Last weekend I attended a boat show in Fremantle, a booming coastal suburb of Perth. Freo, as it is called by locals, is still a working port today with 2 miles of docks. Coming into the suburb by train, you are greeted by massive cargo ships, and having never seen one up close, the size was astonishing to me:
Founded in 1829, it still retains some its colonial architecture:
Fremantle is also known for its historical criminal and maritime past, but those are adventures for another day. Today was the boat show, which included but not limited to the following: dinghys, jetskis, yachts, inflatable boats, seajets, fishfinders, propellers, cabin boats and speedboats. I was clearly out of my league here, as most of the browsers were either younger blokes hoping to someday own a boat of their own or older blokes who were taking the bidding seriously. So, I settled for being the wide-eyed, touristy girl taking pictures of commonplace things such as propellers and kayaks:
More on Fremantle is sure to come, I promise! The Fremantle Prison (a prison built from convict labor) is a must see tourist attraction, as well as the Western Australia Maritime Museum, so stay tuned :)
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