Perth: Day Thirteen (1 November)

Today we went on a trip to Rottnest Island. It's called Rottnest because the first settlers thought the little animal found there was a rat but it's actually a kind of marsupial (like a small kangaroo) called a quokka.

First we took a ferry down the Swan River to Fremantle. Then we got on a catamaran (a boat with two hulls instead of one) for the last part of the journey. As soon as we arrived we took a bus ride around the island which gave us the chance to see the many lovely beaches and bays. During lunch we were lucky enough to glimpse a shy little quokka.

After lunch we went on a walking tour. The island used to be a prison so we saw that as well as other original buildings. I had an ice-cream :-) before we caught the catamaran back to Fremantle - it was quite a bumpy ride!

Barnaby