Day 2 of the Western Australia adventure: Perth/Fremantle

Sunday was Anzac Day, which is a public holiday in Australia to commemorate the lives of those lost at Gallipoli in World War I. Australians take this day very seriously and throughout the country there are parades and services: we were lucky enough to see a little of the parade in Perth before heading to Fremantle where we had decided to spend a couple of nights.

Although we hadn't booked any accommodation we managed to find a cheap and clean hostel with a vacancy; after settling ourselves in we walked to Fishing Boat Harbour and a place called Cicerello's, which apparently serves Western Australia's best fish and chips, and is a tourist must-do when in Fremantle. It was absolutely packed and rightly so: the fish was delicious.

Next stop was the Fremantle Markets which are held every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. There were a variety of stalls there selling all sorts of arty-things, as well as stalls selling fruit, vegetables, home-made breads, cheeses and lots of other yummy fresh food. There were also buskers outside doing Covent Garden-esque acts, in particular a guy called Mickey who did lots of cool (and a bit weird) dancing to Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake.

We eventually headed back to the hostel with our goodies from the market and after our backpacker-style dinner, which consisted of a cheese, avocado and tomato sandwich we finished the evening off with a trip to the pub for some cider and a game of crib (Dave won, but I'm rusty...I'll beat him tomorrow once I'm back on form, I'm sure).