Lovely
warm night – so nice not to have the van closed up and blankets on!!
Predicted
to be another 37 degree day. Total Fire Ban is on now though fires are banned
from Nov to April anycase so no outdoor cooking for us. Headed across to
Fremantle to check out where we will depart from to go to Rottnest Island on
Tuesday. All day parking $10. Only a half hour drive across but will allow an
hour for Tuesday!! Will come back and do the history walks around Fremantle
another day. Should have come in on Wednesday to see the big cruise ship –
largest one to dock here and I found out later that Marion was on board.
Across
the Fremantle Bridge over the Swan River – lots of boats heading out to sea.
Drove
around to Rous Head and watched all the boats heading coming out of the Swan
River for a day on the water.
Looking
south along the coast towards Rockingham.
The
lighthouse on the point.
Around
the point to look towards Rottnest Island.
North
end of Garden Island which is home to the HMAS Stirling Naval Base.
Lots
of shipping containers to be loaded.
Continued
along the water’s edge to Leighton Beach. Everyone is out enjoying the
sunshine. This boat zoomed past us around the point to anchor here. What a
smart idea – shade, lunch and drinks on board but only a quick leap overboard
to get to the beach.
Next
one was Mosman Beach which is a dog friendly beach – don’t think we will have a
swim here!! Chatted with this chap who treats his best friend very well.
Marine
Park area where there seems to be a bit of reef creating waves.
Nice
home as we head into Cottesloe Beach.
Amazingly
we can find a park ok – at least it is free. Cottesloe Beach with the Grand
Bathing Pavilion which was opened in 1929 according to the plaque.
Zoomed
in on Rottnest Island.
Walked
around to the front of the Pavilion. A plaque to the founder of surf
life-saving in WA – not a very nice one.
Found
this plaque on the ground – bit hard to read. “Indian Tea House (due to Indian
Ocean) – built in 1983, the current Indian Tea House is named after one of the
many tearooms which stood on the Cottesloe beachfront in the early 1900s. In
1929 these tearooms were removed and the Grand Bathing Pavilion was built. The
Pavilion featured cubicles, lockers, hot baths, shops, stalls, and tea gardens
on the roof and was the centre of beach activity for many years. In 1983 the
Pavilion was badly damaged by storms and had to be demolished. The Indian Tea
House was built in its place.” So it isn’t that old really!!
Lots
of beach volleyball happening on the southern end of the beach.
It
was nice and hot and tempting for a swim so I put my feet in to check the
temperature – it was freezing!! That is my first touch of the Indian Ocean
water. Will save that for went we got across to the island and work up a sweat
riding around the island.
The
terraced grass areas make good sun-baking spots.
Swanborne
Beach.
City
Beach had a great foreshore area and a fabulous lookout. It is a surfers’ beach
but not today.
Scarborough
foreshore is undergoing a big make-over – sounds fabulous. Will check it out
next year.
Views
as we head north through Trig Beach and North Beach.
Went
through Hillary Boat Harbour where we are meeting Judy – massive area. Stopped
for lunch at a park at Pinnaroo Point. All these beaches the parking is back
away from the beach and you have to walk through the dunes onto the beach.
A
few rocks out the front – Whitford Rock and Wreck Rock (I think, looking at a
Marine Park sign info).
Further
north to Burns Beach. Burns Rocks nearby.
Walked
out onto the point for a view back down the coast.
Lots
of limestone rocks.
Back
to Hillary Boat Harbour to meet Judy and Richard but we can in from the other
side so had to ring them to find out where they were. Great area.
Walked
over the bridge which has a lift up section to let the yachts come into the
cove to moor. Further around is a water park and a pontoon in the middle with
slippery slides.
So
great to see Richard and Judy again – it has been so long.
Their
daughter, Emily, joined us in her lunch break then went back to her weekend
job. We chatted for hours then headed back home along the freeway – pretty easy
getting about here.
Simple
dinner after snacking on calamari & chips then coffee and apple pie.
Bit
cooler tonight.
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