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Rottnest Island, Western Australia: A million miles from Perth

October 4, 2015 Jim 4 Comments

Rottnest Island lies in the Indian Ocean, a mere eleven miles from Perth, a metropolis with 2.2 million people. But it feels like the city is a million miles away.

Rotto, as the Aussies call it, has a permanent population of only 100 or so, but gets nearly half a million visitors every year. We got lucky and came over on a Sunday afternoon. It seemed relatively busy during the day, but felt like a ghost town after the evening’s last boat left for Perth. It’s Monday morning now and it feels like we have the whole island to ourselves.

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If my count is correct (and it probably isn’t) there are 21 bays on Rottnest. You find more boats than people on most of them.

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In California these beach houses would be multi-million dollar condos. Here on Rottnest they are merely affordably-priced visitor accommodations.

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This is the Rottnest Hotel, where we stayed. It was built sometime in the 1850s, originally as a summer home for the Governor of Western Australia.

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Comments

  1. Wanda Robinson says

    October 4, 2015 at 10:39 pm

    I’m pretty sure I could spend at least a day in each bay! Beautiful. Love, auntie

  2. whiskeyriver says

    October 7, 2015 at 7:16 am

    Beautiful beaches, very few people, that is a place I would like to visit!

    • Jim & Jamie says

      October 10, 2015 at 1:54 am

      You ain’t seen nothin’ yet, Whiskey. Wait until you see the photos from our next stop.

  3. Cathy S. says

    October 12, 2015 at 11:16 am

    Except for the beautiful homes, it reminds of Negril beach in Jamaica. Sigh, wish I was on a beach right now.

    Enjoy!!! Enjoy!!!

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