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9am-6pm); and
Bannister Street CraftWorks,
8-12 Bannister St. (
&
08/9336
2035
), an arts cooperative where you often spy the artists at work (open
11am-5:30pm; closed Mon). The 150 stalls at the
Fremantle Markets,
74 South
Terrace at Henderson Street (
&
08/9335 2515
), mostly sell cheap imported
handcrafts, jewelry, housewares, and clothing, as well as inexpensive food.
They're open Friday from 9am to 9pm, Saturday from 9am to 5pm, and Sun-
day and any public holidays that fall on a Monday from 10am to 5pm.
The most popular watering holes are the
Sail & Anchor,
64 S. Terrace
(
&
08/9335 8433
), which brews its own Brass Monkey Stout; the
Norfolk,
47 South Terrace at Norfolk Street (
&
08/9335 5405
); and the beautifully
restored front bar and garden courtyard at
Phillimore's Café & Bar
at His
Majesty's Hotel, on Phillimore Street at Mouat Street (
&
08/9335 9596
). The
happening “cappuccino strip” on South Terrace is good for people-watching.
Fremantle Arts Centre
Housed in a striking neo-Gothic 1860s building
built by convicts, this center contains one of Western Australia's best contempo-
rary arts-and-crafts galleries with a constantly changing array of works. A shop
sells crafts from Western Australia, a bookstore stocks Australian art books and
literature, and the courtyard cafe is the perfect place to hang out. Free concerts
play on the lawn every Sunday and public holiday between October and April
from 2 to 4pm.
1 Finnerty St.
&
08/9432 9555.
Free admission. Daily 10am-5pm. Closed Christmas, Boxing Day (Dec 26),
Good Friday, and New Year's Day.
Fremantle History Museum
Housed in a convict-built former lunatic
asylum next to the Fremantle Arts Centre, this small but densely packed
museum uses lots of old photographs and personal possessions to paint a realis-
tic picture of what life was like for Fremantle's first settlers, the Aborigines they
displaced, and later generations up to the present day.
1 Finnerty St. at Ord St. (part of the Fremantle Arts Centre, see above).
&
08/9430 7966.
Free admission
(donation requested). Sun-Fri 10:30am-4:30pm; Sat 1-5pm. Closed Christmas and Good Friday.
Fremantle Prison
Even jails sported attractive architecture back in the
1850s. This limestone jail, built to house 1,000 inmates by convicts who no
doubt ended up inside it, was a maximum-security prison until 1991. Take the
75-minute tour, or guide yourself with an audio headset to see cells re-created in
the style of past periods of the jail's history, bushranger (highwayman) Joe
Moondyne's “escape-proof ” cell, the gallows, the workshops, the chapel, the hos-
pital, the jailers' houses, and cell walls featuring some wonderful artwork by the
former inmates. An additional 45-minute tour visits the women's prison every
hour, after the main tour and is included in the ticket price. You must book for
the Wednesday- and Friday-night
candlelight tours
, which take 90 minutes.
1 The Terrace.
&
08/9336 9200.
Free admission to prison precinct and visitor center. Tours A$14 (US$9.10)
adults, A$11 (US$7.15) seniors and students, A$7.15 (US$4.65) children 4-15, A$39 (US$25) families of 5;
candlelight tours Wed and Fri A$18 (US$12) adults, A$13 (US$8.45) seniors and students, A$8.80 (US$5.70)
children, A$47 (US$31) families. Daily 10am-6pm. Main tours run every 30 min. from 10am; last tour 5pm.
Women's prison tours run every hour from 11:30am; last tour 4:30pm. Candlelight tours Wed and Fri 7pm
(winter) or 7:30pm (summer). Closed Christmas and Good Friday.
The Roundhouse
This 12-sided jail is the oldest public building in the state
(built around 1830). There are no displays or memorabilia, but it's worth a visit
for history's sake, and for the sea views on the other side. The time cannon just
to its west, a replica of a gun salvaged from an 1878 wreck, is fired and a
time
