Glad we are not in here for the night. They are converting some of the cells into a youth hostel. Reminds me of the plans for Broadmoor.

Our final night in Western Australia was spent at Fremantle in an apartment overlooking the marina. The temperature was a pleasant 28 degrees and we decided to visit Fremantle prison which started as a convict camp and until its closure in the 1980s a high security prison. With such an inhospitable surrounding countryside most escapees were recaptured. We had a great fish and chips for dinner and an early start to fly to Sydney.

Monkey Mia is a beautiful spot in the world heritage site "Shark Bay". Our chalet looks out on the beach and each morning the Dolphins come up to the beach to be fed by volunteers and also to fish for themselves. They come into the shallows and fish in knee deep water by herding the fish like a sheep dog. In the afternoon and evening we went out on Shotover a 60 foot catamaran to see dujongs, turtles and more dolphins. In the evening the wind rose to a force 7 ...

We left Monkey Mia early before the sun had made everything to hot, however it was already 30 degrees! First stop was Eagle Bluff, a cliff overlooking a shallow part of Shark Bay where using the binoculars we were able to see sharks swimming around. It is still very windy so keeping hats on requires good straps. Next stop was shell bay whose beach is entirely cockle shells from a particular cockle that can withstand the high salinity of the bay. The final stop w...

Our friendly emu.