Rottnest Island
A low, sandy island of 19 square kilometres, 18 kilometres off Fremantle, protected as an A-class reserve with no private cars. It is home to the quokka, a small marsupial that looks as if it is smiling, and its bays and reefs are mostly reached by bicycle.
- Where
- Western Australia, Australia
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- -32.0050, 115.5150
Get the Rottnest Island stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Rottnest Island. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Western Australia volume with your photos and a note.
Near Rottnest Island
Cottesloe Beach 22 km
Perth's best-loved beach, known in Noongar as Mudurup, a train ride from the city and sheltered by offshore reefs that make swimming relatively safe. Its lawns, Norfolk Island pines and sunsets over the Indian Ocean have been recognised as a place of cultural significance since 2005.
Fremantle Prison 23 km
A walled limestone prison built by convicts transported from Britain, now one of the World Heritage listed Australian Convict Sites. Tours lead through the cellblocks, gatehouse and warders' cottages, and down into tunnels dug beneath the site.
Kings Park 30 km
A 400-hectare park on the rise above Perth Water, looking down over the river and the city's towers. Much of it is native bushland, alongside a botanic garden of Western Australian plants and a walkway of glass and steel through the treetops.
Perth Zoo 32 km
A 17-hectare zoo in South Perth, opened in 1898, just across the river from the city centre. It holds animals from Australia, Asia and Africa, and the gardens planted around their enclosures are a botanical collection in their own right.
Elizabeth Quay 33 km
A waterfront precinct on the north shore of Perth Water in the city centre, named for Queen Elizabeth II in her Diamond Jubilee year. It sits beside the Swan Bells tower, with a footbridge over the inlet, restaurants, and ferries leaving for South Perth.
The Pinnacles 159 km
Thousands of limestone pillars standing in yellow sand inside Nambung National Park, near the town of Cervantes north of Perth. Some stand taller than a person, and a loop drive and walking trails wind between them.
Busselton Jetty 182 km
At 1,841 metres, the longest timber-piled jetty in the Southern Hemisphere, running out into Geographe Bay. A little train carries visitors to the far end, where an underwater observatory looks out on the coral and fish living around the piles.
Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse 266 km
A lighthouse on the headland at the most south-westerly point of mainland Australia, near Augusta, where the Indian and Southern Oceans meet. Built of local limestone in the 1890s, it is the tallest lighthouse on the Australian mainland.
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Questions
Where is Rottnest Island?
Rottnest Island is in Western Australia, Australia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Cottesloe Beach (22 km), Fremantle Prison (23 km), Kings Park (30 km).
How do I get the Rottnest Island stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Rottnest Island and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Western Australia volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Rottnest Island before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Western Australia volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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