Fremantle - convict city

On Saturday we took a trip to Fremantle. It's where the convict ships landed when Western Australia was first settled by the British and so has plenty of old world flavour and history. A real change to all the new settlements we've seen so far.

The market area was full of interesting stalls, but the fruit and veg was what caught my eye - so many stalls full of produce and all with tasters of mango and pineapple, yum! And all Australian grown. This was what just one of the traders was offering.

Then it was off to prison for the 'Doing Time' tour. The prison was built entirely by the convicts and used as a prison up until 1991 and is now a tourist attraction.



The tour was good, the guide had a very dry sense of humour with plenty of tales to spook us. The prison is as complete as possible right down to the gallows cell - which comes with noose! You can do a torchlight tour of an evening - when all the ghosts come out.

Fancy spending the night here?


This was the size of each individual cell when the prison opened in the 1870's. The cells were doubled in size in the 1920's, but you'd've still only been able to swing a very small cat!

And then we had chance to do what Australia seems to do best - having a coffee and watching the world go by. (Who says it's only the British who are good at armchair sport?!) This was the strip, and all the likely lads were out posing!

Look at the colour of the sky - another lovely spring day!