Friday, February 20. Clear and sunny. 26 C. Perfect.
We had a bumpy ride all night up until pulling into this neat and tidy city. The Terminal is also super neat and tidy. We lingered for a while and around 9:30 walked off and into a free shuttle bus that dropped us off after five minute drive to the Central Business District area. I love the older look and feel of Australian Towns. They remind me of what Vancouver looked like and felt like in the 1940's. It felt good and comfortable.
However, I also recall and noticed the presence of what I forgot about in Australia from several trips throughout many years. That is The Role That Aboriginals play in the Australian Society. The history of the Aboriginals is not a pretty one. They were treated very, very poorly by the Early White Settlers. Let's leave it at that. Modern Australia has gone through their own form of Reconciliation with the Aboriginals and many are integrated into this modern society.
However, even in our short time today, I noticed the presence of small groups of aboriginals on the edges of parks etc, behaving in their own special way, being quietly ignored by the rest of society. There also seems to be some whites that look like they are Living Rough. The Aussies have the same issues with Society that we do in Canada, and the USA.
Fellette and I had all of the things on our shopping list done and in the bag in short order. We then walked to a Good Old Fashioned Barber Shop and I got a very good cut with intelligent conversation by a woman from Italy.
Fellette and I had no need to linger in this quaint and peaceful place so we went back to the ship. We had a hamburger on deck for lunch, Fellette took in a Movie and that was our lovely day in Fremantle.
We have been here several times, the latest three years ago with Jim and Gail. Zillions of years ago we made a Land trip to Australia and spent a few days in Perth, some 11 miles away, in the Wild Flower Season, so we do not have the urge to rush out into busses and boats in the sun. There is something special about having this big giant yacht to ourselves, as many hundreds of other folks seem to enjoy as well.
A Great Day.
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