Sunday, 29 July 2007

Freemantle visit 29th July 2007

Another weekend. 5 weeks since the whole family arrived in Perth. Our container has arrived in Freemantle but it will still be 2 weeks before we see it. Customs and probably more importantly quarantine are very strict and check everything. Any untreated wood or animal products is a big no-no here.

Anyway, back to the weekend. Saturday was spent driving around looking for buildings of a particular era for Chloe's Architecture course. In fact half of Sunday was spent doing the same. We also had lunch at Mussel bar (http://www.musselbar.com.au/) then went to the Maritime museum and the roundhouse, which is the oldest remaining building in Western Australia. It used to be a jail (www.fremantle.wa.gov.au/things2c/html/roundhouse.cfm).

The Mussel bar is very nice. Not particularly cheap but good quality. We will book and pre-order next time as it was quite a wait to get served.
The Maritime museum was very interesting with many historical items recovered from wrecks along the Australian coast. See below pictures and captions from the visit.


Dad, Chloe and Kaitlyn outside the Maritime Museum

Kaitlyn with a model sailing ship
Chloe wasn't too impressed with the human remains but Kaitlyn doesn't seem to be bothered. This poor guy was 38 years old when he died, was missing a foot, had a broken right collar bone and an axe wound in his head. Didn't say what he died of !!!

Boom Boom
Where are the rotten tomatoes when you need them?

An example of the buildings Chloe had to photograph for her course











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