Enjoyed a really fascinating tour of Fremantle Prison and had a walk around Fremantle Markets- where we soon had to head to the fantastic food section. Between the four of us we dined on dishes from Asia, Europe and wherever curried eggs comes from!

In Perth, Kings Park gave us gardens, views and sunshine… the best things in life are free 🌲😎🌞

Hired bikes for the day and covered 25+ km riding the length and breadth of the island. There might be a good reason to put lighthouses at the top of hills but it makes life difficult for tourists on bikes 😜

Of course Rottnest is famous for the adorable quokka population that call the island home. They are unbelievably cute, but I guess I’m showing my age when I say I couldn’t get the gopher from Caddyshack out of my head!

PS The peacock was unimpressed with the quokkas getting all the attention!

PPS I didn’t feed the quokka- but he definitely was giving me puppy dog eyes to get my cookie 🥺

Had a good day riding buses and trains checking out Fremantle and Perth. Saw (heard) the 1pm cannon fired at Fremantle Harbour that was used to tell incoming ships the local time. We also booked a day with bikes on Rottnest Island which we’re excited about. Arrived back where we are staying at Coogee Beach just in time to catch the sun setting over the Omeo shipwreck.

20,000 km driven… and at least 20,000 splattered bugs collected by the Motorhome along the way! Kalbarri is a beautiful little seaside town and the National Park offers breathtaking views everywhere you look. Highly recommend the river trail hike at Z Bend.

Kids jumped at the chance to go for a fish in this beautiful bay… and the local pelicans wanting the bait to go to them rather than the fish kept them on their toes 😂

We also watched the dolphins come in for their regular breakfast feed. I’ve read some posts where people were disappointed by how few dolphins there are but ‘forewarned is forearmed’ so if you’re heading this way know usually only a couple of dolphins are fed, and there’s maybe around half a dozen hanging around the feeding area.

The town of Denham is a lovely little spot on Shark Bay and we had Little Lagoon, 5 minutes out of Denham, all to ourselves! Just up the road at Francois Peron National Park, they have an artesian hot tub where 40°C bore water is pumped up from over 500m underground. Lovely… but you can’t stay in there too long 😅

There’s a lot of sharks here- let’s call it Shark Bay! This beach covered in shells… Shell Beach? Genius 😂

Cable Beach. Sunset. Camels. Encore…

Today we are officially the furthest distance from our home that we will be on our trip- fastest route back to Sydney according to google maps is over 5,000km. Not that we will be taking the fastest route home! Our first Cable Beach sunset did not disappoint…

We have reached the west coast! Derby has the highest tide of any Australian port with an 11m tidal difference. It is also the site of the Boab Prison Tree, a 1500 year old boab tree that was used as an overnight lockup for prisoners. But mainly, having finally reached Western Australia, it means photos of the sun setting over the ocean 🌞 🌊

Florence Falls, Tolbert Falls, Wangi Falls. These waterfalls are spring-fed, so unlike some at Kakadu, they don’t stop flowing in the dry season. Have a little hike, have a little swim… look around in awe 🏃‍♂️🏊‍♂️😎