Rottnest Island (Day 9)

Yesterday we bummed around Fremantle - had some lunch, did some shopping.  Nothing much.  No photos to show.

Us on the ferry

Today the weather was perfect and we were headed to Rotto.  I have been on Rottnest a number of years ago when the weather was dreadful and it doesn't bode well for a good day.  We didn't hire bikes, largely because of Henry.  He isn' big enough to go in one of the baby carriers even that they have for hire, so we just did a short circuit walk out of the main Thomson Bay area.  This walk took us past Longreach Bay where we stopped for the kids to have a swim.  The water was quite cool, but once they were in, they were fine.

The water was crystal clear and so glittery.  Postcard worthy.

On the walk we also spotted some quokkas (or 'crockers' as Biddy called them), but we needn't have worried about not seeing one, as when we were at a playground giving baby H a bit of a crawl around, one hopped up, sniffed him, jumped over him and allowed the kids to pat it.

That night, we caught up with a friend of ours, Paul Beavon, who was Mark's best man at our wedding.  It was simply great to catch up with him, because due to the distance, I think we might have only seen each other in person twice since our wedding 11 years ago.  Thanks Paul for the dinner too!