On our second day in Freemantle / Perth, our excursion was "Convicts of Freemantle & the Maritime Museum".
The Fremantle Prison operated from 1860 until 1991. Britain maintained is a penal colony until 1886 then it was transferred to the colonial government. It was operated as a maximum security prison untin 1991. It became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2010.
After we leave here, we have 7 days at sea accros the Indian Ocean before we arrive at the island of Mauritius next Thursday.
Cruise Terminal was quiet very early in the morning.
A cargo ship leaving in early morning.
first light over Fremantle in Fremantle
Dutch flag flies
First views of the sun
Gulls in the harbor
Australian Pied Cormorant flying over the harbor waters
The fin of a small dolphin in the harbor.
The I saw more of the dolphin
Our first stop was at the Fremantle Prison. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The main entrance
The front gardens
The main gate.
The central courtyard.
Inside the main building
the cells
example cell
Looking up at floors above. There was a net between first and second floors
The exercise yard
solitary confinement cell
A few cells had no light. prisoners' in there were in 23 hours a day.
Our excellent guide telling us about the "cat o' nine tails" whip
Our tour group
the death chamber
In the last few years of it's existence, inmates could paint pictures on their walls
Inmate art
Building we saw as to traveled to the next stop.
A hotel
Our next stop was the Western Australia Maritime Museum
A preserved Megamouth
The US Americas Cup boat that won in 1987 in Freemantle is housed here.
Jon Sanders sailed this yacht, Parry Endeavour around the world 3 times nonstop in 658 days ending March 1988 nin Fremantle. He holds 15 world records for endurance and other unique achievements.
Royal Australian Navy cold-war era submarine HMAS Ovens is undergoing facelift and makeover. It can only be viewed from a distance
Another container ship arriving in the harbor
More dolphins sighted at back of ship just before we departed
a Great Crested Tern
Sail-away party on the Promenade deck
The brewery/restaurant where I had a few beer and we had lunch today, I was just down the wharf from where we had docked
Customers there waved goodbye to our ship as we sailed by
Passing the Maritime Museum that we visited.
Clearing the break-water
Sailboats out in the windy conditions as we sailed away.
Goodbye Fremantle. We hope to get back here again.
A ferry speeding by.
A few sail-away party goers still hanging on.
Several freighters waiting to come into the port.
The start of sunset. I was very windy by this time
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