Fremantle Beaches

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There are lots of lovely beaches around Perth and Fremantle. Our long stay at "Chester Villa" is a short walk from South Beach (there's a part of that designated as a "Dog Beach") and our land lord went there every day for a swim. We found the weather a little too cool for that and never did get in the water. With Kate's mobility problems we would drive over to park close to the beach.

There are continuous beaches to the north and south from Fremantle. Just north, on the other side of the Swan River, is Port Beach. On our last Friday I took Kate and some colleagues there for lunch at "Bib & Tucker". I wandered the beach a bit taking some pictures of the Container Port which is just a little south of that. I then drove up to Cottesloe Beach where I had fish and chips for lunch.

Cottesloe is a favorite beach. Back in 2004 we stayed nearby with Tim at his home before he moved to Canada. There's a dramatic old building there, the "Indiana Teahouse", that seemed to be closed for the off season. I recall there being a very nice restaurant there with great views of the sea. There were some surfers trying to catch a wave on at least one of our visits.

Another day Kate and I took a drive along the beachfront as far north as Scarborough Beach and Sorrento/Hillarys where we had stayed on previous visits. On our return we found a nice restaurant at City Beach where we had lunch. The server asked if we had been before, "Yes, but it was 20 years ago". The weather there was turning with a dramatic dark sky.

For our final sunset we went to the other end of South Beach for a cool evening and another dramatic sunset. You can see Kate with her hood pulled up trying to stay warm. There were, nevertheless, a few brave souls in the water or sail boarding as in the picture above.