Fremantle Hostels - Reviews and Rates

I went down to Fremantle and just wasn't in the mood to take any pictures, so I have none. It happens sometimes. Anyway, Fremantle is a suburb of Perth, about 20 minutes south on the tram. It has historically been called the gateway to Australia because it is a large shipping port as well as passenger terminal for ships coming from Asia. Did yo...

(This entry has been sitting in draft form on the blog for about four days, and while I originally had a different idea of where I wanted it to go, I know that it's way past time for a new entry, so this is just an abbreviated version of what I had planned) You know those moments when things just click in your mind? Like if something's been bugg...

So I might have failed to mention this earlier, but at the moment the greater Perth area, and indeed all of Western Australia, is in the midst of a heated election campaign. Voting, which is mandatory in Australia, is set for this Saturday, and the run-up to election day has been very interesting to observe. I've heard a lot about the negative c...

I know that I said I'd talk about classes (and I promise that I will!), but first I have to preserve today's run in writing because I'm sure it will come in handy as motivation at some later date. My run today is nearly impossible to describe; it was sublime, a pure running nirvana, and the kind of run that is the reason that people run at all. ...

I wish I could say I had a long lie-in after the last week but no I was up early as I was spending the weekend in FReemantle, a harbor city just a couple of km south of Perth. First though I needed some things from Perth. I went shopping! I bought a pair of cheap rubber sandals that didn't look great but would be a great alternative to flip-flop...

Its another day of doing very very little today. Feeling a little worse for wear after beer and cougar last night and this contributes to frankly the worst game of pool ever between Lisa and myself. Another half hour is spent going round the notice boards looking for cars again before heading to the beach here in Fremantle. Its beautiful today, ...

Not the title of a really bad horror film but in fact what we did today. We're up at some ridiculous time of day today to get the ferry to Rottnest. Its a small Island about 30 minutes on the ferry from Fremantle. Its an island which is treated like a National Park and has all of Australia's best natural features, beautiful beaches and bushland....

January 15 - Return to Perth/Fremantle As the rental car had to be back by 10am and the drive back to Perth would be a little under two hours, we hit the road early and made a beeline for the city. We were a little disappointed to find that this road didn't follow the coastline as we'd understood. We did however catch a few glimpses of the beaut...

My last full day in Aussie and I decided to spend the day in the port of Fremantle, just down the river from Perth. The town was fairly run down until Australia won the yachting Americas Cup in 1983, this meant that the 1987 event was to be held in Fremantle and this regenerated the town. It's still a working port but many dockside and warehouse...

Today we headed south of Perth to Fremantle or 'Freo' as the Ozzies call it. Nice place - lots of old style buildings (colonial), bit like stepping back in time. The markets were good selling everything from emu oil face cream to fish and hammocks! Saw a pelican down at the harbour - cheeky thing was hanging around the fisherman in hope of a qui...