Little Creatures Brewery Fremantle

February 28, 2012 Ros Lewis 5 Comments

Yesterday was Mal’s birthday and all he wanted was to go to his favourite eating and drinking spot “Little Creatures”, and relax for a few hours. You didn’t see me complaining, although we walked 10kms to get there, and I did have a slight winge halfway through the walk. (we started walking at 11.30am…so a bit hot!!!). Anyway, we eventually made it. Enjoyed lots of WATER (we were hot), wine and boutique beers, calamari and the best Chilli Mussels I have ever had. I have had a few serves of their chilli mussels over the years, and they have never let me down. We enjoyed the afternoon and took lots of photos of some of the brewery’s unique features. Hope I don’t bore you all with too many photos, but I loved them all and wanted to include them all for memory’s sake. We ended the afternoon with a serve of nachos (lucky we had exercise getting there) before catching a taxi home. Mal enjoyed his day very much.

Little Creatures 001 — It looks like our boat on the hard stand outside Little Creatures. The brewery is on Fremantle harbour.

Little Creatures 007 — Oh no...not a hole in the pizza base.

Little Creatures 008 — "Little Creature's" logo

Little Creatures 009 — Another light...the brewery is made up of a number of huge sheds.

Little Creatures 010 — It is a very organized restaurant and the staff don't stop.

Little Creatures 011 — That is a very large lump of pastry being chopped into portions. They are so busy there these guys were making pizza portions for a few hours!

Little Creatures 013 — Pay day after lunch service was finished...quite a few of the bar and waitress staff are actually overseas backpackers working their way around Australia.

Little Creatures 014 — part of the brewery

Little Creatures 016 — Bikes are free to borrow and ride around Fremantle

Little Creatures 020 — Across the road from Little Creatures

Little Creatures 021 — Yes...it is a guy in a ladies nightie on his bucks day. Beck, you thought belly dancing was bad enough ???

Fremantle

Fremantle – Perth

February 26, 2012 Ros Lewis 2 Comments

We are here in Fremantle after approximately 7000km’s across Australia. We have seen soooo much. Amazing.

For those that don’t know, we are here for Beck and Steve’s wedding on the 4th March. Last night I enjoyed Becks “Hens” night with her girlfriends. We started the night at Whispers Wine Bar in Fremantle and then on to Istanbul Turkish Restaurant. At the end of what was a fun night I believe some of the girls then headed to South Beach for a night swim. Dress was optional, and as I haven’t heard yet this morning, hopefully all got home safely and are not in the lockup!!!

Yesterday, Mal and I spent the day exploring Fremantle. The Freo markets are great. Fremantle is full of interesting shops and cafes, and is very arty. A beaut place to spend many, many hours. We will be enjoying our time here over the next couple of weeks. We lunched at our favourite spot down on the waterfront….”Little Creatures Brewery”. Beck and Steve’s wedding will be at Little Creatures!!!!!!

ups 017 — Lots of laughs...I'm pleased I didn't have to belly dance !!!

ups 021 — We made up a picure of beautiful strips of "wise words of advice on love and marriage" for Beck. Each of us wrote a message on a strip, which were then all placed on the board. Very beautiful.

Denmark

February 22, 2012 Ros Lewis 8 Comments

We spent all day yesterday exploring Denmark and and the surrounding area. So much to see in that area, we would need more days. Lots of galleries and artisan places.

Went out to Shelley Beach in the West Cape Howe National Park. A stunning spot and good salmon fishing area. Very secluded. We then visited the “Valley of the Giants and Tree Top Walk”. Great to see. Huge “giant” trees. Many of the trees were over 400 years old. The Tree Top Walk, for me who hates heights, was very scary. It moves !!!! But worth doing.

Tomorrow we start heading towards Perth. Saturday night is Beck’s “Hens” night. Beck and Steve’s wedding is on the 4th of March at “Little Creatures Brewery” in Fremantle. We are looking forward to it. It will be fun meeting more of Beck’s friends at the hens night.

Denmark 009 — Shelley Beach, West Cape Howe National Park. The most southerly section of the Western Australian coastline. Next stop Antarctica.

Denmark 008 — Dad, this reminds me of the tailless lizard that Mum took a photo of years ago while crossing the Nullarbor

Denmark 014 — Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk

Denmark 030 — I loved all my photos. Too many..but could not delete any of them. The hollows in the Red Tingle trees have been caused over a long period of time by fire, fungal or insect attack. They are still healthy though.

Denmark 032 — Some of the trees are over 400 years old...incredible

Denmark 038 — It was certainly high....over 40 meters high ! Scary !!!!

Denmark 054 — We finished the day with a freshly cooked maron meal...the fresh water maron was caught out the back in the dam....delicious

Denmark 050 — Getting too dark, but I loved the reflection on the water

Albany

February 20, 2012 Ros Lewis 3 Comments

We are really intrigued by the history associated with Albany. Albany is a port city in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, some 418 km SE of Perth. As of 2009, Albany’s population was estimated at 33,600, making it the 6th-largest city in the state.The city centre is at the northern edge of Princess Royal Harbour, which is a part of King George Sound. The Central Business District is bounded by Mount Clarence to the east and Mount Melville to the west.

Albany was founded in January 1827 as a military outpost of New South Wales as part of a plan to forestall French ambitions in the region. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the town served as a gateway to the Eastern Goldfields and, for many years, it was the colony’s only deep-water port, having a place of eminence on shipping services between Britain and its Australian colonies.

The town has an important role in the Anzac legend, being the last port of call for troopships departing Australia in the First World War.

Albany is the oldest permanently settled town in Western Australia, predating Perth and Fremantle by some two years.

We are enjoying our time here and doing a great deal of exploring. There is so much to see.

Albany 002 — Pelicans all in a row on the waterfront

Albany 009 — Crossing the road...we stopped !

Albany 5- Middleton Beach — Middleton Beach

Albany 001 — Desert Mounted Corps Memorial - Albany

Esperance

February 16, 2012 Ros Lewis 8 Comments

What a beautiful spot Esperance is. We are spending a few days here, and besides this morning, the weather has been perfect. Actually, unlike the North Coast of NSW, we have been having great weather for all our trip so far. We have enjoyed plenty of sight seeing here in Esperance as well as bike riding and walking. Our camp site is on the beach next to the bike track, so very handy. Our neighbours are all Italian decent (3 italian groups…except 1 wife maggie) so have had a great time. The other night we all got together…lots of fun including italian nibblies (dried broad beans) and sweets (Taralli). We will be keeping in touch with Vince and Anna who live in Freemantle, when we arrive in Perth.

We enjoyed going to the movies with Vince and Anna the other day to see “The Iron Lady” starring Meryl Streep. Very good movie…In The Iron Lady the central figure is no fiction. Margaret Thatcher is one of the most famous, most controversial living Englishwoman, a reclusive widow now known to be in poor health and not entirely in command of her mental faculties, but who still hovers over all our lives. Virtually everything and everybody in the movie is shown through her distorted vision as her faulty memory calls up her past. Thatcher was a tough lady !!!

Esperance 005 — Esperance...one of the many coves

Esperance 3 — Esperance has very white sand and aqua blue water...beautiful

Esperance 001 — Antonio, Mal, Maurizio and Olga

Esperance 002 — Vince, Anna, Maggie and Lou

Esperance 008 — Our favourite Coffee Cart

Nullarbor

February 13, 2012 Ros Lewis 10 Comments

We set off across the Nullarbor. I have had many people say to me that this part of the trip will be boring…how wrong were they. Yes, there are stretches where we had to entertain ourselves…more good music and conversation, but there is so much to see. The ever changing landscape, the incredible views in many spots, the unique roadhouses every couple of hundred kms, watching Mals knuckles when the road trains pass us and trying not to look at all the road kill…kangaroos, emus, wombats etc. Sad. The animals don’t mix well with the road trains. We had a mission to find the most expensive fuel…$1.92 a diesel litre. A captured market !!!

The first night we slept by the side of the road again, but on a cliff overlooking an amazing view of the Great Australian Bight. See the photos below.

The second night we pulled into a sheep station that offered somewhere to park the van. It was called Fraser Range Sheep Station, and we both enjoyed the stay a great deal.

Hopefully you will enjoy my photos that show our trip far better than I can describe.

Nullarbor 023 — Don't go to close to the edge...they are high cliffs

Nullarbor 028 — Set up for the night on the edge of the cliff

Nullarbor 027 — Our view...pretty good !!!

Nullarbor 039 — It really was that straight and that long...we measured it !!!

Nullarbor 041 — Our second night...Fraser Range Sheep Station..the office/ store

Nullarbor 040 — Our sunset that night..we were kept company with emus, kangaroos and sheep

Streaky Bay

February 13, 2012 Ros Lewis 2 Comments

We left Port Lincoln and started heading across South Australia towards Western Australia. Tomorrow we hit the Nullarbor. I am so looking forward to that part of our trip. Mal has crossed it once before in 1976, but it is all new for me. Mid morning we arrived at Elliston….”The Australian Salmon Capital”….a tiny fishing village on a small bay overlooking the ocean. There was wilderness before and after Elliston, although we stopped at a roadside “help yourself” store selling beautiful wood fired oven baked bread. Of course we had to try some….it did not disappoint us!!!

Our next stop was Streaky Bay….a beautiful spot overlooking Streaky Bay and the Southern Ocean. I was intrigued by the fact that most of the town was owned by a “Beck”. I wonder if our daughter Rebecca (Beck) has won lotto and not told us ?????

That night we slept on the side of the road. Very relaxing. You will see a picture below of our amazing sunset. All good, except I can’t understand why some travelers have to throw rubbish. It was everywhere at this stop. So lazy !!!

Nullarbor 002 — The historic Elliston Jetty...yes, there are lots of jettys in South Australia

Nullarbor 003 — Our excellent bread roadside store in the middle of no where.

Nullarbor 006 — One of the many "Beck" owned stores

Nullarbor 007 — Beck, is there something you arn't telling us...is this what keeps you in WA?

Nullarbor 009 — I won't bore you with any more !!!We went to sleep with this

Port Lincoln

February 8, 2012 Ros Lewis 3 Comments

Well we are getting close to leaving here and to start our trek up to Streaky Bay and Ceduna and then crossing the Nullarbor. About 2000kms. A VERY long way.We hope to arrive by next Monday or Tuesday at the latest. Internet may be unreliable, so there probably won’t be any new posts until we arrive in Esperance. I am sure we should get some interesting photos on the way over, so keep posted!!!

Coffin Bay 024 — Some of the many fishing boats at Port Lincoln

Coffin Bay 023 — It's all about seafood here !!!

Port ZLincoln_delgiorno1 — Our dinner spot last night...Del Giorno's Italian...good

Coffin Bay

February 7, 2012 Ros Lewis 7 Comments

Had a great day today exploring the Coffin Bay area about 40kms from Port Lincoln. Famous for their oysters (Coffin Bay Oysters), they don’t let you down. We see them everywhere. We could even buy them in the butcher shop. Settled on “oyster” seafood curry for lunch. Delicious. We drove out through Coffin Bay National Park. You will see from the photos below how stunning it was.

Coffin Bay 001 — An oyster boat being pulled from the water, full of oyster nets.

Coffin Bay 002 — The entrance to the Coffin Bay National Park

Coffin Bay 010 — Golden Island Beach Coffin Bay National Park

Coffin Bay 016 — Red necked stint...these birds fly from Siberia and only weigh 30g

Coffin Bay 020 — Wild but stunning beaches...they are full of rips

Port Lincoln

February 6, 2012 Ros Lewis Leave a comment

Port Lincoln

We are here for a week….love it….

Fishing is one of their main industries. Port Lincoln is known as the “Seafood Capital of Australia”, so we are looking forward to many seafood meals….oysters, lobster etc. With it’s 14,000 population, Port Lincoln is a major commercial centre for the Eyre Peninsula.

Ok…today we had oysters (yes again Bec) for lunch and King George Whiting for dinner. It is great here. So many walking tracks, a camping site with huge water views and lots to do.

Port Lincoln Walking Trails — Walking Trail.....about 20kms

Port Lincoln 4 — Seals on the walking trail

Port Germein

February 5, 2012 Ros Lewis 4 Comments

We left Victor Harbor 3 days ago, heading up through Adelaide, Port Pirie, Port Augusta then down the coast to arrive in Port Lincoln this afternoon. We will be staying here a few days as it is a pretty spot with plenty to do.

On the way we found a perfect “gem” of a spot really just by accident. There was a small sign on the side of the highway pointing to “a heritage jetty”. Mal loves jettys so we headed off the road to another almost deserted town with what is apparently the “longest timber jetty in Australia”. 1.8kms. The town is called Port Germein and was stunning. Heaps of old stone buildings looking over the jetty and the Spencer Gulf. We could live there!!! I even found the house I loved…but not for sale! The main thing that keeps the locals busy is crab fishing (and farming). Port Germein is one of the reasons we bought a caravan. Just having the ability to find spots like this and pull up and stay, is the reason we are out here exploring.

Port Germein 001 — 1.8 kms long...we walked it twice

Port Germein 005 — A just caught Blue Swimmer Crab

Port Germein 011 — Crab cooking facilities

Port Germein 006 — Left click on the photo to enlarge...I could live in the home with the red roof on the right of the jetty. (probably an old stone hotel)

RESTAURANTS !!!!, Victor Harbor

Flying Fish Cafe ….Port Elliott

February 2, 2012 Ros Lewis Leave a comment

We had a great night last night sharing dinner with our neighbours, Karen and Jim from Adelaide.

Today we picked up the second bike we had ordered and enjoyed a ride along the coast bike track, before heading to the well known Cafe / Restaurant “Flying Fish” at Port Elliott. We had a delicious lunch and could see why they are so well known for their fish and chips. Not greasy at all.

Tomorrow we are heading back up through Adelaide towards our next stop, Port Lincoln. We will probably take about 3 days to get there and plan to stay a few days there.

Our Travels

Monthly Archives: February 2012

Little Creatures Brewery Fremantle

Fremantle – Perth

Denmark

Albany

Esperance

Nullarbor

Streaky Bay

Port Lincoln

Coffin Bay

Port Lincoln

Port Germein

Flying Fish Cafe ….Port Elliott

Mal & Ros's Travel Adventures