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.