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Blog for Freemantle & Perth

All went very well in Freemantle and we left our friends on the ship and took at short train ride to Perth where we checked into our hotel.
Following Frans Beerling’s advice we took the free CAT Bus around the city and explored the delight’s of King’s Park and a pub, amusingly named "The Lucky Shag!"
Next day we decided to take an excursion to Rottnest Island, about ten miles off shore where we hired bicycles to explore this delightful paradise, there was a threat of thunderstorms but we stayed dry and JB managed a painting while Sue took a dip in the rather cold waters of the Indian Ocean. We were interested to see the little "Quokkas!, a sort of cross between a large rat and a kangaroo! That’s why the Dutch called it Rottnest, because they figured they were large rats!
By Tuesday we were off again this time on a Quantas flight to Melbourne where we were met by Alf, David and Elizabeth. They made us very welcome and we soon felt at home in their home where the temperature was a comfortable 24 degrees.
Since then our feet have not touched the ground as they whirled us around the delights of Melbourne, Dandenong and surrounding areas. On our drive down to Apollo Bat alonng teh Great Ocean Road Sue spotted wild Koala Bears so she was really happy.

You can see photos of us feeding the wild Crimson Rosellas and outside a café where we fed ourselves oh and the Koala too.
More news anon….