Fremantle
· walking · exploring · Fremantle · OpenStreetMap ·
This morning's walk was a success I think, although I'm growing more disappointed in the Department of Transport's ability to a) put markers where they need to be, and b) use materials that don't degrade to nothing in the sun. Those things don't matter though, because this is really more about ambling around looking at things than it is a necessity to follow the actual trail. I found thirteen trail markers, but only twelve are on this map because two are in the same location.
This is the second of these that I've followed, after the Boardwalks and Brewery Loop a couple of weeks ago. This one goes out to the end of a couple of groynes and so is nicer I think. There's always something totally calming about sitting on the rocks at the water's edge, looking out to sea.
I started at the main sign, but actually it says that the start is in front of Kalis' fish and chip shop, so I headed over there — where there was the lovely sight of a pod of dolphins right in close in the harbour, herding a school of fish up against the wharf. They were being watched by a few excited tourists and some crew on the Marine Rescue boat Resolute. I tried to get a photo of them, but of course that sort of pic never works out (and one should not even try, and just enjoy the moment).
Most of the trail was as boring as expected:
But a few of things stood out:
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Firstly this cor-ten obelisk thing.
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And the seafood factory near it, with it's large flow of water.
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The entrance to what was Quest Apartments, but which now has the sillily-punctuated name of "Be. Fremantle".
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And the cruising yacht club's 'club house' (such as it is; more masts and less pomposity than the nearby Royal Perth Annex I think).
But most useful, and leading to hopefully another Sunday outing for me, is this map of the America's Cup Walk, which shows the locations of all (or some?) of the competitors in 1987:
