Shipwrecks and HMB Endeavour

Captain Pelsaert's Cabin

Our first day in Fremantle dawned clear after the heavy rain all night. Ella was terrified during the storm, but fortunately was in the Blunderbuss with Jackson, who managed to calm her down and get her back to sleep! Our first mission was to buy a map to avoid further mishap. That done, we headed to the huge marina to check out the yachts and then into the Shipwrecks Galleries at the Maritime Museum. The Batavia - or what was left of her - was displayed there and we all enjoyed delving into the story and the artefacts again.

Endeavour in Victoria Quay

We were very happy to discover that we had finally caught the Endeavour, berthed in Fremantle. We missed it in Brisbane just before we left and we have been just missing it in ports ever since as it circumnavigates Australia for the first time! After we finished at the Shipwreck Galleries, we drove to Victoria Quay to take a tour of Captain Cook's ship. It was fantastic! The ship was smaller than we had imagined, with the mid-shipman's deck added into the existing ship and subsequently a little over a metre high. The doors to the tiny cabins were Ella sized. It was almost impossible to imagine the 94 sailors, soldiers and scientists on board in such a tiny ship for 3 years!

Ella could barely fit through the cabin door!

Jackson is glad he is not a marine living in this space!

We are thinking of installing one of these
into the Blunderbuss!

Jackson at the helm

As usual, there have been no replies to our phone calls re. busking at the markets, but we had a rehearsal anyway on our return to camp.

Stay tuned ..