Comments on: Rottnest Island http://focus.circulargenius.com/australia/tasmania/rottnest-island.html Focus: Photo Journal featuring photos from around the world. Currently in Australia. Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:30:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: josh http://focus.circulargenius.com/australia/tasmania/rottnest-island.html/comment-page-1#comment-9195 josh Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:54:55 +0000 http://focus.circulargenius.com/australia/tasmania/rottnest-island.html#comment-9195 Supposedly when the Dutch first landed on Rottnest Island (I guess they discovered it?) they thought the Quokkas were rats. Rottnest I believe is Dutch for rat nest. Sounds lovely doesn't it? Mom, your comments are funny :). It would certainly be interesting if my photos were on half the walls in the world lol. I'm not sure I even really noticed the boat in the photo until you pointed it out. It wasn't actually that far out... not that big of a boat. We were swimming about halfway to it. The water felt great after a hot bike ride. And photo of quokka coming up in 3...2...1... Supposedly when the Dutch first landed on Rottnest Island (I guess they discovered it?) they thought the Quokkas were rats. Rottnest I believe is Dutch for rat nest. Sounds lovely doesn’t it?

Mom, your comments are funny :) . It would certainly be interesting if my photos were on half the walls in the world lol. I’m not sure I even really noticed the boat in the photo until you pointed it out. It wasn’t actually that far out… not that big of a boat. We were swimming about halfway to it. The water felt great after a hot bike ride.

And photo of quokka coming up in 3…2…1…

]]> By: Peg http://focus.circulargenius.com/australia/tasmania/rottnest-island.html/comment-page-1#comment-9190 Peg Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:43:40 +0000 http://focus.circulargenius.com/australia/tasmania/rottnest-island.html#comment-9190 Good heavens! How did I miss that boat in the photo?!? (Rhetorical question. ;-)) It looks small--farther away than I would have thought. Must be a pretty large bay. That comment's sort of neither here nor there; I'm just surprised I didn't see it till I came back to the site again . . . a whole five minutes later. ;-) Good heavens! How did I miss that boat in the photo?!? (Rhetorical question. ;-) ) It looks small–farther away than I would have thought. Must be a pretty large bay. That comment’s sort of neither here nor there; I’m just surprised I didn’t see it till I came back to the site again . . . a whole five minutes later. ;-)

]]> By: Peg http://focus.circulargenius.com/australia/tasmania/rottnest-island.html/comment-page-1#comment-9189 Peg Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:38:36 +0000 http://focus.circulargenius.com/australia/tasmania/rottnest-island.html#comment-9189 Marsupials found only on Rottnest! I bet Dad is salivating, too! :-) VERY cool! Marsupials found only on Rottnest! I bet Dad is salivating, too! :-) VERY cool!

]]> By: Peg http://focus.circulargenius.com/australia/tasmania/rottnest-island.html/comment-page-1#comment-9188 Peg Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:37:31 +0000 http://focus.circulargenius.com/australia/tasmania/rottnest-island.html#comment-9188 Oh, my gosh, I'm salivating over the photos! The colors in the second are out of this world. (And love your composition of the curving, left-hand spit. (Maybe I shouldn't mention "salivating" and "spit" in the same three lines? ;-) (I originally thought of "drooling over the photos," but that doesn't improve the "high-humidity" content any! ;-)) Ha! And that first photo: oooohhhhhhhh wwwwooooowwwww. It could be in their travel literature and on half the walls of the world! Love the combination of gorgeous scenery (stationary) and the bikes which communicate movement--going somewhere--probably somewhere wonderful! And that the travelers aren't in cars! Very . . . European-looking? Or something like that. Mmmm, mmmm, mmmm! XOXOX Oh, my gosh, I’m salivating over the photos! The colors in the second are out of this world. (And love your composition of the curving, left-hand spit. (Maybe I shouldn’t mention “salivating” and “spit” in the same three lines? ;-) (I originally thought of “drooling over the photos,” but that doesn’t improve the “high-humidity” content any! ;-) ) Ha! And that first photo: oooohhhhhhhh wwwwooooowwwww. It could be in their travel literature and on half the walls of the world! Love the combination of gorgeous scenery (stationary) and the bikes which communicate movement–going somewhere–probably somewhere wonderful! And that the travelers aren’t in cars! Very . . . European-looking? Or something like that. Mmmm, mmmm, mmmm! XOXOX

]]> By: dadman http://focus.circulargenius.com/australia/tasmania/rottnest-island.html/comment-page-1#comment-9184 dadman Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:32:33 +0000 http://focus.circulargenius.com/australia/tasmania/rottnest-island.html#comment-9184 Where's the pictures of the quokkas??? ;^) And what does the name of the island mean? "Worstest" or "a rotting nest"? Keep having a great time!!! Where’s the pictures of the quokkas??? ;^)

And what does the name of the island mean? “Worstest” or “a rotting nest”? Keep having a great time!!!

]]> By: josh http://focus.circulargenius.com/australia/tasmania/rottnest-island.html/comment-page-1#comment-9182 josh Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:47:27 +0000 http://focus.circulargenius.com/australia/tasmania/rottnest-island.html#comment-9182 <img src="http://focus.circulargenius.com/images/little_salmon_bay.jpg" alt="little salmon bay" width="600"/> Little Salmon Bay little salmon bay
Little Salmon Bay

]]> By: josh http://focus.circulargenius.com/australia/tasmania/rottnest-island.html/comment-page-1#comment-9181 josh Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:45:40 +0000 http://focus.circulargenius.com/australia/tasmania/rottnest-island.html#comment-9181 From Perth we took a ferry down the river and then out into the Indian Ocean to Rottnest Island. As you do on Rottnest Island we rented bicycles and rode around the island stopping to enjoy various bays, beaches, and the local wildlife - namely quokkas (small marsupials found only on Rottnest). From Perth we took a ferry down the river and then out into the Indian Ocean to Rottnest Island. As you do on Rottnest Island we rented bicycles and rode around the island stopping to enjoy various bays, beaches, and the local wildlife – namely quokkas (small marsupials found only on Rottnest).

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