Fly Ted Down Under Journeys through the land of Oz

At home in Fremantle.

AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 5 June 2011 | Views [644]

“To The Fishermen, The Jetty,” a public art commemoration of Fremantle's fishing history, highlighted by the two statues on either end of fishermen doing their thing.

More cafes and restaurants; there are still a few operating fishing boats in the Harbour, but these days it is mostly known as a big tourism destination in Fremantle.

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An example of the ridiculous railway gauges in Australia: Western Australia, Queensland, Tasmania and parts of South Australia developed their railways with narrow gauges, which is the inside track shown here. New South Wales, Victoria and parts of South Australia built standard gauge, the outside track shown here, or even broad gauge tracks, for various reasons. These discrepancies remain today, which is quite a hassle when trains cross state lines. The first transcontinental train from Perth to Sydney, the Indian Pacific, only started operation in 1970 when the first rail line with a single gauge was completed across Australia. Previously, trains crossing state lines could be delayed for hours as either passengers and freight transferred to another train, or their existing train had its wheels changed to accommodate the different gauge.

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Fly Ted Down Under Journeys through the land of Oz

At home in Fremantle.

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