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    A bench erected by Bon Scott's family.: by flyted, Views[727]
         		 The grave of Bon Scott in Fremantle Cemetery, perhaps the most famous grave in Australia and a pilgrimage for rock fans around the world.: by flyted, Views[1616]
         		 The Esplanade park in Fremantle, facing Fishing Boat Harbour and a very popular gathering place for local families on sunny days.: by flyted, Views[1721]
         		 An example of the ridiculous railway gauges in Australia: Western Australia, Queensland, Tasmania and parts of South Australia developed their railways with narrow gauges, which is the inside track shown here. New South Wales, Victoria and parts of South Australia built standard gauge, the outside track shown here, or even broad gauge tracks, for various reasons. These discrepancies remain today, which is quite a hassle when trains cross state lines. The first transcontinental train from Perth to Sydney, the Indian Pacific, only started operation in 1970 when the first rail line with a single gauge was completed across Australia. Previously, trains crossing state lines could be delayed for hours as either passengers and freight transferred to another train, or their existing train had its wheels changed to accommodate the different gauge.: by flyted, Views[6833]
         		 “To The Fishermen, The Jetty,” a public art commemoration of Fremantle's fishing history, highlighted by the two statues on either end of fishermen doing their thing.: by flyted, Views[887]
     
    More cafes and restaurants; there are still a few operating fishing boats in the Harbour, but these days it is mostly known as a big tourism destination in Fremantle.: by flyted, Views[410]
         		 At least half a dozen fish & chippers competing for attention next to the Harbour.: by flyted, Views[416]
         		 Bon and Fishing Boat Harbour in the background.: by flyted, Views[403]
         		 Just like he was in real life. There must be few more life-like statues than this in the world.: by flyted, Views[494]
         		 The awesome statue of Bon Scott at Fishing Boat Harbour in Fremantle. His pedestal is an amplifier, complete with bronze inputs and knobs.: by flyted, Views[1133]
     
    Close up on the Harbour Control Tower and the Round House.: by flyted, Views[417]
         		 Fremantle sights – the Maritime Museum on the left, Round House in the middle and Bathers Beach below the Round House.: by flyted, Views[462]
         		 Bon's ashes' final resting place, simple and low-key.: by flyted, Views[527]
         		 St. John's Anglican Church in Kings Square, with the Town Hall in the background.: by flyted, Views[479]
         		 Famous statue of Prime Minister John Curtin, outside of Town Hall in Kings Square. Curtin was Prime Minster during the 2nd World War, and is often hailed as one of Australia's greatest leaders, thanks to his poise and inspiring direction during the war. Like Roosevelt, he died in office in July, 1945, just before the end of the war. He was the MP for Fremantle with the Australian Labour Party, still to this day the only Prime Minster from a Western Australia electorate (riding).: by flyted, Views[1286]
     
    Kings Square, bisecting High Street, right in the heart of Fremantle. Town Hall would be just off to the right.: by flyted, Views[1163]
         		 Fremantle Town Hall, serenely keeping watch over the town, and virtually unchanged since it was built in 1887.: by flyted, Views[743]
         		 High Street, pedestrianised, with the Town Hall clock in the background.: by flyted, Views[434]
         		 More cafes and winding streets in Freo.: by flyted, Views[515]
         		 South Terrace looking north, a small sampling of the outdoor cafe culture.: by flyted, Views[506]
     
    The main market building, facing onto South Terrace on the right, the main north-south road through Freo.: by flyted, Views[491]
         		 One of the market entrances.: by flyted, Views[483]
         		 Peace, tea & curry.: by flyted, Views[527]
         		 Fremantle Market is really the symbol of Freo's alternative, new age ambience.: by flyted, Views[593]
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    Coffee, kebabs and kitchen supplies, just a small sample of the market.: by flyted, Views[497]
         		 Lots o' fresh fruit and vegetables at the market, bananas on sale for $9.99 a kilo. With the floods earlier this year in Queensland, which destroyed most of the domestic banana crops, they are usually no less than $12.99 per kilo.: by flyted, Views[442]
         		 Fremantle Markets, in operation since 1897, and one of the best little markets in Australia. “The Yard,” shown here, is a back annex which contains most of the food vendors.: by flyted, Views[754]
         		 Aussie Rules football statue across from the Oval, showing how the players famously leap into the air on the team-mate's shoulder to catch the ball, a move which is known as a “mark.”: by flyted, Views[744]
         		 The back entrance to The Yard at Fremantle Markets, across the street from the Oval.: by flyted, Views[466]
     
    The Oval is shared with the South Fremantle Bulldogs, who play in the lower-tier Western Australia Football League and do play their home games here.: by flyted, Views[584]
         		 Fremantle Oval, home base of the Fremantle Dockers AFL team, who use it as a training ground although they play their home games at the much larger Subiaco Oval near the city. : by flyted, Views[977]
         		 The road leading up to the prison gatehouse. Fremantle Prison is part of the 11 Australian Convict Sites on the World Heritage List.: by flyted, Views[449]
         		 The prison has been open as a tourist attraction since 1992, one year after it closed as Western Australia's biggest maximum security prison. Bear in mind it is right in the heart of the town, across the street from nice homes and quiet streets, and was 130 years old at the time. It is a wildly popular tourist attraction these days.: by flyted, Views[463]
         		 A section of Fremantle Prison, 15 acres in size, built by convicts in the 1850's for their own enjoyment, but transferred in the 1880's to the town as a local prison that stayed open until 1991 (!).: by flyted, Views[515]
     
    The camera didn't really do this sky justice, but it was a brilliant purple and fiery red.: by flyted, Views[465]
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         		 More of South Beach and South Fremantle.: by flyted, Views[470]
         		 Sun sets over the Indian Ocean.: by flyted, Views[491]
         		 A rock jetty, my bike and South Beach, approaching sunset.: by flyted, Views[1002]
     
    The low profile of Garden Island in the distance, looking west.: by flyted, Views[505]
         		 South Beach, part of Wilson Park in South Fremantle, a couple kilometres south of the town centre.: by flyted, Views[745]
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         		 Dock cranes salute a fading light and fantastical cloud formations.: by flyted, Views[480]
     
    “Perth City.”: by flyted, Views[372]
         		 The towers of Perth in the distance, about 17 km away.: by flyted, Views[457]
         		 The apartment is across the street, directly behind that silver car.: by flyted, Views[496]
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         		 Virtually every day features another glorious sunset, a 30 second walk from my front door.: by flyted, Views[461]
     
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