On Saturday, the last day we were staying in Perth (we were moving down to Rockingham next) we went on a cruise down the Swan River from Fremantle. We had the cruises recommended to us, and when we looked at the website it was offering it or only $5/p one way. Talk about a bargain!!
We decided as a fun way to travel, we
would catch the train in. The train would take us all the way to
Perth, and then we would change for a train for Fremantle. On a map,
the ferry didn't look too far away. So on Saturday, we set off.
We had our lunch in an esky, but it's
handle was broken and we had to carry it. It definitely wasn't the
lightest thing to lug around.
But we got on the train, after some
fuss with the tickets (us older kids were slightly embarrassed) and
had our schedules sorted out. The girls were absolutely entranced by
the train as this was the first time they had been on it (in their
memory anyway). Watching the scenery just glide by without hearing
the noisy engine of the Transit got Tahlia a bit uneasy at first, but
she soon settled down and enjoyed the ride.
Jumping off at Perth Underground we had
to do a toilet stop and when we found the toilet it was 50c to go!!
With no other option we coughed up 50c per person and then went off
to Fremantle.
Arriving at Fremantle station, we
consulted the street directory someone had so kindly lent us and
headed off. Dad, just to check, asked a couple of people where the
East street Wharf was. After being pointed in a different direction
to the street directory 3 times, we decided they must be right and
headed off in the opposite direction to where we started.
Arriving at Victoria Wharf we quickly
realised this was where the Captain Cook Cruises stopped off, not the
Golden Sun ones. Considering we were booked on the Golden Sun cruises
it wasn't very helpful. After consulting the map and the person at
the Golden Sun booking office, we decided that the way we headed
originally was in fact the right way and did a u-turn and set off
again.
We were hurrying as we thought that the
cruise was leaving at 11'o’clock and it was 5 minutes to. Setting
off, Dad and Chloe pulled ahead in the first group, then Josh and I
and bringing up the rear was Mum, Joel, and Tahlia. I was holding the
map, and was in charge of directions which was a bit hard as I had
one group 200m ahead and one 200m behind) and my directions were
obviously pretty good as we got there just in time for the boat to
pull in. Hurdles completed!!
The cruise was actually really good. We
oohed and ahhed at the humongous (like actually humongous times 2)
houses, and basically just the amount of people (we hadn't seen a
city above 100,000 since Darwin).
At the end of the cruise we hopped off
and wait for it........... we shopped!!
Thus ends our stay in Perth!!
See ya next time!!
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