Kings Square

The apartment is actually a bit run down though I will say the bed was soft, warm and comfortable. Looking at the maps over breakfast in the Freo Bakery I wonder if we weren't perhaps meant to be staying in Arundel Street... .

Back at the apartment I go onto Airbnb to check and, yes, we were confirmed for a nice looking place on Arundel Street. Not very pleased, I call Val. She explains that the lift is broken and as we were on the 6th floor so she's had to move everyone staying there and didn't we get the message? No, no message received. I say that this place is a bit tatty and she says it's similar to the original place and the same price. She might be able to offer us a townhouse but it's meant to be two nights minimum. Then she offers us a refund for the second night. We say we'll call her back. We don't really want to have to move, dragging everything back to the car - that'd be twice in twelve hours and three times in twenty four as we move again tomorrow. Not to mention the waste of our time. We agree we'll take the refund for the second night. I call her back and we deal with the refund. She then slips up and says these are the budget apartments. Yeah, I've already checked Airbnb and this one isn't on there. Ok, maybe the lift was broken but I'm not best pleased at being palmed off with this. Hey ho, at least it's better than the freezing tent in the Outback with a sleeping bag determined to spit me out!

Saga sorted, we go off to explore Fremantle. We spend quite some time pootling round Fremantle Market. It's way smaller than the one in Melbourne yesterday with a mix of fresh food, cuisine to eat there and then, as well as an eclectic range of other market stalls. There's a definite hippy sort of vibe to the place.

Time for a visit to Fremantle Prison built by the convicts to house themselves. We keep this visit short as we've done gaol time this week already!

Down by the harbour we duck into the posh looking CharChar for lunch as it's starting to rain again. We try some rather good tempura battered oysters and go for their burger and beer meal deal.Read more