Yesterday was a perfect day to head out to the beach. We had already booked tickets on the ferry to take us and the in-laws to Rottnest Island, which is a smallish island about 20km out of Fremantle. Around the island is about a 21km cycle trip, but luckily there is a hop on hop off bus service which comes past each stop about every half hour. It was an anbolute scorcher out there, probably about 36 plus defrees, and not much shade around.
Our first stop point was at Parker Point, where there is some amazing snorkling spots to explore. A lot of wealthy boaties drop anchor here to have a play as well.
We snorkelled there for about 3 hours and saw hundreds of beautiful fish. I tried to video some of the reefs and fish, but didn't have a proper underwater housing, and so they all came out blurry... a good excuse to buy a housing and go back out there😉!!
We were a bit tired after that and caught the bus back to the town center on the island; about a 45 minute slow tour around the island. That gave us a chance to cool off and get some photos of some of the amazing beaches the island has to offer. Have a look here...
After lunch, we walked around the corner to another awesome beach to do some more swimming. There was a big fire burning in the Perth Hills area, and the smoke blew all the way over to the island, blocking out the sun, which cooled the temperature down quite nicely for the rest of the afternoon. We snorkelled some more and saw some really nice, big and small fish swimming around.
Of course no trip to Rotto is complete without a Quokka Selfie... It was hot so most of them were sleeping in the bushes, and those that were out were scurrying about, not holding still for very long. This is the best I could get.
Disobedient rascal!!!
It was a fantastic day over at the island, and afterward we stopped iff in Fremantle fo a bite to eat before heading home. Lucky we wnt yesterday, because today is rainy and miserable... but so refreshing to have rain!!
What a great day!!!