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	Rottnest Island Perth Tourism
		Rottnest is covered by grassy plains, woodlands and scattered salt lakes; its low-lying scrub and bush vegetation is very hardy.
		Rottnest Island Pines and Rottnest Island Tea Trees are native to this area and dominate much of the landscape.
		Rottnest is an angler’s paradise; hundreds of boats frequent the lively waters for a variety of reef, sea grass and migratory species.
	www.discoverwest.com.au /western_australia/rottnest_island.html (804 words)

	Rottnest Island, Perth Western Australia
		Rottnest Island is known by locals as "Rotto", and the island is easily accessible by ferry.
		Rottnest is a popular holiday destination for locals and tourists, and because of its close proximity to Perth your stay there can be as long or short as you like.
		Rottnest is also one of the best locations around Perth for snorkeling and scuba diving, and the pristine waters are home to a myriad of interesting fish, sea life and coral.
	www.perthtouristcentre.com.au /rottnest_island.htm (548 words)

	Rottnest Island
		Rottnest Island is 11 kilometres long, and 4.5 kilometres in width at its widest point.
		Rottnest Island is visited by nearly 500,000 visitors per year,70% of which come for the day only.
		The Rottnest Lodge and the Quokka Arms are hotels on the island which are very pleasant to stay on and are much more luxurious than the usual YHA hostel style accommodation.
	www.rottnest-island.net (396 words)

	Rottnest Island Wastewater Treatment Plant
		Rottnest has approximately 370,000 visitors per year, with the majority in summer (approximately 70,000 in January) and fewer in winter (approximately 10,000 in June).
		Rottnest Island is a popular holiday destination for WA residents; it has both overnight and day only visitors.
		The CASS plant on Rottnest Island was designed to treat a maximum of 176,000 kL of domestic wastewater per year (average of 482 kL/d), 27,700 kL in any one month (923 kL/d) and 3,800 kL in any 3 day consecutive period (1,270 kL/d).
	www.environment.gov.au /settlements/industry/corporate/eecp/publications/wastewater/rottnest.html (1831 words)

	Rottnest AirTaxi
		Rottnest Airport is just 800m from the main settlement area of Rottnest, and just 600m from the 'bike hire' place.
		Rottnest Airport is also serviced by a free courtesy shuttle-bus that runs past every 30 minutes daily during normal business hours, including weekends.
		Rottnest Air-Taxi reserves the right to combine separate co-incident bookings in the one flight at no discount, if there is no inconvenience to either booking.
	www.rottnest.de /faq.htm (519 words)

	Rottnest Island
		On Rottnest Island there are small animals called Quokkas, (a sort of small wallaby.) Rottenest island is one of Australia's inhabited islands It's 11km's long and 4.5km's wide at it's widest point.
		Rottnest is used for farming, fishing and salt gathering.
		Over the years the Rottnest island Authority has fostered the development of the island with many regulations that are designed to allow the present and future generations of Western Australians and other visitors the opportunity to enjoy the unique island of Rottnest.
	teachit.acreekps.vic.edu.au /cyberfair2002/RottnestIsland.htm (522 words)

	Fremantle - rotto
		Rottnest Island has some of the finest beaches and bays in the world together with a unique style of architecture dating back to the 1800's.
		Rottnest is a popular holiday resort and place of recreation for Western Australians, visitors and tourists.
		Rottnest is well known for the quokkas, small animals, who wander about.
	www.freofocus.com /things2c/html/rotto.cfm (255 words)

	The Bathurst Lighthouse on Rottnest Island
		The tower is on the north east cape of Rottnest Island.
		It is the subsidiary light to the Main Rottnest Island Lighthouse in the centre of the island.
		The keepers cottage was sold to the Rottnest Island Board and is at present occupied by Board employees.
	www.lighthouse.net.au /lights/WA/Bathurst/Bathurst.htm (280 words)

	Rottnest Cycling
		Rottnest Island has many different events but a few more famous ones would be the Rottnest Channel Swim which is an annual event conducted by the Rottnest Channel Swim Association with the aim to promote interest in swimming across the Rottnest Channel.
		The event is a 19.2 kilometre swim from Cottesloe Beach to Rottnest Island and is one of the world's largest open water swims with the 2004 event attracting 2303 swimmers.
		Another famous Rottnest Island event which draws much media attention is schoolies or leavers.Schoolies week is that time of year when school leaver's, just after finishing their final exams decide its time to let their hair down and party amongst friends.
	www.rottnest.biz /rottnestannualevents.html (276 words)

	rottnest island
		rottnest island lies 19km off the coast of perth, the capital of western australia.
		over the years rottnest has had a variety of functions for WA, including being a prison island for the indigenous peoples through the 1800's and also as a military installment during the second world war, but today is a favourite holiday destination for west aussies and visitors to our state.
		the journey to rottnest island by ferry or fast boat takes about 30 minutes from the port of fremantle.
	members.iinet.net.au /~secret/index.html (117 words)

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		Quokkas are actually more the size of a domestic cat, and their numbers on Rottnest can vary considerably, depending on the availability of food, but they average about 10,000, far outnumbering the local human population.
		The Rottnest Museum, which was built by Aboriginal prisoners in 1857 as a store and mill, has a wealth of displays and photographs on the history of the island.
		The luxury Rottnest Hotel offers a choice of restaurants and bars, while the 3½-star Rottnest Lodge Resort, which was a boy’s reformatory up to 1901, has a mix of budget and luxury rooms and apartments, ranging from AUD $78 – $200.
	www.goworldtravel.com /ex/aspx/articleGuid.E9E77B6C-9D01-4841-96B9-647759F0CB76/xe/print.htm (1372 words)

	Rottnest Island
		Formerly the Old Bam and Grain Crushing Mill, the museum traces the cultural and natural history of Rottnest from the early Dutch explorers to the present, Many fascinating relics of the convict days and shipwrecks around the island are on display.
		Rottnest Airport is a fifteen-minute walk from the settlement.
		The Rottnest Lodge Resort is a prison converted into first-class motel units.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/west_australia/rottnest_isl.asp (722 words)

	Rottnest Island - National Parks International Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Rottnest Island is located 19 km off the coast of Western Australia, near Fremantle.
		In order to get to Rottnest Island, you need to take a boat from Fremantle which is a small port, near to Perth.
		Rottnest Island is a small, beautiful and green Island which is littered with stunning beaches.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /national-parks-international/rottnest-island (294 words)

	Rottnest Island, Western Australia - About Australia
		Just offshore from Perth, Rottnest Island is where the locals go to swim at white-sand beaches, snorkel in turquoise water over shipwrecks, or kick back and go fishing.
		Rottnest has a la carte restaurants, a hotel, a general store, take-away outlets and a cafe.
		Rottnest is an easy day trip from Perth or a relaxing holiday spot.
	www.about-australia.com /western-australia/perth/destinations/rottnest-island (406 words)

	Rottnest Island travel guide - Wikitravel
		Rottnest Island is an island off the coast of Western Australia.
		As almost all activities on Rottnest Island are under the administration of the Western Australian Government.
		The climate in Rottnest Island is essentially the same as that in Perth, it may be a little cooler due to its more southern location, and because its an island.
	wikitravel.org /en/Rottnest_Island (367 words)

	Rottnest Island - Western Australia - Australia - Travel - theage.com.au
		It seems that as recently as the last Ice Age both Rottnest and Garden Island (see Rockingham) were connected to the mainland.
		The Dutch ships which sailed the Roaring Forties and nearly bumped into the Western Australian coast were aware of Rottnest Island as early as 1627 and by 1658 Dutch sailors from the Waeckende Boeij had landed on the island.
		Rottnest remained a prison for Aborigines until 1903.
	www.theage.com.au /news/Western-Australia/Rottnest-Island/2005/02/17/1108500208682.html (862 words)

	Rottnest Island - Australia - Mark Moxon, Travel Writer
		On Sunday 28th May I decided to visit Rottnest Island, a popular place to visit just 20km west of Perth.
		Rottnest is pretty well untouched once you're out of the tourist settlement on the east end of the island: well, that's how it looks when you're used to the city.
		However, there are some serious gun emplacements from the second world war, a grand old lighthouse right in the middle of the island, some other little settlements, all of which turn the relatively scrubby landscape into something worth touring.
	www.moxon.net /australia/rottnest_island.html (404 words)

	ROTTNEST ISLAND, ROTTNEST, ROTTO, ROTTNEST WA, ROTNEST ISLAND, GETTING TO ROTTNESS
		Rottnest Island was discovered in 1696 by Willem de Vlamingh, a Dutch explorer, who named the island Rats' Nest due to the many large rats that he found on the island.
		Although Rottnest Island started out as a prison and also hosted a large military stronghold during World War II, it soon became a perfect escape from the busy city life in Perth and is a wonderful place to visit.
		If you would prefer to relax amongst the beauty of Rottnest Island, there are a couple of tours which you can join still allowing you to see the island.
	www.australianexplorer.com /rottnest_island.htm (396 words)

	The Quokkas of Rottnest Island, W.A.
		Approximately 7000 years ago, Rottnest Island was attached to the mainland of Western Australia and large mobs of quokkas were common.
		All flora and fauna on Rottnest Island are protected, and every visitor is encouraged to respect the nature reserve.
		The Quokkas of Rottnest Island often venture from the safety of the Thomson Bay rock jetty to greet visitors getting off the ferry, but sharing human food snacks is not allowed.
	www.travelworldmagazine.com /contributors/detail.php?ArticleID=549 (807 words)

	Rottnest Marine Life
		At Rottnest there are also fl lace-like bryozoans, and there are many different forms of ascidians including things that look like tulips and pieces of plumbing.
		Common urchins can be seen everywhere at Rottnest, a mass of slender blue spines jutting out of a hole in the top or sides of the reef.
		The slate pencil urchins (so named because their spines were once used as pencils for slates) are less common, and are usually found in caves or wedged deep in a crevice for protection.
	www.maths.uwa.edu.au /~adrian/scuba/rotto.html (1916 words)

	Rottnest Island, Perth, Western Australia WA, travel guide - Australian Tourism Net
		A lifestyle untouched by the pressures of the mainland draws thousands of holidaymakers to Rottnest each year.
		And Rottnest wouldn't be Rottnest without the quokkas, the small marsupials which inhabit the island.
		It's great to spend a few days at Rottnest, but you can still have a relaxing time visiting for a day.
	www.atn.com.au /wa/central/roto-a.htm (298 words)

	Rottnest Island- Perth, Australia - VirtualTourist.com
		The "rats" are actually quokkas -a small wallaby-like marsupial that live just here on the island and in a couple of very small enclaves on the mainland.
		Rottnest Island (or Rotto, as the locals call it) is definately a must for a day trip from Perth.
		Directions: Getting to: Rottnest Island could be reach by a short ferry ride of 30min from Fremantle (19km) or 1 hour from Perth (32 km).
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Australia_and_Oceania/Australia/State_of_Western_Australia/Perth-1871231/Things_To_Do-Perth-Rottnest_Island-BR-1.html (1162 words)

	FREISCHUTZ - LoveToKnow Article on FREISCHUTZ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Fremantle became a municipality in 1871; but there are now three separate municipalitiesFremantle, with a population in 1901 of 14,704; Frernantle East (2494); and Fremantle North (3246).
		At Rottnest Island, off the harbour, there are government salt-works and a residence of the governor, also penal and reformatory establishments.
		FREMIET, EMMANUEL (1824), French sculptor, born in Paris, was a nephew and pupil of Rude; he chiefly devoted himself to animal sculpture and to equestrian statues in armour.
	97.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FR/FREISCHUTZ.htm (2606 words)

	Rottnest Island Day Tour See Quokka Rotnest Island
		This Rottnest Island cruise includes ferry ride from Perth to Rottnest Island, guided island tour, 2 course buffet lunch and hotel transfers.
		Cruise from Perth to the island of Rottnest set in the warm waters of the Indian Ocean.
		Rottnest island is best known for stunning white beaches and aqua blue waters, bike riding (as no public cars are permitted on the island) and for interacting with Quokkas, a small native Australian marsupial which is prolific on the island and bravely mingles with visitors.
	www.tourbookings.com.au /perth/rottnestdaytour.shtml (654 words)

	The Wilderness Society - Rottnest drowning not waving
		The Wilderness Society WA condemned the Rottnest Island zoning scheme released today as a failure and accused the Carpenter government of risking our children's heritage.
		As our families continue to flock to this internationally acclaimed island the pressure will eventually become too much - our family holidays will never be the same again as there will be fewer and fewer fish left to see, let alone catch.
		Over 2,000 public submissions were made to the Government in favour of increasing protection of the waters to at least 16%.
	www.wilderness.org.au /regions/wa/rottnest-drowning-not-waving (425 words)

	Rottnest Island
		Comprised of mainly limestone reefs you will find caverns, swim throughs, terrific visibility and waters ranging in temperature 19 - 24 degrees C. The waters around Rottnest are home to a combination of temperate and tropical species of fish; Nudibranch, Wobbegongs, Old Wife, Magpie Morwong, Stingray, Blue Devil and Rays to name but a few.
		Regarded as the best location to dive of any capital city in Australia, Rottnest is a must for any diving enthusiast.
		Dive Charters to Rottnest Island include 2 dives, air fills, morning tea, lunch and light refreshments.
	www.imagedive.com.au /rottnest_island.htm (269 words)

	Rottnest Island Day Tour from Perth
		The subtropical island of Rottnest set in the warm waters of the Indian Ocean.
		Take a short ocean cruise to Rottnest Island via a Swan River cruise between Perth and Fremantle with full commentary.
		Return ferry to Rottnest Island via a Swan River cruise between Perth and Fremantle with full commentary.
	www.affiliate.viator.com /brochure/product_show.jsp?ID=1010&PRODUCTID=1016&CODE=3998PER659&AUID=3963 (505 words)

	UWA Press - Gone to Rottnest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Gone to Rottnest tells the story of an island that has iconic status for Western Australians, tracing its transformation from a place of imprisonment to a favourite holiday destination.
		She introduces readers to the birds that will share their stretch of beach, the vegetation they will ride through when exploring the island, the fish they may catch, and the migrating whales and playful dolphins of the Indian Ocean.
		Gone to Rottnest will raise awareness of a fragile environment and the challenges it faces, and strengthen the cause of those who work to preserve a unique island that has always been valued for its relaxed atmosphere and unspoiled simplicity.
	www.uwapress.uwa.edu.au /titles/index/gone_to_rottnest (243 words)

	YHA Australia Hostels - Rottnest Island YHA Backpackers Hostel
		Surrounded by wonderful beaches, the Rottnest Island YHA is one of the island's many historic buildings.
		It is the perfect place from which to enjoy the island and discover why Western Australians make Rottnest their holiday destination.
		The Rottnest Pub is famous among locals and travellers alike!
	www.yha.com.au /hostels/details.cfm?hostelid=125 (341 words)

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