Feel on top of the world

famous rock star pose and is one of Freo’s most popular photo spots.

There are two more must-dos in Fremantle.

The buzzing Fremantle Market, housed in a striking heritage building and featuring more than 150 stalls selling fresh produce, clothes and gifts. And also Fremantle Prison, which is Western Australia’s only World Heritage-listed building.

Built by convicts in the 1850s, it was only decommissioned as a maximum security jail in 1991 and is now open for visitors to explore the cells and investigate the dank, underground tunnels.

Perth, a 30-minute drive away, is Western Australia’s largest city and the fourth most populated in the country. But despite its size, we felt it was in Freo’s shade.

That’s not to say it doesn’t have its attractions, but it does feel like a very businessorientated city.

We took a walk through Kings Park. At 400 hectares, it’s one of the largest inner city parks in the world and is visited by more than six million people every year.

A mixture of grassed parkland, botanical gardens and natural bushland on Mount Eliza, with a beautiful war memorial and a treetop walkway, it’s well worth a visit, especially if you time it to watch the sun setting over the water.

Down near the quay is The Bell Tower, which includes 12 bells dating back to the 14th Century from London church St Martins In The Fields, offering not only great views but the opportunity to chime a bell yourself.

Unfortunately, the bell was also ringing to indicate our time was up on the west coast.

Next week, the Austalian adventure continues on the east coast.