Rottnest Island
Not even back from out road trip for more than 24 hours in Fremantle we already stepped on the ferry to Rottnest Island. Home to the Quokkas, small and cute marsupials that look like rats, but are actually far from that. Still, no wonder that our Dutch ancestors called it “Rat’s Island” (Ratteneiland). De Vlamingh was the first men to discover it. A trip which took them through a hazardous stretch of the ocean. Many cliffs are submerged by water and the ocean can be very wavy here. It’s home of a diverse marine life too; we spotted quite a few dolphins. I can imagine myself to see whales as well, but that’s not the season for it right now. Cycling was very exhausting over this rolling terrain especially when it’s warm. The weather forecast was fortunately wrong about the rain, so we were again lucky. A cool feature about Rottnest are the less explored lakes. I found some nice duck species, other water birds, and the pink algae in the saline lakes. As we tumbled over the amount of curious Quokkas on the road the day came again to a fantastic end. Sunset!
One week left in Perth
On the Friday night we had an awesome party in Newport Hotel in Freo, which result in some memorable photos. Saturday I went to the airport to say goodbye to Marjo. I discovered that Perth must be the most traffic lighted city on the planet. It took almost 1,5 hour to get to the airport. And every intersection is controlled by traffic lights… what a horror. On the way back from the airport that the trip from Sydney to Perth came to an end.
The last week I spent in the CBD. I went to environmental companies and had to arrange some things before leaving to Albany. Furthermore I managed to add another two national parks: Yalgrup NP and Dryandra NP. The first one is not a too exciting wetland. Interesting to see were the million years old strombolites. These organisms are known to be the earliest life forms on earth and still exist untill today.