“What's wrong with TomTom?” I asked Adrienne. “ Freemantle is listed but no streets are listed. Maybe the new map is faulty.” “Silly” she said. “There is no double “e” in Fremantle”.
Freemantle does exist in Australia and is 230km NW of Sydney between Orange and Bathurst. It is a location on Freemantle Road.
A drive on Western Australia's freeways saw us into Fremantle early. Covered, paid parking was plentiful. The first stop was the Fremantle markets. The fresh fruit and vegetables were enough for Adrienne to consider relocating here. But the thought only lasted a moment.
After the markets we visited the Fremantle Jail, which had been in use up until the 1990s. This was more than a century after a recommendation was made to close it down. We walked around the city and headed to the marina area (Fishing Boat Harbour), for a delicious seafood lunch at Cicerello's, “Western Australia's Number 1 fish and chips” (their advertising).
After lunch we visited one of the maritime museums, this one specialising in wrecks off the WA coast and the influence of the Dutch East India Company on this part of the world. Interesting detail.
Perth and Fremantle exhibit some interesting architecture, plus an underlying penchant for retaining the old facades of buildings. Maybe by Government order. Most of these, whilst obvious, are grafted as well as can be into a more modern building. But I'll let you, dear reader, make your mind on the one pictured. The old building has been replaced by an open, public car park. There is the facade, going nowhere.
We then visited the art gallery, the contents of which left Adrienne underwhelmed.
We decided to drive home along the sea front, which shortened the trip home by about 60% of the trip on the freeways.
In all, another interesting day in the west.
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