We caught the bus into town again today and then went across the river on the ferry to the Perth Zoo. Whilst we were crossing the river we saw a group of dolphins swimming there.
After lunch we went into the zoo and decided to see the African and Asian animals. It was very well set out with space for the animals and lots of playthings to keep them occupied. We saw elephants, lions, tigers, cheetahs, rhinos, hyenas, otters, monkeys of many types, meerkats, sun bears, red pandas and many others.
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| Otters |
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| Orangutang |
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| Cheetah (Hyena actually!!! Thanks Nan - good to see you are checking blog.) |
Day 92 Friday 15th July
The weather has changed again. We had rain all night and there has been rain most of the time today. It is not as cold as previously but the rain certainly changes the effect. We went to “Freo” (Fremantle) today. It is a lovely city with many beautiful buildings which are obviously very old.
First we went to the Maritime Museum where we went through a submarine, the Ovens, which was docked next door. The tour guide was excellent as he told us all about the submarine and how it worked. It was very tight down there and you wouldn’t want to be claustrophobic.
The rest of the museum had a number of boats in it , including Australia II which won the America’s Cup in 1983.
Then we went to the Shipwrecks Museum which has the remains of some of the early Dutch ships travelling to Batavia or the Spice Islands. The Batavia, the Duyfken, The Zuitdorp and a few others were in there. Some of the things they carried were amazing.
We had fish and chips on the wharf and then went to the shed Markets. We found the Fremantle markets but it was pouring rain so we left and came home.
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| World Map 1606 |
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| Inside submarine |
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| Batavia wreck |
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| Dirk Hartog pewter |
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| Fremantle wharf |
