Rottnest Island

Today we were on the beautiful Rottnest Island, a wee distance from Perth. It was a gorgeous day -- no rain to spoil our fun. It's such a pretty place, only 11 by 5 km but full of lovely beaches and bays. We rented bikes and went about 20 km of hilly distance. Our legs and butts are killing us, but it was so worth it. While on the island, we saw the most gorgeous coast waters sparkling with reflected sunlight, loads of cool birds, adorable quokkas (quite small marsupials, like a mini wallaby) and even some manta rays! There were two "baby" rays (at least a foot across) and one big, fat ray (at least three times bigger than the baby ones). They were so cool! It was an awesome day.

Tomorrow we head further up the west coast...getting closer to those whale sharks!

*For pictures of Rottnest Island, see the link to them in the right-hand panel.