Perth City: Swan River and Elizabeth Quay 18 Nov 2016 Kings Park 20 Nov 2016/ Family Travelogue

Boat Mooring at Elizabeth Quay and the Perth CBD

Fremantle, Western Australia: Fishing Boat Harbour, Bathers beach, Shipwreck Museum, Fremantle Prison, Fremantle Markets/ Family Travelogue 18 November 2016

Fremantle is a port city in Western Australia, half an hour away from Perth City.  It was founded in 1829 when the ship HMS Challenger (British ship)  arrived near the mouth of Swan river.  Fremantle was named after the captain of the ship, Capt Fremantle. 

Fremantle  was at first a free colony.  It was populated by English people who migrated by choice.   Parmelia, 36 meter vessel, was chartered by the English govt to carry the first settlers from England to Western Australia.  The voyage took four months.

Settlement in Fremantle was not good in the first 20 years, England decided to make Fremantle a penal colony despite the great concern of the current settlers then.  Convicts from New South Wales were transported to Fremantle  and in the later years, mixed with convicts from India.  The convicts were used as labour for the construction of buildings and public works.  The Fremantle Prison, a World Heritage site, was constructed using convict labour.  The convict era period started in 1849 and transportation of convicts ceased in 1868.  The Fremantle Prison was used for the local prisoners till 1991.

Perth City Downtown Hay Street Mall Murray Street Mall/ Family Travelogue November 2016

We had a short visit to Perth in November 2016, from 18 to 22.  It was  our firm trip and school holiday  had just started in Singapore, I was able to take our youngest.  My husband and the eldest had no more annual leaves to file. A week after this Perth trip, we had a 3 week vacation in US.

The following are the other posts that I would be sharing later:

Fremantle  18 Nov 2016
Swan River and Elizabeth Quay  18 Nov 2016
Ferry to Rottnest Island  19 Nov 2016
Rottnest Island 19 Nov 2016
Kings Park and Fremantle Market 20 Nov 2016
Yanchep National Park 21 Nov 2016
Lancaster sand boarding 21 Nov 2016
Pinnacles 21 Nov 2016
Takeaway Meals at Coles Supermarket

TakeAway Ready-Meal at Coles Supermarket, Perth City, Australia

Ueno Park, Taito, Tokyo, Japan/ FamilyTravelogue 17 March 2016

Our last day of this 2016 Japan trip, we visited the three must see in Tokyo:
Ueno Park
Sensoji-Temple
Tokyo Skytree

Ueno Park

Ameyoko Market, Taito, Tokyo, Japan

Ameyayokocho or Ameyoko, is a very busy market street between Okachimachi and Ueno stations along the Yamanote line.  It is both wet and dry market.

We were able to go around this place while finding where to eat tendon tempura for brunch.  It was between 10am and 11am, only a few restaurants opened.  Fresh fish, fruits, rice cakes, dried goods, spices, bags, cosmetics, clothes and shoes are among the various products sold along Ameyoko.  Most of the shops are opened between 10am to 8pm,

Tendon Tenya Tempura Menu Ueno Branch, Taito Tokyo Japan

Address:  110-0005 Ono Bulding, 6-13-5 Ueno Taito-ku, Tokyo
Phone:  03-5807-8422

We went to this place for lunch on the last day of our 2016 Japan short trip.   It is one of the many restaurants at Ameyayokocho or Ameyoko, a market street between Okachimachi and Ueno stations along the Yamanote line.