Planning a family trip to Rottnest during the January summer break? Get ready to break open the piggy bank with the price of a basic family tent fetching an eye-watering $4565 over four nights.
The annual event,due to take place on Saturday,involves thousands of swimmers completing the 20-kilometre journey from Fremantle to Rottnest Island.
The new resort will also see the Gov’s Sports Bar replaced with a new 250-person,a 70-seat café,gelato bar,a wellness centre,156 bicycle parking spaces and two new pool areas including a bar and sunbathing terrace.
It sounds like the dream gig. A chance to work and live at one of WA’s most popular tourist hotspots. But nursing at Rottnest Island can be wilder than on the mainland and anyone who does it requires grit.
The carcass has been towed back out to sea after it floated close to the Thomson Bay ferry jetty.
Changes are afoot on Rotto,as the island mecca revitalises its food and beverage offering ahead of an influx of more local tourists in the current COVID landscape.
The resort will include a day spa managed by popular wellness brand Bodhi and a Mediterranean-style poolside restaurant.
The popular holiday island was mayhem on Friday after news of a looming lockdown started coming in from the mainland.
The love affair with Rottnest will never end but spare yourself the fiscal pain of feeling shortchanged by WA hotelier Peter Prendiville’s ‘luxury’ resort. Even those in the industry agree.
The loss of Queensland and Victorian legs of the World Surf Tour are Western Australia and New South Wale’s gain with new one-off events rounding out the surfing schedule.
Luxury has finally arrived on this quokka-filled isle,19 kilometres from the port of Fremantle.