Exploring Rottnest Island & finding QUOKKAS

Hey Zesties 🍋

Considering going to the land of quokkas ?

𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 ⛴

you can take a ferry from 3 locations to the island - ride duration varies from 25 mins (Fremantle) - 90 min (Elizabeth Quay) so it depends on your convenience

⛴ we took from Fremantle to save time travelled

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there are various options to explore the island - bike, bus, walk. we chose to cycle as it was our 1st time there and wanted to have a cycling date kinda thing 🚲 and we managed to cover about half the island which was about 10-11km. it was quite fun to cycle around and stop whenever and wherever we want to take photos 📷 BUT what we didn't expect was the many "hills" we had to climb.. sooo do take note and prep your hearts 🫶🥹 a lil' part of me cried when I see people zooming past on their e-bikes and segways up the slopes 🫠

💡 I booked the ferry + bike rental from klook after comparing the prices with those on the ferry websites + discounts given in tourist brochures (klook was slightly cheaper) - you can also book the bus shuttle if you wanna tour the whole island with breeze. but i don't recall the frequency of the bus cause there wasn't alot of buses that went past us while we were cycling..

🚲 there are 3 recommended routes:

4 km ~30 mins

10 km ~1.5-3 hours 👈 our pick

22 km ~3-5 hours

𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐤𝐤𝐚 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 👀

you will definitely find them near the jetty, especially at the F&B area which is around Maley Street (on the right when you walk towards the island)

Along the roads near the jetty, you can also find more quokkas - so we spotted some at the start and end of our cycling journey. if we are lucky, we can find them among the shrubs etc. as we cycle, but we only spotted one that was sleeping (?) and a 1-2 more on the smaller roads.

We also managed to see some dolphins while cycling - of course we stopped to take pics 📸

𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 🍕

we kinda more or less decided to get our lunch at Frankie's on Rotto and planned our route to end at the F&B place (honestly, I think it was pretty good planning on our part 🤭) but there are other F&B places around as well

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⛴ we reached Fremantle around 9am and slowly walked to the Shed for the boarding at 9.20am (departure 9.30am)

🚲 we got our bikes and checked it (I had to change mine as the brakes was a lil' wonky) - also good to have wet wipes to clean the bikes and helmets ✌️

🚲 after getting distracted by quokkas etc. we started our journey ~10.45am and ended around 1.40pm - we really stopped at alot of places and took many pics !! we also packed some snack bars to keep us going till we get our late lunch ~2.30pm

📷 we finished lunch ~3.20pm and had 30-45 min to look around and take pictures with the quokkas hanging around before returning to the jetty to go back ~4.15-4.30pm

there's also a souvenir/supermarket nearby and if you collect souvenir coins, you can get 1 at the visitor centre near the entrance

💲 AUD 174 for 2 ($87 each) - this included the entrance fee to the island + ferry + bike rental

- this was back in June'23

If I were to go back, I would probably opt for the shuttle bus 😅 and I would be able to go to the end of the island !! (heard that maybe can see seals or something 🤔). you can also snorkel at one of the many bays if you would like 🤿

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🚍 places I visited in Perth (w/o car)

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