It's another beautiful day and without any discernible effort I'm somehow at the bicycle rental shop by 9am. By 10.30am I'm slightly sunburnt and taking a detour to get more suncream.Appropriately sun protected I cycle along the river to Kings Park. The views of the city from this elevated park are fantastic. I potter the morning away, doze off after lunch near a fountain and finally leave the park to cycle a route along the river. It's a lovely day of enjoying the Australian outdoors and feeling warm and holidayish again!
The next day is cool and it rains later but I'm interested to see the museum of Western Australia. There are some good natural history displays, an impressive collection of meteors found in the deserts, a section on the Stolen Generation and some explanations about life for the early settlers in this tough state. I hadn't realised really that Australia is such an old continent; there having been little in the way of earthquakes or volcanoes. Consequently the fossil record is old and more dinosaurs are being found all the time.
Last day in Perth and I take a tram to Cottesloe beach which is pretty but a bit chilly, from here it's a 7km walk to Freemantle and I'm keen for the exercise. At Freemantle the clouds lift and I can admire the harbour and Victorian buildings in the late afternoon sun, it's a nice little suburb. In the evening I take a last trip up to Kings Park to see the city by night which is beautiful.
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