WA Easter - Day 4
Monday, 29 April 2019
After the final Easter 3-day event we headed back to Perth to an Airbnb apartment which looked nice in the photos but was actually nothing special in real life. In fact up close it was like an apartment which had been leased to party loving uni students for 10 years before coming on the Airbnb market. The carpet was stained and fairly gross and the kitchen was all but devoid of cooking utensils. With 7 of us now (us and 3 other Tasmanian Orienteers including the newly selected JWOC representative Mikayla), we really filled the place up. Nevertheless it was nice to not be staying above the bar of the Beverly pub anymore and it was fun to all be together and celebrate Mikayla's success. After a relatively early night we had to reach the 8.30 ferry to Rottnest island, which of courese we only just made. We met up with Clare on the packed boat and arrived on the island at 9am where we picked up the obligatory dodgy 3-speed hire bikes and helmets complete with a world class range of bacteria. 
 Unfortunately Jon was getting worse and worse as the day went on but the rest of us had a great time doing the 22k ish lap of the island in absolutely perfect weather. We picked up some other Tasmanian orienteers on the way and stopped at all the beaches and lookouts. Near the far end we stopped for lunch in a quiet corner where we were immediately swarmed by quokkas - one of them even climbed right into Jett's bag which was tricky as we were under strict instructions (from every sign) not to touch them. They were very cute. 
  After lunch we emptied our bags of marsupials and finished our circumnavigation. We went for a swim once we were close to home - however although the beaches were beautiful they were pretty rough so we all just had quick dips and managed to avoid being washed back to Perth. 
Then we relaxed on the grass near the main jetty for an hour or so before catching our ferry back to Perth. We had dinner at home with our crew plus some extra Tasmanians who were camping nearby. All up it was a completely non-restful but super fun rest day. Unfortunately Jon was pretty trashed by the end of it. 
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