Perth Day 2

It's a beautiful day in Perth. I decided to do a river boat cruise to Fremantle and back this afternoon. I'm looking forward to getting out on the Swan River for the afternoon.
I took an Uber down to the jetty well ahead of time to make sure I knew where the boat was leaving from etc. I sorted my ticket and boarding time quickly and decided to have a quick lunch as there was no food sold on board - just a bar (priorities). The nibble plate I ordered was somewhat larger than expected but very nice.
The cruise went well. I sat outside at the back but this meant not always hearing the commentary. Plus every so often there was the whiff of diesel fumes so decided to move inside for the return journey. The commentary did cover some history but also pointed out all the various yatch clubs and rather expensive homes along the waterfront. There wasn't the chance to disembark at Fremantle to do any exploring. However, it did seem that some people had come down on an earlier cruise and returned to Perth on this one.
The Swan River is very impressive - wide, well used in terms of boating and had numerous park areas along its banks. There are also some serious private boats/yatchs out on the water as well.
I had hoped that there might have been a restaurant open in the Barrack Street Jetty area when we returned at 5pm. However, being a Sunday, everything was closed. So back to the hotel. I need to be organised for tomorrow morning anyway so that's okay.Read more