We got up early and drove to Freemantle where we got the ferry over to Rottnest Island. We then hired a tandem bike to ride around the island. The island is only about 17.5kms long and 4.5kms wide and so we were able to cycle all the cycle tracks in one day and we got a very good look at the island. It is about 30mins from Freemantle and is famo...

Hello everyone! Well, you'll all be pleased to know I am officially a gym bunny, apart from I don't bounce, I tend to walk more like John Wayne. I go the gym 5 times a week straight from work, I do 4 classes a week (Monday - freestyle, Tuesday - Spin class, Wednesday - Body Pump, Thursday - Body Combat & Friday - Body Balance), eat really he...

(I managed to delete my photos from today so you'll have to settle for some images stolen from the internet) Today I tackle Rottnest Island. The first ferry leaves Fremantle at 7:30am, and due to the overpromptness bred into me by my early bird family I arrived at the C Shed terminal well before check-in opened. The ride out to Rottnest, just un...

Early start successfull, and I'm eating brekkie by the pool at 7am. What's more I make calls to the UK where its 10pm Sunday night and I'm strangely coherent! Soon its time to walk down to Barrack Square jetty to catch the pre-booked ferry down the Swan River to Fremantle and then across 18km of sea to Rottnest. The island is bliss, sandy dunes,...

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 it. We got up rather early by my standards and I struggled to down some breakfast, before showering u...

We awoke early to head over to the marina with my sister-in-law (Sam), her husband (Jason), and their two children (Summer & Shelby). We met up with Jason's dad, Rob, and his wife Steph. Rob owns a beautiful 35' cruiser, in which he took us to Rottnest Island. Following a 30 minutes trip, we docked just off the beach, and took a zodiac over ...

I was up at 5:30 today in order to go fishing with my brother-in-law (my wife's sister's husband) Jason. It has to be said, Jason is a true-blue Aussie bloke. As I arrive at his house, he is of course waiting for me is his UTE. We head over to a boat launch near the Hilary Marina. He expertly maneuvers the craft into the water, and I grab a tow ...

Rottnest Island is a small, mostly vehicle-free island about 19km offshore from Perth and accessed by ferry from Fremantle. The best way around the island is to rent a bike (chose the mountain bike option as it's hilly). Along the first few km on either side of the ferry terminal are the majority of accommodations and is also where most of the k...

Rottnest was fantastic! We Arrived late afternoon after a relaxing cruise from Perth, we got given our huts and the weekend breakaway began. the group who im working with at the Wilderness society are great, a different variety to Hobart Hippies but still awsome, we spent the evening fire spinning, exploring the island and of course drinking. Th...

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 shortened to Rottnest. I ended up spending a full day on Rottnest, a 30 minute catamaran ride from Freman...