4th Oct 2014 - Rockingham Wildlife Encounters at Penguin Island/ Fremantle/ Matilda Bay/ Kwinana Freeway

We had a booking for the Dolphin, Penguin, Sea Lion Cruise at 1030am with the Rockingham Wildlife Encounters Company to Penguin Island. But before that, let me share with you our wonderful breakfast made by the lovely lady boss in the Como B&B, Helen!

We opted for pancakes that morning and the choice was a good one. The pancakes was really nice and filling for our breakfast before we embarked on a 40min drive to the jetty to board our cruise.

The sea was beautiful that day with great weather. Everyone was enjoying themselves by the beach or on the waters.






We waited shortly for our cruise and we saw snake and some reptile while waiting!

Our ferry came and we began our adventures. 

Our guide brought us around to locate dolphins, sea lions, pelicans, and some other wildlife around various islands or in the sea..





Dolphins!

I just love this Blue Blue Sea..

Weather was excellent that day and we spotted all wildlife that we can see..

Birds

Pelican

Coming out to Say Hello!

Sea Lions!

After about 90min, we alighted at Penguin Island to catch the feeding show. Penguins breed in Australia were really small, as compared to what we saw in South Africa. No doubt small, they were very agile and swift in swimming. It was quite fun seeing them posing around and swimming around freely.

Getting Ready!

Patiently Queuing for Food

Visitors to Penguin Island can choose to do all sorts of sea sports like kayaking with the sealions etc but we didnt go for that. There was no food outlets on Penguin Island itself. As it was nearing lunch time, we made our way to Fremantle Markets.



We had lunch at the Fishing Harbour.

This is a yummy squid appetiser

Look at the serving size!

Yummy Oysters 

 Now the markets are only open during Friday and weekends,which hence explains the crowd when we were there on a Saturday. We had a seafood platter at Kailis and we finally had a taste of the fresh oysters, lobsters, fish and squids. THe portion size was very huge for 2 of us. Eating out at Australia is not cheap I must say but their serving size is quite overwhelming.

After a hearty meal, we walked around Fremantle to explore the markets and shops. It has several interesting shops and the streets are full of nostalgic atmosphere. We saw street performances around the market and did some shopping at the various shops too..









We made our way to Woolsworth to get our stock of Timtam cookies as requested by folks in Singapore haha..

After exploring Fremantle, we went to Matilda Bay, looking for the reputable boathouse that has been one of the top photographic spots in Perth. However, we didnt manage to locate it after walking the entire stretch.. but the sunset that day was quite spectacular with the boats to make up the picture..

and just as we were about to give up, we finally saw the boathouse! but it was too late to shoot anything decent..so we decided to make a return trip on the last night we had in Perth..

Us with the Sunset at Matilda Bay!

Kids Out at PLay!

Even the Moon is Out

It was just 7pm by the time we finished Matilda Bay..so we decided to hang around and stopped around Kwinana Freeway to take some of the night shots.

Beneath the Freeway

At the end of shooting, the temperature have drastically dropped that I was practically shivering, so we hopped on the car, purchased take-away pizzas and went back to Como B&B for a good rest!