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Where is Fremantle? Fremantle, Western Australia, is a seriously cool city. It’s chock full of cafes, architecture, beaches, and a quirky, relaxed vibe that makes you sort of never want to leave- a bit like a Byron Bay of Australia’s west coast. It’s also the jumping-off point for Rottnest Island, one of the most beautiful … Read more
‘I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die’, Johnny Cash melancholically crooned in ‘Folsom Prison Blues’, but to get a one way ticket to Fremantle Prison only required much less serious crimes. Is it weird to get excited over spending the day in prison? Probably, but I’ve always had an interest in … Read more
Follow my blog with Bloglovin How to spend a day in Fremantle I didn’t know much (ok, anything) about Fremantle before a recent trip to Western Australia. However, I had come across the very intriguing Fremantle Prison, and knew it had to be on my itinerary when I was out west. However, I thought I’d … Read more
How to Plan a Day on Rottnest Island Rottnest Island, located off the coast of Western Australia, about 19km from Fremantle, had caught my eye for years. Vibrant turquoise beaches that literally don’t look real, kilometres of car-free terrain and coastline to explore, and small marsupials called quokkas, found nowhere else on earth except for a … Read more
I originally planned on visiting Fremantle solely to check out the Fremantle Prison, a convict-built prison and World Heritage site. However, once I stepped off the train and into the town, I was blown away by the architecture there, itself a good enough reason to visit the area. Fremantle, or ‘Freo’ to the locals, is … Read more
By the time you read this, you’ll probably be snared on a drum line, waiting to die a slow and painful death; punishment for your heinous crime of existing in your own ocean. If I may be honest, we don’t like you. In fact, your mere presence in the great blue abyss of our beloved … Read more