

Walked to a place for dinner but it was full. Ended up at a small asian place, where we ordered from an ipad.

Came back to hotel.

We woke up about 6.00 but just had a slow morning. We went for breakfast at a place on Leila’s recommendation list. I had eggs benedict with pulled pork. It was a nice start to the day. We then went back to the hotel to do our teeth and pack a backpack, and then went to the train station. We caught the 10.00 train to Freemantle.

30 minute trip, and very scenic. We then walked to the Boat Shed and caught the ferry over to Rott Nest island. The seas were pretty rough, which Damon says is quite common. I was quite surprised at the level of movement. The boat was rocking, but not in a sea-sick way, which was lucky.

Once at Rott Nest we got off the boat and went to the information centre. It was just starting to rain a little as we got there. They had some brochures with walks so we had a look at them; knowing we had just under 4 hours, which was for lunch too, we didn’t want too long a walk. So we found a “3-4 hour” one, and saw a way we could cut it in half and still see a few of the sights we wanted to. The sun came out so we put some sun cream on, and off we went. We walked north along the beach, to Bathurst Lighthouse. We saw a sheltered area and as I looked in I could see a small lump, which I inferred was our first Quakka. So Kaoru went in with a camera to get some photos. It was amazing how tame they were! If we had wanted to pick him up, it would have been easy to.

We continued our walk and saw more Quakka’s at several locations.

Lunch

Ferry back

Market.

Prison – tour

Train to Cottesloe

Walk to beach – bought ice cream

Watched sunset

Train back to Perth

Festival – I had okonomiyaki for dinner. Kaoru had …..

Walked back to hotel.

Got a bit too much sun. Had a shower.

Dealt with work stuff. Phone had been ringing a lot during the day.

Alarm 6.15. Kaoru already up. Shower, some fruit. Called Bolt. 10 minutes later it was still saying 13 minutes. So cancelled and booked an Uber. Came in < 2 minutes.

Neither of us got an upgrade despite both receiving emails from Qantas asking us if we wanted to upgrade. No lounge either.

Quick trip to the airport – arrived by 7.45. Dropped off suitcase. Had some breakfast at a cafe.

Went through securiy and went to gate. Watched a plane arrive and the whole unloading and prep process. Quite interesting.

Eventually boarded. Watched a movie and had a sleep on the flight. Arrived to rain and muggy day.

Got our suitcase and caught a bus to town. Short walk to the hotel (Holiday Inn). Arrived before 12.00 local time. They let us do early check in if we signed up to the hotel club, so it was worth it. Massive room! 2 double sized beds in it.

Went to the bar / eating place next door. I had a pizza and ginger beer, and Kaoru had noodles, for “lunch”. It was in the entertainment book so saving of $12 already.

I was feeling quite hot after eating, and tired, so went and had a lay down. Kaoru went out and explored the town. After an hour I woke up, went outside and called her. She was nearby so we caught up and walked to the building Damon was working at when he and Leesa were living here. It was threatening to rain still, but we stayed dry.

We then walked along the water to Elizabeth Quay. We wanted to get a hot drink but the place we found had closed the coffee machine. I bought a gelato, just as the rain started. So I ate that under cover while the worst of it passed by. We had a look at the bell tower, but that cost to go inside so we gave it a miss. So we walked around for a bit longer, and then went back to the room to drop things off. It was about 5.00 local time but 8.00 stomache time so we were getting hungry. We found a place nearby that was in the entertainment book so went there, but they had loud, crap music, so we left and went to the belgium beer cafe, which was across the road, and also in the book! We shared a burger and a pate with sour dough.

After dinner we went back to the room and watched a “Fresh off the Boat”, because it was too early to go to bed. But once it was over I couldn’t stay up any longer so we went to sleep.