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CHAPTER 9 . PERTH & WESTERN AUSTRALIA
room (sleeps 5). AE, DC, MC, V. Free off-street parking for 16 cars. Bus: Red CAT Stop 4 “Bennett Street.” Airport
shuttle. Amenities: Cafe; tour desk; self-service laundry. In room: A/C, coffeemaker, no phone.
IN FREMANTLE
There’s a perpetual holiday atmosphere in this picturesque port city. Although
you are 19km (12 miles) from Perth’s city center, public transport connections
are good, so you can happily explore all of Perth from here—and most of top
attractions are in Freo anyhow. There are good restaurants and a happening
nightlife, too.
Danum House Hostess Christine Sherwin has created a welcoming haven
in her beautiful Federation (ca. 1909) home, a walk from town. One room,
decked out in heritage reds and greens, opens onto a cottage garden. The other
very large room has an ornate mantle, floral wallpaper, long drapes, and that most
colonial of furnishings, a daybed, as well as a real bed for sleeping. Both sport
antiques, ornate ceiling roses and cornices, fireplaces, high ceilings and fans, and
have a private entrance. Even the bathrooms (one en suite, one with private
access) share the colonial decor. Christine serves a hearty breakfast, and you can
relax in the comfy lounge over books, CDs, free coffee, and complimentary port
and chocolates. Hair dryers and irons are available. No smoking.
6 Fothergill St. (at Bellevue Terrace), Fremantle, WA 6160. & 08/9336 3735. Fax 08/9335 3414. www.
staywa.net.au/ads/danum. 2 units (both with shower only). A$90–A$110 (US$59–US$72) double. Minimum
2-night stay. Rates include full breakfast. MC, V. Ample on-street parking. Bus: 105 from Perth. Train: Fremantle.
Fremantle airport shuttle (see “Arriving: By Plane” earlier in this chapter). Children not permitted. In
room: TV.
Fremantle Colonial Accommodation A stroll in any direction from this
historic terrace guesthouse on Freo’s main street brings you to a museum, a harbor,
shops, and other attractions. All the rooms are decorated in colonial style—
one has a blue-and-yellow liberty-print quilt and an ornate plaster ceiling rose,
another has lace curtains and a fireplace. The clean bathrooms are tiled in dark
green or maroon and white. Rooms vary in size but all have a table with cereals,
tea and coffee, a kettle, a toaster, minifridge, and bathrobes. Your hostess, Val
Wieland, delivers a breakfast of juice, milk, yogurt, fruit, and bread for toasting
to your room by 6pm the night before. The in-room dining tables are quite
small, as are the TVs, so this place is more for folks who just want somewhere
to lay their heads at night, rather than a comfortable establishment in which to
hang around for half the day. Two of the rooms can be used as a self-contained
apartment with a kitchenette.
One block behind the guesthouse, Val has three limestone cottages perched
on a hill overlooking the town. They were built in the 19th century as prison
guards’ and nurses’ quarters. Val has restored the interiors to their original colors.
Each has two pretty bedrooms with patchwork quilts, complimentary toiletries,
fireplaces, antique furniture, and rag dolls or teddy bears in the corner.
Each also has a large eat-in kitchen with a modern stove alongside the original
wood-fired one, a sunroom, laundry facilities, a wooden porch out front, and a
lovely stone courtyard out back with outdoor dining furniture. All have ceiling
fans, one is air-conditioned, and one is fitted for travelers with disabilities.
215 High St., Fremantle, WA 6160. & 08/9430 6568. Fax 08/9430 6405. www.fremantle.com/accom/
colonial. 6 units in guesthouse, 2 with bathroom (shower only). 3 cottages, all with bathroom (1 with shower
only). Guesthouse A$88–A$116 (US$57–US$75) single; A$94–A$121 (US$61–US$79) double. Extra person
A$17 (US$11). Rates in guesthouse include continental breakfast. Cottages A$154 (US$100) double. Extra
adult A$22 (US$14), extra child A$11 (US$7.15) (maximum total A$198/US$129 for 5 people). MC, V. Free
parking. Train: Fremantle. Fremantle airport shuttle. In room: A/C, TV, fridge.