Fremantle

- Thank god, our brekky was sour dough with butter and vegemite and plunger coffee
- Phone chat with Mick’s mate from Sig Elec, Ian Wilcock, who moved here a few years ago – we are arranging to meet up with him here, he’s a really, really nice guy
- Booked Rottnest Island for tomorrow
- A lot cooler here today and overcast unfortunately
- Walked around town and to the beaches – the water is flat and turquoise and with limestone sand – so white! So beautiful
- Walked south through Bathers Beach and South Beach – two or three kilometres
- One of them was a dog beach so gave lots of pooches scratches. One dog, Taffy, a black kinda collie-sheepdog cross loved me and snuggled up and sat on me feet
- Found a local Woolies, OMG so much cheaper than where we are staying so we stocked up on fruit, veg and wine at Dan Murphies
- Got an Uber back to the unit. What did we do before Ubers!!!!!!!
- Beer and lunch at the Little Creatures Brewery close to us. One of the original and great indi brewing stories in Australia. Had some shared plates there which were OK.

Took a walk around town and found:
- A beautiful old-fashioned yarn and craft shop and ended up talking to the owner for a fair while and felt heartened that she said a lot of young people are now taking up yarn-work, especially crocheting – she says it always seems to skip a generation. I showed her photos of the shawls I made for the babies
- A breathtaking retro second hand shop, large but very carefully curated and had a great conversation with the young woman, Leah, about Poole pottery, genie bottles, my sisters’ bridesmaid dresses, lava glazed bowls and Parker furniture
- Went to the town hall to pick up a historic walking map of town
- Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful buildings
- A MASSIVE salad tonight with nectarines and last night’s BBQ chicken.Läs mer