On the Tuesday 8th December we finally arrived in Perth, not much to do at 10:30 so we went to bed. We stayed in the Seashells Apartments at Scarborough.
Scarborough is one of the beach suburbs of Perth. It was really windy but had beautiful sunsets. We met up with Steve, Mary and their children George, Bethan and Robbie. Steve & I worked together many years ago in Liverpool. They have a lovely house with a pool & we had a great evening with them. It was good to catch up.
We knew nothing about Perth so caught a city tour bus to get our bearings. Perth isn't very big. It sits on the Swan River & is quite pretty. When we go back to Perth we'll be staying on the edge of Kings Park & have already decided what we're going to visit.
On Friday we caught a ferry over to Rottnest Island. The island is 11km long and no private cars are allowed on the island. The best description is that it's a little bit like Centerparks. We hired bikes and spent the day cycling around the island swimming and snorkelling off small beaches. It was lovely. Rottnest Island is famous for its quokkas. Quokkas are marsupials & look a bit like a mini kangaroo. They are really cute & quite friendly. As they are wild you're not allowed to feed them or interact with them. Bit tricky when this cute creature comes up to you. Unfortunately I trod on a tail - oops. The quokka didn't seem to bothered!
After a final relaxing day in Scarborough we caught the plane to Exmouth.
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