A Week out West

Bathurst Lighthouse.

40 degrees and steaming.

A quick catch up with family and I was off exploring Rottnest Island. Stepping off the ferry you are greeted by friendly tour guides and an abundance of international tourists. Looking back towards mainland Australia you could see the heat waves radiating from the city and a small bush fire had started to the south of Perth. It was hot, 40 degrees at 11am to be precise.

The aim of the day was to find and photograph the famous fluffy marsupial, the Quokka. I had wondered, were they really as friendly as the social media influencers had made them out to be?

Not even 2 minutes after being on the island I found one sitting under a park bench swarmed by tourists, it definitely wasn’t the picture I had in mind. But I continued on, walking clockwise around the island, and managed to find a small number of them escaping the mid day sun under some bushes. Walking slowly and calmly I was able to get an image I was happy with. Being such a hot day they were few and far between.

Quokka.

Lancelin Pub.

Black Cockatoo.