A boat trip is always popular
with us and an hour trip up and down the Swan River estuary ticks all the
boxes. There’s only 6 of us for this tour and after applying factor 50
sunscreen, donning a white wide brimmed bush hat complete with chin strap and
taking a bottle of water, the boat sets off. The speed it sets off at takes Jen
and I by surprise, there’s a good chance Jen might not only loose her hat but
also reveal more leg than she intended! The tour guide and driver, Dave, is
very informative and amusing, we see the river dolphins and ospreys and learn
about the aboriginal history of Heirisson Island and the escaping kangaroos. He
points out the Old Swan Brewery, the expensive real estate lining the bay and the
Matilda Bay Boathouse which even has its own Facebook site in Asia probably for
the tourists to check themselves out! A lunch of fish, calamari and chips sat
by the quay is a lovely treat. And a free bus ride around the rest of the city
finishes the day nicely showing us the new museum development and more old
buildings ripe for re-development.
As a small thank-you to our generous hosts we’re going out for dinner tonight and after a fair amount of research we find a restaurant that’s open on a Monday. The walk to Al Fornetto is a nice 15 minutes stroll and surprisingly the restaurant is quite full, fortunately they have a table for 4 available. Our order of pizza’s soon arrive and I can recommend them all, they’re so large a doggy bag is required.
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