Fremantle/Perth or Bust

Hello,

I am in cruising the Australian Basin en route to Fremantle. To be honest I never realized it existed. I am about to see it in two more days.The city next to Fremantle is Perth the capital of Australia.

Melbourne is a beautiful city. It is a city planners dream setting. There are wide tree lined avenues - 99' feet wide with side streets of 66'. The city is laid out in districts. There is one district I believe many would like. There is the sporting district with a stadium for rugby, one for Aussie football, one for soccer, one for cricket, one for tennis, and a swimming facility. I got to ride the grand prix track that is being prepared for the race next month. All of these facilities are surrounded with park lands. It is beautiful. There is the law district, financial district, Italian district loaded with restaurants, so on and so on. The water front has been gentrified very nicely. Beautiful restaurants and bars. The city claims to have thousands of restaurants, with every imaginable cuisine.

I guess you can see I liked this port of call very much. I am finding Australia to be a country filled with diverse people filled with all kinds of creative juices that have found expression in all types of outlets. The next stop is my last port of call. I am sure it too will be great.

Take care.

Bill