Fremantle Doctor

The Sea Breeze coined the 'Doctor' here in Fremantle is beginning to show its face and put the sailing conditions on the edge.
There are a few reasons it is named the Fremantle Doctor- for those that live along the coast it brings a welcome relief to the high temperatures and if you are sat in Perth it appears to originate from Fremantle.
One of the other reasons is based in history when a colony was first established and the wind would blow away the stench of the local crematorium at Catherine's Point

For whatever the reasons we have had and are looking set to have a good few days of the 'Doctor', which is basically an ideal sea breeze which builds significantly here in Fremantle due to the desert land that is the majority of Australia

We are staying in a lovely hotel here in Fremantle - pictured above. The buildings here are not high rise and I would say very oldy worldy, very much like the movies almost something out of a western!!! I am up in the penthouse on the whopping 4th floor!

Always amazes me how different the architecture is from one country to another...

So today I booked a whirlwind 3 day tour of the South West of Australia well a very small part- hoping to go the Margaret River and Albany and many of the delights around- thought the 0530 start isn't currently appealing on the 22nd of the month.

Right off for my first Australian BBQ......we'll see you who does it best!

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