Week Four Day Twenty Four and Five

View of Perth from Captain Cook Cruise


The jelly fish


John and Hope on the cruise.

Lets be honest here..... I was so tired last night that sleep won over blog. Sorry!

However let me bring you up to speed. We have booked into a campsite at Woodman's Point just south of Fremantle. Yesterday we went into Fremantle and wandered around the markets, stopped and watched to street entertainers and had some Chinese food at the market. Yummie! We then went swimming in the campsite pool, which we had all too ourselves, and a walk down to the beach. As it was Sunday the park at the beach was full of families enjoying themselves. There is a fantastic jetty and the whole area was busy. There were crabbers, fisherman, snorkelers and divers. The pelicans squashed for space were sitting on top of the lamp posts. There were loads of fish at the end of the jetty and we couldn't wait to go snorkeling.

We had great fun at the camp kitchen last night talking to Swiss and German backpackers. There was also a couple from Canterbury, Kent. I must say we are gravitating to the kitchens because it is fascinating hearing all these "kids" stories!

Today we caught the bus into Fremantle. We then went on Captains Cook cruise to Perth. It was a beautiful day, the views from the boat were fantastic. There were loads of jellyfish in the water. Hope calls them squishies. They were promoting Australian wine so we had a free wine tasting on the cruise as well. What a bonus!

We wandered around Perth, went into a few shops and galleries. The one shop we went into was Roc Candy. It was great watching them roll out and cut the candy. We tried some samples and it was great.

Eventually we caught the train back to Fremantle and luckily we did not have long to wait for our bus. Back at the tent we got out our snorkels and swimmers and headed for the beach. It was magical, just off the beach we saw starfish, puffer fish and schools of little fish. I picked up a shell and showed Hope the hermit crab.

Tomorrow we plan to spend the day at the beach...