Whale Watching

Yet another early start - this time to get on a boat and head out into the ocean to go whale spotting - a popular pastime at this time of year as they're migrating.

The sea was very calm and flat - in the harbour that is! Once we got out to open sea it was a bit more bouncy. Thank heavens for Travel-eeze.

While the crew were disappointed we didn't see more whales - we were excited to see what we did - a mother and calf, and some dolphins! All in sight of land too - I thought we'd have to be out in deep ocean, but no, they come relatively close to shore.

After some lunch and time to regain our land legs we headed off to Kings Park. This is a huge park on the edge of Perth, overlooking the city and the meeting of the two rivers. As you stood looking down it was only too easy to imagine the convict ships coming upriver looking for somewhere to unload their cargo.

This is where the Western Australia War Memorial is - commemorating all those from the state who died in conflicts from the Great War onwards.