Perth Part Two

So I never finished my analysis of our Australian Adventure. To view all 500 or so pictures, click here.

So 4th of July - no fireworks. It was winter. No red-white-and-blue all over. Oddness. Dave and I had lunch at my new favorite restaurant - The Brass Monkey. Yes, I already ate there two nights previously, but it was so delicious that I needed to share the experience with Dave. We spent 4th of July walking about Perth - stopping in Target! - then a trip to Fremantle, and capped it off with the movie The Hangover.
Fremantle was such a cool town. I'd love to go back and spend more time there. It practically screams FORMER BRITISH COLONY. We walked around an old battlement, surveyed the Shipwreck Museum - complete with skeletons and sunken ships, including the hull of the Batavia, and gold and silver coins. We stopped by the Fremantle Markets and watched some buskers - or street performers. The movie theater was interesting. It was townhouse style - narrow and tall. Three stories, fading art-deco (with need of maintenance), great architecture, just lacking some TLC. It was smelled faintly of pot and sure enough as we were exiting, we saw a policeman in pursuit on foot - aka - sprinting after an unseen culprit.

The next day was wine tour day. We piled on the bus at 10am, and were blissfully sipping wine by 11am. We visited a total of three vineyards and one 2second stop at a chocolate "factory" (store.) It was a really fun afternoon with fun people.

Monday was Dave's last day ashore. We had lunch at an awesome little off-the-beaten-path cafe called Tiger Tiger. I enjoyed it, Dave would have preferred it if they had sold beer and meat. We looked around a 2nd had book store, which was neat. We had dinner at Little Creatures - a microbrewery restaurant. There was talk of the ferry boats not being able to get from the dock to the ship - this sparked hope that we'd get an extra day together - HAH. Yeah Right. We tried to catch a home-grown Aussie Rules Football game, but no luck. Instead we saw the movie Transformers 2. (Pause - It was $17AuD per person on a Monday night! CRAZY!) The movie wasn't that great but it was fun to see together. We drove back to the hotel, packed Dave's bags, and put him in a taxi at 1230am. :(