Natural features

Rottnest Island and quokkas

Australia Western Australia

Rottnest Island and quokkas
Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A car-free island off Perth with turquoise bays and quokkas, small smiling marsupials that are unafraid of people. Hire a bike to cycle around, and snorkel at the Basin.


Don't touch or feed the quokkas. Ferries run from Perth and Fremantle.

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