Great Places To Visit - Fremantle WA

Great Places To Visit - Fremantle WA - Australia

Spending a few weeks in beautiful historic Fremantle WA. Lovely spot. Lots of history. Very friendly people. Free buses (called Cats) which travel in 2 different loops (blue cat and red cat) in the area. Great to hop on and off to check out different locations/tourist spots,etc. We are staying at a B and B, separate self contained unit only 10minutes walk from the Fremantle markets. Great locations. Nice unit. There is a Fremantle cat bus stop out front! So convenient. Jump on and off to the beach or the markets, or the malls, the post office, the railway station etc, etc. It literally takes you anywhere of interest in it's long loop but it's only 15 minutes to do a full circuit.

Enjoying the beautiful weather Freo has turned on for us. Highly recommend a visit to this fascinating part of Australia. The beaches here are fantastic!!!! Plenty of restaurants to pick from and all we have tried so far have been good.

Benny's Bar and Cafe had to be good....our son's name is Ben! LOL And it was good food and good coffee. As I was there for brunch it was a bit early in the day for me to try out the bar.

On the weekend we went for a short drive on the coast to Mandurah. Great spot! Lots to see and do. Highly recommend a visit here. It's only about 45minutes drive from Fremantle.


This is the kitchen/dining area of our cute little B and B unit.


Bathers Beach Huts


Benny's Bar & Cafe


Warf


Free "Cat" bus stop No 2


Sunset on the marina


Morning tea at Mandurah


Bathers Beach Fremantle at Sunset


Bathers Beach at Sunset

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