On to Perth

Our next stop was Perth. Our journey there allowed us to drop in and see the thrombolites at Lake Clifton, just south of Perth. While they look like rocky mushrooms, these are actually amazing rocks that have been growing for millions of years thanks to some busy micro organisms that are unique to the area.
Perth itself was quite a good place to spend Easter - sensible to avoid the holiday areas up and down the coast. We stayed at Fremantle, and really enjoyed being in that area - lots of things happening all around that area. We travelled into Perth and had a picnic lunch in King's Park. We followed that with a walk around Fremantle and Justin, Tilly, Isla and Maia all doing the brewery tour at Little Creature - they all really loved it, but Justin was the only one allowed to drink the samples at the end!
A real highlight of Perth was traveling 5 minutes off the coast by ferry to Penguin Island. As you'd expect, there were fairly penguin rookeries all over the island, and we even got to see some captive pensions being fed (they have a penguin rehab centre on the island also).
Photos below are-
1: Isla and the thrombocytes
2: On the ferry to Penguin Island
3: climbing trees on Penguin Island
4: Penguins being fed
5: Hiking on Penguin
6: Pia at Fremantle
7-8: Fun at King's Park in Perth city