The Roundhouse Fremantle

After a lazy start ... in fact to be honest most of my mornings start leisurely ... I'm catching a train with Danny to Fremantle.

It's a sailing day. We're watching. But we get a bit distracted.

We arrive hungry and thirtsy, so it's a trip to the Sail and Anchor for lunch and beer. Danny picks us an Amber Ale and we tuck …

... via a supermarket trolley (we've all done it). Freo also offers a little bit more history than Perth itself does and this is evident facades of the local buildings and the roundhouse that sits at the head of Fremantle, a past Gaol dating back to ...

... around in there for a little while before walking down the esplanade and up near the lighthouse before discovering the Roundhouse. The Roundhouse i the oldest building standing in WA (built in 1830). The building was meant to be a prison which ...

... ; boiling. Temp gauge in the car says 37 degrees. So we go for a bit of a wander round Freo, then head over to the Roundhouse, apparently the oldest building in WA. You’d think it’d be a major tourist attraction, but the good folk of Freo, in ...

... that is). Beautiful surroundings with a kind of english-indian style and very good tea! Off to the roundhouse, it is the oldest remaining building in Western Australia. The Round House had eight cells and a gaolers residence which all opened up into a ...

... first activity, but also related to the fourth, fifth and sixth) 4 - Chatting with the roomates and drinking goon,  5 - At the roundhouse at night drinking goon 6 - At pubs and clubs Other things we did involved: Fremantle Prison (See previous blog) ...

... on the full tour. I'm glad I did because I really did learn a lot. I struck on up the coast line coming to the Roundhouse, West Australia's first prison, and a great lookout point over the sea and the city. Then the Marine Wreck museum which was ...

... market but with a food court (with great kebabs), then decided to explore the historical part of the town. The Roundhouse is the oldest building in Fremantle and they fire a canon at 1pm every day which just so happened to be the time we were there. We ...

... (aside from the obvious aesthetic drawbacks) that he's clumsy enough already without adding swinging corks at eye level into the equation. Located the Roundhouse and Bathers Beach just beyond it. There was just enough sun for it to be a pleasant walk. ...

... one of the NZ team.   Not sure it's Danny's thing, but I have a great time.   Racing now over we explore the Roundhouse before yes you guessed it another beer! This time in a busy Irish bar with live music and an European pint.   A ...

... out along the Esplanade, but failing that, there is all day parking Mon-Thurs at the E-Market, which is just by the Roundhouse. There are markets on the weekend, and plenty of nice restaurants and bars (including Little Creatures, a micro-brewery). ...