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Rottnest Island Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Rottnest Island, Australia
Of Bicyclists and Coral
This is a top pick! ... where we wouldn't be risking multiple stings. Fiona suggested we head up to The Basin, the most popular swimming beach on the island, since they'd been swimming there the day before and hadn't had any close encounters of the jelly kind. We agreed and ...
Sharing a Home with Quokkas
This is a top pick! After a few days in Freo and checking out the sites of Perth proper, I headed out to Rottnest Island for three nights. Rottnest is about 20 km off the coast of Fremantle and is about 11 km long and 5 km wide: not very large at all. Cars are prohibited, so ...
Rotto
This is a top pick! Rottnest Island I had heard a lot about how I had to get out to Rottnest Island 40 minutes off the coast of Fremantle and so the day finally came when I made the trip out there with Ewa, although at first is seemed destined that we wouldn't make ...
I Like to ride my bicycle, i like to ride my bike!
This is a top pick! ... large seaport. We boarded the ferry for the small 20-minute trip, and were quickly stepping off onto the very windy island. Rottnest Island bans all motorised transport apart from one bus, so we ended up at the bike hire place. For some stupid ...
Er. . . Its windy down below
This is a top pick! ... around 25 degrees with a little breeze and somewhat overcast so we can just hope the rain holds off at least. We arrive at Rottnest Island vacate the boat and collect what ever dive gear we need. The boat is full by the way with about 20 people ...
Rottnest Island
This is a top pick! Took a day trip to Rottnest Island today. Rottnest Island is a little island just off the west coast of Australia. You can get there by taking a ferry from Perth, that goes down the Swan River and then to Rottnest. Or you can do what we did, catch the ...
Rat Infested Island? Sign me UP!
This is a top pick! Rottnest Island was essentially named when a Dutch explorer came to the small island off the coast of Western Australia and saw an island overrun with Quokka, a small marsupial he mistook for rats. Therefore, Rats Nest Island was eventually ...
Jan 06, 2010
This is a top pick! 
Cycling and Swimming at Rottnest Island
... experience it will be publish in due course. With our last few pennies we planned a trip to Rottnest Island, a small Island of the coast of Western Australia. It is a stunning place to visit, and the best way to see it is by bike, as ...
Wo sind all die Quokkas hin?
... viel mehr gekostet, so zahlten wir für ein Zugticket nach Freemantle nur 4 AUD, Touristenattraktionen kosten so einiges. In Rottnest angekommen, machten wir uns auf den Weg um Quokkas zu entdecken (erste Informationen in der Tourist Info sprachen von ...
Quokkas, snorkeling, and a big gun!
... 20 km west of Fremantle. During the ferry ride we saw people on the deck of a surfaced submarine, which was really cool! Rottnest Island is a popular day trip for WA and we can see why. No cars are allowed on the island so we rented ...
Its a hard life
A computer! At last! Sorry about a certain lack of updating as due to previously mentioned house computer not being able to access Xp due to certain forgotten passwords it was shipped off and fixed, leaving my ability to update rather limited. But ...
Cycling
Just a short entry to keep up with my little pins being added in the map... Caught the ferry over to Rottnest Island for the day which was lovely - I hired a bike on the ferry and packed a little picnic (how I survived without my little klip-it lunch ...
cycling round an island
travelled to ROttnest, Kingston Barracks. Day one cycle round island, rubbish bike, Rich and Pat crashed, very funny. Thougth Pat had broken arse but the floor was just too hot for him to sit on! Sunburn, slept a lot. Day two, snapped chain, got upgrade, ...
Helen, Beaches, Snorkels an Quokkas :)
An awesome few days away to the amazing Rottnest island, the island with NO CARS!!, very cute quokkas, amazingly crystal clear sea and white sandy beaches ahhhhhhhh lush :) Helen and me (Sophia) had a great time! Helen is staying with me for 2 weeks on ...
Rottnest to meet the Quokkas
... !! It may have taken us the best part of a year to get there, but Boy it was worth every day waited!! Rottnest, what a spectacular place!! Dayne truly excelled himself with my birthday surprise, in whisking me off to the beautiful island!! But before we ...
Rottnest Island.
... at vi måtte stå opp tidlig (07.30) for å ta bussen ned til kaia. Der stod båten som skulle frakte oss til Rottnest Island klar. Båtturen nedover Swan River, forbi Freemante og ut til Rottnest Island tok ca 2 timer.. Dette var en særdeles fin øy ...
Rats Nest Island
... too and a few Sting Rays (or manta rays, we're not sure which is which), I still didn't see any dolphins though.... Rottnest Island was a great place to get away from everything, it’s so close to the city but you really do feel like you are ...
Shipwrecked!
... the rest of the world. Back in Sydney I was left on hold for 26 minutes while I organised accommodation there. The Rottnest Island Authority is pretty much like the on-island Mafia. Everything is overseen by them. You have to pay $5 extra ...
Rob's 25th Birthday on Rotto!
A fabulous day spent Quokka spotting, snorkelling and cycling around Rottnest Island! ...
shaving heads of quokkas in togas by sunset
... are cute little guys who will nuzzle up your camera if you give them half a chance. Apparently they also like to get drunk. Rottnest Island is really beautiful, especially Salmon Bay. Greig was my tour guide, as he had been before to go fishing, and had ...
Rottnest Island
Vandaag naar Rottnest Island gegaan op aanraden van mijn vriend Jaïr. Hiervoor moest ik een ferry pakken vanuit Perth en daarna overstappen in Fremantle. Tijdens de boottocht was er veel te zien qua uitzicht langs de wateren. Duurde ongeveer totaal ...
Sun burn, bike ache and snoring at Rottnest Island
... , upon many a glowing recommendation, we've forced ourselves to spend the last two days on Rottnest island. Such a chore! Formerly an Aborigine prison (in Australia's early days), this island is now more of a traffic-free holiday resort surrounded by ...
We're off again
Packing up and getting ready to go to Rottnest Island for some rest and relaxation...reading...snorkelling.....etc....and maybe a few ...
Rottnest Island day 1
... up with the others. We took the hour long trip to Fremantle, a town just south of Perth, and boarded the ferry to Rottnest Island for the weekend. I was really worried about getting sea sick after the horrid snorkeling experience, so I took a ...
A day on Rotto...
Myself, Paul and Caroline had been meaning to head to Rottnest Island to day to camp overnight and head back tomorrow. But due to the fact that we had a big Friday night, and we were all completely disorganised we decided to head over for the day ...
Close encounters...
For the last two weeks or so everyone has been banging on at me to visit Rottnest Island saying its got stunning beaches and great snorkling/diving. Its only 20 km off the Perth coast but to be honest when Cott and Freo are so good it's a bit of a drag to ...
Rottnest Island
From Fremantle we did a day trip to Rottnest Island. It is a beautiful island with lots of beaches. They don't have any cars on the island so everyone gets about by bike or if you are not feeling energetic they have a bus that will take you round the ...