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Location Date Etmilyn 1727305200 Dunsborough 1727218800 Dampier Peninsular 1465945200 Broome 1465772400 York Western Australia 1465599600 Fremantle 1465426800 Perth
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Wednesday 8th June
It was an uneventful flight from Sydney to Perth. Ches and I like to book seats on opposite sides of the aisle and on this flight it was a wide bodied jet with spare seats beside both of us, so we could spread out and read and doze.
I had booked a cheap rental car, which turned out to be from a division of Hertz. A 10 minute drive on their bus to a depot where ex Hertz cars with 90K on the clock are rented. OK with us as it turned out to be fine for the five days we were in Perth.
It was not so uneventful when we picked up keys for our apartment and then tried to find the carpark. The address of the apartment is different to the carpark which is accessed via a back street. Sorted that out, parked and dragged our luggage to the lift. The apartment is in a 9 story block of 1960's apartments. All very dated and tired and ours was no exception. Freshly painted with new furniture however stank of tobacco, lights didn’t work, toiles seat fell off on contact, no heater ….. This generated an email expressing disappointment to which they responded on the Friday morning with some repairs and attention.
A quick circuit of the immediate vicinity around 4pm established that this part of Freo isn’t particularly active … its close to the docks, so perhaps that explains it. We bought basic provisions for breakfasts and returned to the apartment to check the internet for a decent restaurant for dinner.
We ended up at Limones Café & Restaurant, a 4 star in East Freemantle, just a couple of km away. What a find. Wednesday was the second consecutively day of the lowest June temperature in Perth since 2011 and prior to that in living memory ….just 15.1c and by the time we went for dinner at 6.30 (8.30 Sydney time), considerably lower.
We could have picked anywhere in Freemantle to eat and just happened to luck out at a restaurant that not only served great food and wine, but also had a second dining space with an open fire. As the evening wore on and more people filled the room and the fire built, it became lovely and warm.
We warmed the insides with a braised lamb shoulder on Venitian Polenta (white). Unfortunately they didn’t offer W.A. wines by the glass however I managed another wonderful Yarra Valley Pinot. For desert, Ches had an Orange Crème Brule and I had the sticky Fig Pudding. All good stick to the ribs food absolutely suited to the cold weather.
It was an uneventful flight from Sydney to Perth. Ches and I like to book seats on opposite sides of the aisle and on this flight it was a wide bodied jet with spare seats beside both of us, so we could spread out and read and doze.
I had booked a cheap rental car, which turned out to be from a division of Hertz. A 10 minute drive on their bus to a depot where ex Hertz cars with 90K on the clock are rented. OK with us as it turned out to be fine for the five days we were in Perth.
It was not so uneventful when we picked up keys for our apartment and then tried to find the carpark. The address of the apartment is different to the carpark which is accessed via a back street. Sorted that out, parked and dragged our luggage to the lift. The apartment is in a 9 story block of 1960's apartments. All very dated and tired and ours was no exception. Freshly painted with new furniture however stank of tobacco, lights didn’t work, toiles seat fell off on contact, no heater ….. This generated an email expressing disappointment to which they responded on the Friday morning with some repairs and attention.
A quick circuit of the immediate vicinity around 4pm established that this part of Freo isn’t particularly active … its close to the docks, so perhaps that explains it. We bought basic provisions for breakfasts and returned to the apartment to check the internet for a decent restaurant for dinner.
We ended up at Limones Café & Restaurant, a 4 star in East Freemantle, just a couple of km away. What a find. Wednesday was the second consecutively day of the lowest June temperature in Perth since 2011 and prior to that in living memory ….just 15.1c and by the time we went for dinner at 6.30 (8.30 Sydney time), considerably lower.
We could have picked anywhere in Freemantle to eat and just happened to luck out at a restaurant that not only served great food and wine, but also had a second dining space with an open fire. As the evening wore on and more people filled the room and the fire built, it became lovely and warm.
We warmed the insides with a braised lamb shoulder on Venitian Polenta (white). Unfortunately they didn’t offer W.A. wines by the glass however I managed another wonderful Yarra Valley Pinot. For desert, Ches had an Orange Crème Brule and I had the sticky Fig Pudding. All good stick to the ribs food absolutely suited to the cold weather.
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Anne Jones I forgot you were going - have a great time. I went to Perth on 4th May with my son and his family, they attended a wedding on 6th and then we explored Albany 3 nights, Pemberton 3 nights, Busselton 4 nights and Perth for 3 more, but you would have seen the photos Jade out on FB. Now to your next post.........