Rotto Continued

Below is a pic of the creepy cemetery on the island. When Aboriginal prisoners died back in the day, they just dug a hole & threw them in... no gravestones or anything proper like that. SO later on, settlers didn't know bodies were buried there & build a road right on top... Disturbed the dead. Oooo.


After sleeping on the beaches, we walked to the beach near the hostel. We ran into a bachelor party. There was a massive group of Aussies celebrating with their mate. So, one thing led to the next, & we ended up kicking the footy back & forth & then hanging out at their beach house. It was such a good time-- good people. Loved it. After mingling with the blokes, we cooked some dinner in the hostel kitchen, dodging the Asians & their rice the whole time. Delish discounted frozen pizza.


Saturday night Milea & I biked to the pub to hear the band. They were so great-- Bonnie Rate, etc. I was dying. It was such good sing along music. Everyone was dancing-- there was a whole group dressed in Peter Pan gear for some sort of themed party. Good people watching, once again.

Sunday morning we woke at 7 to watch the sunrise. Even though it looked similar to the sunset, it was cool seeing Perth city across the water & it was a fab start to a great day. We then had breaky at the bakery in town. It was amazing. I finally got a real coffee-- & an amazing choc croissant. We did some historical stuff around the settlement, then headed off on the bikes to snorkel/lay out.


While biking, we saw one of the 11 shipwrecks sticking out of the water. We attempted to snorkel it, but it was far out & the water was too choppy... Bad idea for our first snorkel on the island. We then went to Little Salmon Bay & did a whole snorkel trail-- with markers & plaques underwater. It was gorgeous-- colorful fish & bright pink/purple coral. It was amazing, but a little scary when we felt the current pulling. Later we went to Salmon Bay for a few snorkels. Ahh a it was a dream. We ended up sleeping on the beach for a while & then biked into town for smoothies.


The rest of the aver we spent at Parakeet Bay & the Basin. It was such a relaxing Sunday. The picture below is of a quokka. Quokkas are only native to Rotto (& maybe one other place in the Oz). Milea & I decided they look like a mix of a rat & kangaroo. When the first Dutch settlers hit Rotto, they named it Rottnest as in “Rat’s Nest.” But they aren’t rats, just cute (kind of) little fur balls bouncing around the inland.