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Distance “West End” Rottnest Island is less visited by tourists, especially because the bus does not go far, and is a long hot cycle for two-wheelers.
However, those who make the trek will be rewarded for places, as Marjorie Bay, all are accessible by taking one of the many unmarked trails off the main road.
Surfers on this side of the bay of the island for Strickland, while for Eliot, the wing many hanging around rock platforms in the waters of the West End are a highlight. “They are excellent, you can see from the air,” he says. However, most visitors are more interested in detecting the west end of the colony of New Zealand stamp.
A large group makes its home in, although you’re best to take a boat to see them (Rottnest Express visit here in his adventurous tour of 90 minutes) and climb the limestone cliffs is not recommended.
Riceys and the city of York
It is around this stage of the circuit of visitors to Rottnest focuses on the bays and beaches realize how much choice they really are. Ricey The beach and the city of York are isolated and spectacular (over turquoise water, the whitest sand) – quokkas Just beware if you are planning to have lunch at one of the few places in the shade.
These marsupials endemic Rottnest are far from shy, and leave them in their sandwiches is only likely to contribute to its endangered status. Quokkas aside, nature ensures a visit to the city of York is different each time. “The beaches are changing there because of the storms -. The sand moves much I have sat there all night and watched it change, “says Eliot.
Armstrong and Little Parakeet Bay
Going right back to Thomson Bay, which will of Armstrong Bay. There are two types of visitors for this point: the fishermen and history buffs. The first to arrive for herring and salmon occasionally, while the latter knows Armstrong Bay as the site where flint tool found Indians. The discovery helped to date Aboriginal presence here dates back at least 27,000 years, Rottnest while still connected to the mainland.
If you fall more in the ‘swimmer’ or category “Bather” and are in the know, the more likely to overlook the Bay of Armstrong parakeet. Not on the bus route, so you have to cycle or walk the last stretch, but is an excellent choice for a last swim before completing the circuit. Bay small parrot is also a good option if the water is stirred in the Little Salmon – if the wind is at one of the couple, you can almost guarantee that the other will still glassy.
Thompson Bay: sunset and dozing
Back to Thomson Bay Capella catamaran, led by Charter1, offers. Well executed twilight cruise ($ 48), and limited accommodation is a little-known hosting solution at peak times, when the housing Authority Rottnest Island is so full cabins and tent sites are assigned through vote.