Cheese and Quokkas

We took the ferry over to Rotto (Rottnest Island). We had to take a ferry over from Freo at 9:45. We left the flat with plenty of time to be able to make it down there since we didn't know the bus times. We got there really early, about an hour before we were supposed to be there to be 30 minutes early. We ended up going around town to get me something to eat for brekkie. We got a cinnamon roll and it was delicious!

The ferry over is about a half hour. It wasn't too bad until the end when the water got a little rough. I'm glad my mom had her motion sickness patch on or she wouldn't have made it. It was really pretty on the island, but also windy. We walked around for a while and ate lunch at Red Rooster. It was good, but definitely no Chicken Treat! We also got to see some quokkas.(my dad kept forgetting how to pronounce quokkas hence the title.)  Rotto is the only place that they are found in the world and they are super cute! I actually pet the one in the picture as it walked by, although I doubt you are supposed to. It was pretty soft!

We then decided to get tickets and go on the bus around the island. We asked the driver what would be a good beach to go to, so we got off there. That ended up being a cliff with no way down. We then walked because it was an hour before the next bus came that we could get on. It was far and it was hot out. Then next beach that we got to had a little bit of rock climbing to get down to the beach. I could easily get down and back up, but my mom was nervous that she wouldn't be able to get back up. When the continued on. It was even further to finally find another beach that we could get to. It was called Parakeet Bay, although I saw no parakeets. We were only there for about an hour or two before we had to leave to go back. Although my dad and I did walk out to a big rock on one end of the beach and found a big black lizard!

Our ferry was supposed to be at 4:30 but because of the bus times we got back before 4. We got ice cream and then decided to take the 4 ferry back to Freo. It was pretty sunny and we all got sunburnt. We forgot to put on sunscreen after initially putting it on before leaving the flat. Oops! My nose and shoulders got burnt, but it was mostly gone the next morning except for my left shoulder. It is still a little burnt as I write this on Thursday night. I again stayed at my parents for the night.