Rotto and Perth

We headed to Rottnest island the next day to see some of the famous 'australian outdoors' which we had heard so much about.

Having been in Grampians, the great ocean road and Tasmania, we weren't overly amazed by Rottnest. It was a pleasant place with nice birds and a few quiet beachs, but we were a bit dissapointed with things like the bike hire (the rottnest express bike hire and snorkle hire is not worth it!) and snorkles we got for the day as the bikes were rusted and the chains kept coming off, Rottnest is a hilly, hilly place, so you can imagine how annoying that was. Paddy's snorkle was also incomplete, adding to our frustration. I would recommend renting bikes and snorkles elsewhere. DO NOT RENT BIKES AND SNORKLES WITH ROTTNEST EXPRESS!!!
Other than that the ferry was fine. We cycled to the west side, went snorkeling, saw a large heron, has a spot of lunch on the island, cycled north and snorkeled again. All in all, I thought rottnest was a little over priced and not as pretty as many areas of Victoria such as the Great ocean road or the Grampians.

When we went back to Perth, we invented a new game with urban spoon on the iphone. Basically, you pick a restaurant on urban spoon and see the distance to it. Then you walk in a certain direction and see how the distance changes. You get 'warmer' or 'colder' as in nearer or further from the place. We played that game for a while and finally got tapas in a nice little restaurant. There is something about Mediterranean eating that I love. It always feels like an event when you are eating in a nice Mediterranean restaurant. We drank wine and had a few interesting tapas before heading off to catch our plane.
Just a note, there are excellent lockers at Perth train station (in the shopping centre next to it) which allow you to hold about three large bags for 10 dollars for as long as you want.