Tuesday - last day in Perth

So folks, today is our last day in the City of Perth before we take our huge train journey tomorrow (providing it is on time and still running after the incredible storm we had here yesterday).

We decided after our laid back day of sorting yesterday to have another train journey to the beautiful Fremantle and visit the Maritime Museum Shipwreck gallery.  A visit both of wanted to make as the more time we have spent on the West coast the more we have learned about the vaired history of this coastline.

News to both of us was that the British were not the first people here, it was in fact the Dutch in the 1600s, however, they did not decide to settle and instead were unfortunate over the next couple of years to wreck 4 major ships in the Dutch East India Company.

With the history lesson over for the day we hopped back on the train to West Perth and made the short walk from the station to King's Park, a park created in the late 18th century, and covering many acres.  We enjoyed the views it offered over Perth and also had our picnic there.  After a wander to try and use the glass floored canopy walk (which was unfortunately closed after the storm) we settled instead to climb the 'DNA' tower....can you spot Ben at the top!?

A great warning sign about car crime caught our eye...luckily we didn't see any men wearing stripey t-shirts and bandanas!!

Once our wandering spirits were satisfied we jumped on a free bus heading downtown and went back to the hostel for a short rest before going to our new favourite place...the State Library, where we get free internet access!!

Tonight we are packing up ready for the start of our 2600 kilometre journey east!  So, the next blog will be when we arrive, if the train is on time that should be Friday morning.