I was up very early as I had difficulty sleeping in a bed that was huge so I caught up with my blog before going down to the Smorgasbord for breakfast. I whipped out my camera for a picture but the battery was flat. It is a dedicated battery and as I have no spare had to to fall back to using my phone for the day. I sat with three other travellers from train for breakfast which started at 6.45am and as we had to get to our bus pick up point at 7.30am had a quick meal.
Of course we had to wait ten minutes for the bus which only took us a couple of kilometres where we we transfered to another bus for a tour of the city and Freemantle the major port near Perth. The four breakfast companions sat together as a group on the bus, Things did not go too well. Perth traffic was horrendous and we were gridlocked for half an hour which meant that were late getting to our stop at Kings Gardens a major Perth attraction. Instead of a 45 minute stop we had 20 minutes. The gardens were great and I feel that they deserved a full day to do them justice.
Back on the bus we were two passengers short. They took another 15 minutes to board and put us further behind our schedule. Our driver took us to Freemantle where we had about 20 minutes to look around before catching a ferry back to Perth at 11.00am. The group of four had a minor revolt and changed our ferry ride until 12.30pm. This gave a little time to explore the "old port", it was extensively modernised for the America's Cup in 1988 but the building facades retained. We also had a quick lunch lunch before catching the ferry.
The ferry ride was about an hour and gave us a great idea of how beautiful the Swan River in Perth is. I regretted not having my camera as it was too bright to use my phone. Back in Perth we had a walk from the quay to the hotel and stopped off to walk through a "British Arcade" built in 1938". Then it was back to my room for a rest. I was absolutely worn out and slept before going to dinner in the Smorgasbord at 5.30pm. I could not face the full deal and just ordered a steak an chips. When it arrived it was on a huge plate and the steak was 20mm thick and about 200mm wide. I managed about half it and two glasses of local Cabernet Savignon were needed to help it down.
Back in my room it was a bit stuffy, it had been 35C during the day, so I tried to open a window and had a rather limited view.
I intended to write up my blog but fell asleep. I went to bed a 8.00pm and slept soundly all night.
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