Friends in Fremantle

After nearly 2 months of following our friends James and Lou's travel footsteps but always missing then by a couple of days or weeks, we finally managed to meet up with them today. We originally met them when we were travelling in South America 12 years ago, so it was fitting that we met up again on the other side of the world! It was really lovely to see them both and we all spent a fun day exploring Fremantle together. Solana enjoyed having some adults that weren't her parents to talk to and play with too! Fremantle is a small city, with a relaxed and friendly feel about it - we all liked it. There are quite a few old (for Australia) buildings and we went to see the Roundhouse (3rd photo), which used to be the jail and saw the cannon being fired there at 1pm (so loud that we felt, as well as heard, it!). We had a picnic in the park for lunch and enjoyed a game of Uno cards in the sunshine. We also found some lovely beaches right on the edge of the city; we hadn't taken swimsuits but Solana went skinny dipping again, whilst we restricted ourselves to a paddle. We've come back for dinner with Sandy tonight and we hope that our travel paths will cross with James & Lou's again whilst we're in Western Australia...Read more