Bonus day in Freemantle. We returned from our adventures in Perth and Freemantle to find a letter from the Captain. The weather forecast for Esperance indicates that tendering would be impossible, so instead of starting out and spending 4 days at sea we're going to kill the day in Freo and go directly to Kangaroo Island, taking 3 sea days to get there.
This was a nice proactive response to potentially bad weather. It would be more persuasive if the ship's newsletter hadn't predicted Cloudy for both days in Freemantle. As you can see from the pictures there wasn't a cloud to be found for most of the day. If they missed that forecast, can we trust the Esperance forecast?
I did check passageweather.com (which was featured in the Tasman Sea crossing of our ATW trip). It appeared that there was bad weather in south Australia. Delaying a day would allow us to miss most of the bad seas, something I appreciate.
For our unplanned day we walked around Freemantle. Since this was now Friday, the Markets were open.
We actually had to move 240m down the dock to make room for another ship arriving the next day.
This market, just down the street from the dock, is a great place to find tours and adventures.
A crossing of the train tracks right by the dock. To the left is the ship that replaced us, to the right is the train station. Regatta is just out of the picture on the left.
Front side of the train station.
Freemantle street scenes
Camera House was a good place for camera purchases during ATW. Bought a replacement lens in Darwin for about the same price as New York mail order.
The Freemantle Markets, open on Fr-Sa-Sun.
Not the Freo Eye, just a Ferris Wheel in the Esplanade play area.
A Willie Wag Tail
View from the upper walkway of the Round House
Ceremonial cannon fired at 1pm daily so ships can set their clocks. This cannon is unheard by any of the circling GPS satellites.
Remember yesterday's picture of the church steeple with the two yellow stripes on it? This is the entire view from the Round House.
ARCS D'ÉLLIPSES
World-renowned artist Felice Varini’s installation, Arcs d’Éllipses spans 800 meters of High Street, and is custom designed to cascade from the Round House to the Town Hall. This monumental artwork will be created over the course of a month and will require a small army of assistants, volunteers and specialised equipment.
Outside the visitor's center, this Tiny Park is perhaps 3mx8m.
Public ping pong table
This was a nice proactive response to potentially bad weather. It would be more persuasive if the ship's newsletter hadn't predicted Cloudy for both days in Freemantle. As you can see from the pictures there wasn't a cloud to be found for most of the day. If they missed that forecast, can we trust the Esperance forecast?
I did check passageweather.com (which was featured in the Tasman Sea crossing of our ATW trip). It appeared that there was bad weather in south Australia. Delaying a day would allow us to miss most of the bad seas, something I appreciate.
For our unplanned day we walked around Freemantle. Since this was now Friday, the Markets were open.
We actually had to move 240m down the dock to make room for another ship arriving the next day.
ARCS D'ÉLLIPSES
World-renowned artist Felice Varini’s installation, Arcs d’Éllipses spans 800 meters of High Street, and is custom designed to cascade from the Round House to the Town Hall. This monumental artwork will be created over the course of a month and will require a small army of assistants, volunteers and specialised equipment.
2 comments:
Very neat art installation. Enjoying the blog and Cynthia’s “live from” on CC. Hope to do an AU circumnav and combine it with an overland in the not too distant future.
Thanks for the interesting photos. Sorry Cynthia is sick!
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