Fremantle
is a gorgeous town. There are sculptures all over the place and a wonderful
quayside area. We were awaiting delivery of a part which, thanks to a train
derailment was taking rather a TOLL. (ha ha ha.. see what I did there??!)
We had the
WORST parking experience ever. We did the usual checks over the phone (“Can you
fit a 40ft coach with a 6m trailer – we are 19m in total?”) and Dunc even did
his usual walk through before we even drove into the joint. But there was one
little teeny tiny retaining wall that made life hell. After a good 45 minutes
of reversing and forwarding, MANY swear words from Dunc and lots of helpful
good thoughts from the neighbor, the maintenance man was called to remove one
paltry little brick. He wasn’t too keen on the idea, and got Dunc and Bertha to
dance back and forth a few more times. He very quickly realised it wasn’t going
to work and happily kicked the brick loose. Yet again we had maintenance men
swearing at the office staff for putting us in an unsuitable site. We really
should ask to speak to the maintenance men in future…
Not long
after we were finally settled, the children had their day made when a caravan
pulled up next door with the family from Margaret River on board! And about an
hour later, the OTHER family from Margaret River (the ones we had only just
seen in Karrinyup) arrived as well! They were all going to Rottnest Island
together, and it meant the kids could all play for a few days – yippee! The
weather was very second-rate and I didn’t want to spend a fortune going to
Rottnest Island in the rain, but in the end their day was mostly okay. We
probably should have gone afterall – doh!
We spent
our time wandering Freo and eating out at Little Creatures (yummy) and
Cicerellos (very disappointing – the children’s fish and chips had NZ fish!?
Really?! In a town renowned for fishing?) and checking out the sights. We went
to:
The Docks
where they have a lovely sculpture to celebrate the original fishermen
The
Fremantle Prison, which was operational until 1991. VERY interesting!
The
Shipwreck Gallery, where we learnt all about the Batavia
The
Maritime Musuem, where we saw the Australia II and had a tour in a submarine
Our new
inverter arrived only one day later than we thought, though Dunc DID have to
drive to the other side of Perth to collect it. He combined that with a
catch-up lunch with Jerry on his way to the airport, so it all worked out
rather perfectly in the end. I shall get Dunc to do a ‘guest post’ about the
inverter, but safe-to-say he installed it in one day and has been a very happy
chappy ever since.
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