Pauls birthday

Paul was 39 this week and it was a bit of a subdued affair due to lack of finances. Today Paul fancied going to Fremantle on a budget....so off we went !!

We caught the train from Mandurah, free parking, $8.10 train ticket for the whole family (it covers 7 people with max of 2 standard rate passengers) on all trains, buses and the ferry from Perth to South Perth for the whole day which is awesome. No waiting at Mandurah...the train was waiting for us ! The train was clean and we went through Kwinana where the forest fire was earlier.....you could see the blackened trees on both sides of the track and we were told that the train continued running through the fire, it just didn't stop at the station !!! We changed at Perth and caught the Fremantle line which went through some lovely older locations and, at one point, followed the sea.

At Fremantle we visited the Esheds for lunch (approx $30), looked around the markets then wandered through Fremantle stopping at whatever took our fancy before stopping at the Ferrari cafe (named Frarri cafe) where there were lots of pics and memorabilla of Ferrari F1 all for sale. Paul managed to restrain himself and we headed back to the station. At the last minute we decided not to get the train back to Perth but to take the boat, this was $56 for all of us but was really worth it. Paul liked the free tea and coffee, I enjoyed the free wine and we all enjoyed the views on the hour and 15 min trip. It's been a gorgeous day weather wise, in the early 30s so not too hot and a nice cool breeze in the afternoon which is always welcome in the summer. At Perth we had a bit of a wander round before heading for the train back to Mandurah. We left home at 9am and arrived back at 7pm absolutely shattered, blissfully happy and the whole day only cost us $110 (under 50 pounds ) and that included all transport, drinks and food all day long ......and we could have done it even cheaper if we wanted to !!

Thats just one of the many things I like about it here

10:33 - Sun 27 January 2008

Happy Birthday!

We keep missing each other! We were in freo today - got the ferry to Rotto with family.

Glad you had a lovely time!

Jules x

julesandco - 01:27 - Mon 28 January 2008