Wednesday, February 21,2018
We arrived in Fremantle
on schedule. We remembered this port from our circumnavigation of Australia in
2015. The cruise terminal is old, run down and outdated. We waited as the
gangway to the terminal was put in place with a crane and a crew of 8 men.
Finally we went down the escalator to street level. Knowledgeable and friendly
volunteers manned the information desk. We quickly secured a city map and a
schedule for the free central business district buses. We exited, and started
our walk to the train station.
Fremantle is the port
for Pert. Perth is a 30 minute train ride away. Many passengers were headed for
the train station to go to Perth. We were headed there to board the free CAT
bus. We had toured to Perth the last time. Now we wanted to do Fremantle.
The ship will not depart
until 5PM tomorrow. So today we are using the free Red CAT and free Blue CAT
buses to ride around downtown and the waterfront. This will help us get our
bearings and be more efficient tomorrow. The rides were effective. Not much has
changed in three years. We will be very comfortable walking around tomorrow.
Back at the cruise
terminal we walked over the Free Wi-Fi
banner and took a seat to try to connect. Ha! We could not connect with
any of our devices. An attendant told us that the problem was too many users. A
quick look around showed about 25 users. We waited for some to sign off and
leave, but we still could not get on Maybe later.
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