Last week I used the laundry room down the hall from our cabin, where $2.00 in coins gets you a nice big load of clean, dry clothes. Whoops, I didn't check all of Watson's pockets before loading his clothes into the washer. Later, I wondered if I had won a lottery when Australian 5 and 10 dollar bills started appearing as I folded the clean clothes. No harm done. The bills have a plastic-like finish. After a night of drying on the bathroom counter, they were good as new and VERY clean.
Now, we have rounded the southwest corner of Australia. We are docked at Fremantle, which is a short drive away from the larger city of Perth.
An interesting neighbor:
This unusual ship, which was docked next to The Amsterdam, is designed for transporting livestock. Soon it will leave Fremantle loaded with 6,000 sheep. The sheep World Cruise will terminate in Saudi Arabia, where the animals will be slaughtered according to religious requirements.
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This morning we joined a narrated bus tour of Fremantle and Perth. The last of our very clean Australian money came in handy for tips and refreshments.
Beautiful cities,
Not too crowded, lots of green space and sand and water.
Now we are about to head north toward Indonesia and right past the cyclone that is brewing somewhere ahead of us. It should be over land and not a threat by the time we catch up with it.
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