Perth Part 2: The Swans, The Sundial And The Sunset

Heya

So I'm basically still continuing the backlog of photo's that I have. These are some more of Perth that I took while going for a wonder along the river




And so, as the Dutch explorers came up the river they saw the. . . . .


Black Swans, hence the name, River Swan

Talking of Dutch Explorers, the Sundial on the Jetty, by the River is dedicated to

Willem De Vlamingh (I have no idea how to pronounce the surname!) who travelled from Amsterdam to Australia, coming up the (now named) Swan River in Late Dec 1696 and then arriving in mainland Perth in early Jan 1697. On the sail below shows a map of his voyage (although not clear in the photo!)

So from the Jetty, you can jump on the ferry (or walk onto the ferry, however you prefer to board) and go across the river to South Perth, which give really nice view of Perth from across the river

So there we go, little less backlog now, and in the next post you can see where I've actually been for the last 2 months!

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Fremantle

Welcome to Fremantle, the Port of Perth, Lots going on. I'd say small, but, compared to where I currently am its Huge, with shops, markets and public transport (wistful staring). On the coast, which I was excited about, as it had been ages since I'd seen the sea. I know I haven't written for ages so these are extremely backdated. But here goes, have a wander around and let me know what you think.

Through the tunnel to the beach!





A tribute to the fishermen, the monument honors families of fishermen who contributed over the years to the fishing industry

Along the jetty, just picture lots of ice-cream shops and imagine you can smell fish and chips!

Everyone loves a sculpture of a sculptor doing a sculpture

As well as sculptures of sculptures (you know when you say a word too much and it doesn't make sense anymore, well it happened while writing sculpture!), and market places, Fremantle in general has a slightly medieval feel

Fremantle Prison, built as a convict barracks in the 19Th century and remained in used until 1991.between 18850 and 1956 almost 10,000 convicts passed through the system. The prison is now open to the public and a variety of tours take place, both dunning the day and at night. Sadly, my funding ran out so I couldn't tour, but here are a few shots of the outside

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