today was rottnest island day!rottnest island is an island off of WA that is owned by the government--that means it is illegal to own land on the island (unless you work on it), and you cannot own a car.
our way of travel? bikes, of course!
april, chris, shibs, and i headed to freo this morning at about 9, caught the 930 ferry, and were on our way to rottnest.
rottnest island is known for it's quokka's, an adorable marsupial that is only found on the island. in fact, whoever first came upon quokka's thought they were actually oversized rats, and they're everywhere--therefore, ratnest, or rottnest. island was born.
but they're actually a lot cuter than rats, we swear!
the island is measured to be about 11 kilometres long, and we biked for atleast 9. i don't think my ass has ever been this sore--definately not going to bike ride again for awhile.
it was absolutely beautiful, though. the island has over 60 beaches, not including those overlooking bays. you can ride around the island for as long as you want and stop at beautiful beaches to snorkel.
but it was so fun!
and for those of you who have never seen a western australia beach, here's a video of one:
shibs was excited because he didn't have to bike for awhile, as we all were.
oh, did i mention april and i skinny dipped in the indian ocean?
--you only live once--
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