Rockingham WA – our Perth base

About Rockingham

Rockingham is a glorious holiday and seaside resort town at the southernmost edge of the Greater Perth metropolitan area. In recent times it has become a popular tourist destination. It is noted for its beautiful safe beaches, the rich diversity of available water sports, the excellent nature cruises out to the islands and its environmental parks and lakes. The rapidly growing urban area stands on the edge of the sheltered waters of Cockburn Sound. The Shoalwater Islands Marine Park has some of the finest displays of sea-life and bird-life to be found in Western Australia (sourced from the Aussie Towns website – click for more).

Rockingham Caravan Park

We rocked up to Rockingham and stayed at the Cee and See Caravan Park which is right on the beach. Nice peaceful location 46kms from Perth (maplink) with mainly permanent sites; which are really quaint with carports, verandahs and gnome gardens – more than you’d be allowed to have at most parks.

We chose this location so that we could catch up with our friends John & Margaret Auld who live nearby. It also gave us the opportunity to catch up with an old Ocean Grove mate, Greg (Peck) Wynn at his home in South Yunderup.

Spent our time with Auldie at the riding for disabled facility he is volunteering at a new Riding for the Disabled nearby then having a look around the district visiting the naval shipyards where John worked and a look around Freo. Even got to watch the grand final at a sports bar in Rockingham but we won’t talk too much about that one.

Wally the Wombat also came to live with us while we were in Rockingham. Cheeky little wombat keeps turning up in strange places. Look out for him in future photos.

Australian Maritime Museum – Fremantle

Spent the day in Fremantle and visited the Maritime Museum. This is a must do if in Perth/Fremantle with a lot of history and they also have the America’s Cup winner Australia II there.

They were also running a virtual reality feature called The Antarctica Experience which we took part in and it was mind-blowing.

Spent the day in Fremantle and visited the Maritime Museum. This is a must do if in Perth/Fremantle with a lot of history and they also have the America’s Cup winner Australia II there.

They were also running a virtual reality feature called The Antarctica Experience which we took part in and it was mind-blowing.

Perth’s Elizabeth Quay & Kings Park

The only time spent in Perth city was to visit Elizabeth Quay and Kings Park which was enough for us as Neil had visited Perth several times when working for EzeScan.

Elizabeth Quay (maplink) is really nice but it’s a bit of a shame that the openness of the place is now being built out by high rise apartments and hotels right on the water’s edge. Took a jet-boat ride out on the Swan River with Wild West Charters which was a bit of a hoot. The guy who runs the show is a real character; he gave these 5 Indian tourists on the trip a recipe for preparing and cooking a “swan” – it was really funny to watch their faces, but not very PC.

Headed off to Kings Park (maplink) for lunch and to have a look at the WA wild flower displays. Absolutely love this place and would always come back to visit when in Perth.

The only time spent in Perth city was to visit Elizabeth Quay and Kings Park which was enough for us as Neil had visited Perth several times when working for EzeScan.

Elizabeth Quay (maplink) is really nice but it’s a bit of a shame that the openness of the place is now being built out by high rise apartments and hotels right on the water’s edge. Took a jet-boat ride out on the Swan River with Wild West Charters which was a bit of a hoot. The guy who runs the show is a real character; he gave these 5 Indian tourists on the trip a recipe for preparing and cooking a “swan” – it was really funny to watch their faces, but not very PC.

Headed off to Kings Park (maplink) for lunch and to have a look at the WA wild flower displays. Absolutely love this place and would always come back to visit when in Perth.