When it rains in Perth, it really rains. And that’s what it did today. Lucky I did the washing on our first day here. Lucky weren’t sailing to Rottnest today.

Instead, we went underground. Well, John and the boys and Maff did. They went on the Fremantle Prison Tunnel Tour. This was a trip below the prison and the town via a network of tunnels built by the prisoners in the 1800s. Originally they were built to access a water supply for the prison, but it ended up being a good supply for the town of Fremantle. They walked through small tunnels and paddled along in small canoes. There were exceptional Health and Safety police on the case.

Me? It was retail therapy and coffee of course! I gave the coffee 8/10 – so good in fact that I had a second.

It’s Sea Kayak Tuesday at Maff’s house (every Tuesday) followed by Burger Night. So being good guests, the paddlers in our family joined in. Maff paddles every week with some like-minded mates from North Fremantle beach to Fremantle Harbour. The boys paddled hard and kept good time with John in the three person sit-on-top kayak while the others were in sea kayaks. “Only a matter of time” I hear you say. Indeed. Then it was Burger and Beer time at their groovy little local haunt.