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On Fri, 06 Dec 1996 10:41:29 GMT, borge@iinet.net.au (Borge Pedersen)
wrote:

>6. December 1996
>
>I tore myself away from the computer to go to the markets at
>Fremantle. They still hold a certain facination for my wife and I that
>no other market can copy.
>
>Fremantle has changed drastically. Most places you just get 1 hour
>parking for $ 1.20 and worse still you have a maximum of just 2 hours.
>By the time you have walked to your destination and returned you are
>lucky to have 1 hour for your errand.

Use public transport. There is a very good, comfortable electric rail
service - park at any station and take atrian right into the middle of
Freo.

>Now if you are stupid enough to decide to have lunch in the Esplanade
>Lounge then time is of the essence.
>
>It took 18 minutes to have 2 glasses of guinness served and 35 minutes
>to have 2 croissants with chicken served at the table. 

Vote with your feet - there are plenty of other places to eat. And
don't hesitate to complain to the management about bad service and bad
food. Too few people do that, but on occasions when I've done it, it
actually works.

>The temperature of the meal was abysmal, even the french fries were
>cold indicating that the meals must have been standing for some
>considerable time in a draught - still I suppose that blew the flies
>away. It really is well overdue to ginger the staff at that place up a
>little. That kind of service can not do the tourist trade any good at
>all.
>
>My advise is therefore leave Fremantle and the Esplanade alone and get
>into a shopping centre somewhere in the northern suburbs of Perth.
>Parking is free and without time limit and meals are served very
>quickly.

Most people who come to Freo expect to be able to park right outside
the place they want to go to, whereas when they go to shopping centres
they are quite happy to park hundreds of metres away and trudge
through hectares of parked vehicles to get to the shops. At this time
of year, it is starting to get easier to find a parking spot in
Fremantle than it is at Booragoon (Garden City) I have been to the
latter on a couple of occasions in the past year and been unable to
find parking anywhere. I gave up and went to Fremantle.

Bryce.

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