Friday-Saturday, 9-10 NOV 2012
We pulled into Fremantle around noon Western Australian Standard Time and took a shore excursion into Perth.
This is the Fremantle Maritime Museum at the mouth of the harbor.
This is how they ship live sheep around the world:
The main attraction was King Park and the Botanic Garden. When time was up for the guided excursion we just let the guide and the coach driver know that we were electing to stay in the garden and find our own way back to the ship. Since the ship was to remain docked in Freo (as it is called locally) there was no danger that they might leave without us.
The monument below is to the WW1 dead of Australia and New Zealand. It's an example of a so-called ANZAC memorial. Virtually every city, town, and village that existed in 1914 has one or more ANZAC memorials. ANZAC stands for Australia/New Zealand Army Corp. If you care at all for military history, it makes for fascinating reading. In both countries there is strong feeling that Mother Britain, due to its out-dated, rigid, doctrinaire, and outright incompetent or stupid general command in the First World War grievously abused the soldiers of the ANZAC, who nevertheless fought with outstanding bravery and loyalty and suffered grievous losses, proportionally among the highest in the allied forces.
Nice statue with pretty sky:
Purty flowers! I don't know what they are. Paula is the botanist. Ask her.
The trees were all atwitter with these colorful characters:
The next morning we stayed close to the ship and explored Fremantle, whose quaint village center is just a few minutes' walk from the pier. Here is the main Anglican cathedral in the central plaza:
An interesting statue in the plaza park right next to the church:
A local artist has been at work:
The Catholic Church nearby:
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