The second
week in Australia brought us to Adelaide, Albany and Perth – although I never
actually saw Perth.
Adelaide was
a lovely town to walk around along with its ocean-front sister town of Glenelg just
a short tram ride away. Lots of walking
around the two towns. I only took a few photos that day, this one is from Glenelg.
In Albany I
did an excursion out to the Valley of the Giants. The tingle trees that grow here are massive,
on the scale of our red wood trees, and grow only in Australia. There were paths to walk around (and through
a few) of these ancient trees as well as a treetop walkway. Afterwards we fit in a bit of wine tasting
to round out the day.
Perth was
our last stop… actually Freemantle, where the port is located. The first day was spent in Freemantle, a great
town to walk around with everything within easy reach from the ship. A fun little town with good shopping, restaurants
and beaches. The second day was off on an excursion into
the country to Yanchep National Park to see koalas (in their enclosure),
kangaroos and various birds.
At home we
have pigeons and seagulls stealing our food.
Here the thieving birds were more interesting.
We also went
down into the Crystal Caves and out to some big sand dunes. Busy day.
Moving on to
Mauritius next. In the meantime, the
annual World Cruise Olympics are starting up.
Should be entertaining over these upcoming sea days.
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