8th June’08

Woke up 6:50am(nv woke up so early in sg..hoho =X), set out at around 8am to Fremantle. Walked a dist to the Stirling Station. Paid 3.40( 2zones) to Fremantle station. Walked passed 2 churches. Spoke to an evangliser who’s mum had cancer and is healed now. Yeap…walked in to the Fremantle market where I bought shades + casing 20 bucks. Then saw some bratwurst and some French & Mexican cuisine. Lots of souvenir shops and decorative home stuff.

Headed off to Marinetime Museum which entry + submarine fee was 15 bucks. Learning a lot about the history of fishing boats, racing Aussie II, submarines which were used during WWII. Went into the Submarine(HMAS-used in WWII). Walked through the rush escape compartment(where they store the torpedoes), the bunk/eating area, engine; motor; battery compartment, passed the pantry, kitchen where 3 ppl would cook for the 70 odd crew for the 10weeks or-so. Senior lounge and followed by the control room where all the periscope etc were. Ohh..yes, the feeling in a submarine is kinda scary and freaky and AND also very crampy; have to always bent through the hatches. Ohh..and the guide told us many many incidents where the submarine collapsed and sink within 12s. And also, how becoz of the super high pressure…the submarine actually shrinks(in width, I think). A simple expt would be that when they are on the surface, they tied a string real tight from one end to another.. and after they sink, you can see that the string loops in the middle. The difference is really obvious which many (or rather I) find it amazing. Ohh..yes..about escaping, its very tedious, cos everytime each person gets out, they have to fill the hole with water and stuff. Which is quite complicated; not easy as it seems.

After which, we headed for lunch at the nearby fishing harbour where seafood is obviously famous. I had BBQ combo for 22.90..lots of squid and their heads, a few scallops which are very fresh, a stick of fish kebab and Italian dressing to go with the salad. Love the chunks of tomatos. Quite satisfying.

Yea, and and finally we headed for the must-go-trip to the Fremantle Prison.- 13.00 Interestingly, we managed to experience how torturous it would be living there.. Oh..we learnt that the prison was infamously known for its fire incident. Visited the kitchen where most prisoners worked, the court where they exercise and the tent where they ate. Visited the gallows too! The space beneath the rope is rather deep where the bodies would be collected. 43 men & a woman were executed there. The last time the execution took place was Oct 1964. Oh, yes. The guide did say that there were cases where innocent ppl were executed too. Sounds really saddening, wheres justice? But..mostly cos framed & prolly some officers there then were corrupted. Yeap, and before it closed..some prisoners were allowed to paint their walls in their cells even they were not supposed to. There were 2 which were really nice. Lastly, we went to the solitary confinement place where the prisoners had to live in the dark(the guide said that you cant even see your hand infront of you) for 21hrs everyday in the oh so small high ceiling double-door room; only during the meals that they allowed lights. We learnt that there are such who were confined for as long as 6yrs.-Which I think the person will go crazy. Its such a torture…

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Yeap, that’s all for today, folks! =]