 |
| We loved this bronze statue of the many new immigrant children that came here after the war |
Our first stop in Fremantle was the Maritime Museum which was right on the wharf.It was really well done in a new building that only opened a few years ago. There was so much information on historic things maritime as well as modern day.They had a great exhibition hall dedicated to the Americas Cup. It had the Australia boat winner Australia 11 from 1983 and then a model of every Americas Cup boat challenger and its defender since the beginning in the 1850s.
 |
| Round House |
Fremantle is a great town to walk around and we loved the old buildings. The Round House on Arthur Head is now a museum and it was the first permanent building to be built in the Swan River Colony. Built in 1831as a prison it is the oldest building standing in Western Australia. We had a lovely time wondering around the town and found a great cafe for lunch, there were so many to chose from. We then headed back to the wharf to catch the ferry back to Perth at 3.45pm, It was a nice trip back as the weather was still great.It was Saturday night and we saw so many charter boats going out full of party goers, I guess many would have been Christmas parties.It reminded us of Auckland Harbour at this time of the year.
 |
| Fremantle Hotel |
 |
| The view from the Round House |
No comments:
Post a Comment