More driving round and round as we toured Fremantle: fisherman’s wharf and jetty, the Fremantle Prison (built by convict labor between 1852 and 1860) and the Roundhouse, the oldest remaining building in Western Australia, built as a jail, and the first permanent building in the colony.  There is a tunnel underneath the walls, built to help whalers drag their catch into town.  From Fremantle, we head south to Rockingham, a nice coastal area known for dolphins, seals and fairy penguins.  We stood by a gorgeous red bottlebrush and watched some lawn bowling for a while, then head back north.

In Swan Valley, we checked into a “cabin” (sort of like half a trailer with one long room and an attached bath).  We spent the afternoon doing a tasting at the Lancaster Winery (the region is known for their “fortifieds” and their fortified shiraz was very good), sampling chocolate at Margaret River Chocolate Company, and nougat at Mondo Nougat.