檢視較大的地圖
Rottnesd island on Google Maps
Google Maps 上的 Rottnest island
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島上的湖
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島上的湖
Travel information on the island:
島上旅遊相關資訊：
Map of the Rottnest island (Download)
全島地圖（下載）
Weather and climate on the island (Rottnest island authority)
島上的天氣（Rottnest island authority）
Jump on and jump off bus service (Rottnest island authority)
環島公車（Rottnest island authority）
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Rottnest Express 在費利曼圖的渡輪售票處
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Rottnest Express 渡輪
Rottnest island to the WA Perth what Green island is to the Taiwan, they both are premier island for tourism with similar activities. But the policy to protect the environment is a little bit different. It's a car-free zone except for the island bus, most tourists rely on their feet or bikes to get around it, and it's also classified as an A Class Reserve, no private ownership of the land is permitted. On the contrary, the area of Green island is smaller, it provides motorcycles to the tourists and the density of population is much higher than Rottnest island. Human being has been the destroyer to the Earth, the more people the more damages they do to the environment.
Rottnest island 之於西澳柏斯，就像綠島之於台灣一樣，是一個熱門的觀光景點，有著類似的旅遊活動。但對於島上的生態保護卻有點不同。Rottnesd island 島上除了環島公車之外，大部份的遊客都是依賴自行車環島，此島被列為 A 級保護區，在島上是沒有私人的土地。反觀綠島，面積較小，島上提供大量的機車作為遊客的代步工具，綠島的人口密度也遠大於 Rottnest island，人類一直是地球的破壞者，人越多對生態環境的破壞就越嚴重。
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等待我所租的腳踏，上面都會標示租用人的名字
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台灣製的捷安特腳踏車
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島上的主要碼頭
The comparisons between the two islands
兩島比較表
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私人遊艇
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路標
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前往燈塔中，它位於島上最高處
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遊客
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遊客們，一個累倒在路上的男子
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燈塔旁
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燈塔旁
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燈塔
Rottnest Island is located 18 km off the coast of Western Australia, near Fremantle.(About 25 minutes by ferry). Originally it connected to the mainland of Australia, but was separated because of the rising sea levels approximately 7,000 years ago. The aboriginal(Noongar) inhabited there before called it Wadjemup, meaning "place across the water". Because they don't have good shipbuilding technology to get across the sea, since then there was no aboriginal on the island. Until 17th, an European found it again. The reason it's called Rottnest island(Rat's nest in Dutch language) is that the Dutch captain saw a kind of big rat on the island. As a matter of fact, it's one of the indigenous marsupial, called Quokka.
Rottnesd island 位於西澳的海岸線以西約十八公里處（約二十五分鐘的船程）。它和澳洲本島原本是相連的，七千年前海平面的上升，導致它和本島分離。以前住過 Rottnesd island 的原住民 (Noongar) 稱它為 Wadjemup，意思是「一個要跨越水域的地方」。因為他們缺乏好的造船技術往返兩地，此後再也沒原住民在島上居住。直到十七世紀歐洲人再度發現它。它會被稱為 Rottnest island（Rat's nest，老鼠的巢，荷蘭語） 是因為發現它的荷蘭船長，在島上看到一種大型的老鼠。實際上這種動物是澳洲眾多有袋類動物的一種，名字是「Quokka」。
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環島公車
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鍋卡..XD
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特別的樹木
Not too many residents on the island, most worker here commutes between the island and the mainland. Parts of the power requirements is contributed by the wind turbine(35%), as to the water, besides harvesting the rainfall, they also use the groundwater processed by the reverse osmosis plant for desalinating. Due to the dry heat in Australia, you have to prepare sufficient drinking water whenever being out. You can get the drinking water only in a small part of the east island. Pay attention to this if you have plan to circle around it.
島上的居民並不多，大部份的人都是利用通勤在這上班。島上部份電力靠著風力發電維持（35%），水源的部份，除了收集雨水、還有透過逆湛透廠處理過以降低鹽分的地下水。由於澳洲天氣乾熱，出外行走時都要備妥充足的水。在 Rottnesd island，只有東部一小塊區域能取得飲用水，如果有打算環島的人，要特別注意。
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湖與風力發電機
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路標
Rottnest island has been a popular destination for 50 years, it always full of people during the school holiday, it might need to book the ferry, accommodation several months in advance. The accommodation on the island can be for up to 2,850 tourists, and there might be up to 5,000 visitors per day. If you want to visit and circle around it in one-day trip during non-holidays, one thing you have to know first, the schedule would be very tight because of the ferry's departure time. The earliest ferry arrives the island around 10:30 in the morning, and the last one leaving the island is at 16:30. You have only 6 hours to finish the launch, photo taking, scenes enjoying(Timetable of the ferry), the road ups and downs must impress itself on your mind. That was my first time on the island, I just couldn't manage the time well, so I finished my circle around the island and back to the downtown at two. Nothing to do apart from having a rest and watching the people passing by. Finally, I didn't visit some of the scenic spots on the island due to the limited time.
Rottnest island 過去五十年來，一直是很熱門的景點，西澳學生的放假期間，更是人滿為患，住宿、船票可能都要提前幾個月訂購。畢竟島上的住宿最多只能容納 2,850 人，而一天之內的遊客可能多達 5,000 人。在非假日想要一天之內環島的人，要有心理準備，因為要配合船班，整個行程還蠻趕的。最早的船班在早上約十點半抵達 Rottnesd island，回程的最後一班船班在下午四點半出發。包含中餐、拍照、欣賞風景、 娛樂的時間，大約只有六個小時（船班表），高低起伏的環島公路也會讓你印象深刻。我因為第一次去，時間抓不準，大約二點多就環島完回到市區附近，看著人群發呆休息。由於時間的關係，最後島上還有好幾個景點我都沒去。
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島上的湖
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島上的湖
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島上的馬路
You can board the ferry departure from two places, Perth or Fremantle, the spread is AUD $15, if you want to save more money like me, you can take the ferry at Fremantle and spend less than AUD $5 from Perth to Fremantle by train. Besides, it'd be better to buy the tour package provided by the ferry Corp. in order to circle around the island by bike. It's much cheaper to buy a package including ferry ticket and the rent of bike than only buy the ferry ticket and rent a bike from the Corp. on the island. There's another advantage of the package, the bikes are transported to the island with you, so you can enjoy the riding immediately once you get off the ferry.(The bikes they adopt are made in Taiwan by Giant Corp.)
前往 Rottnest island 的船，可以在兩個地方搭乘，柏斯或是費利曼圖，兩個地點的價差澳幣十五元，如果你想像我一樣省錢，可以花不到澳幣五元搭乖火車自行前往費利曼圖。另外如果想騎腳踏車環島的人，最好直接買船公司的套裝行程，船票含腳踏車租金的費用，絕對比你單買船票再去島上租腳踏車還划算。而且套裝行程的好處就是，人和腳踏車是一起載過去的，一下船，就可以認領自己的腳踏車，馬上就能上路。（他們用的是台灣的捷安特）
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警告標示
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路標與洋人
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島上的湖
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島的最西邊，衝浪者的天堂
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島的最西邊（運氣好的話，有機會看到海豚、鯨魚、海狗）
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這裡非常適合浮潛和潛水，因為有許多的魚群生活在這個區域
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這裡非常適合浮潛和潛水，因為有許多的魚群生活在這個區域
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這裡非常適合浮潛和潛水，因為有許多的魚群生活在這個區域
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城鎮
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城鎮
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城鎮
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島上的主要碼頭
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Rottnest Express 渡輪
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離開 Rottnest island
View Rottnest island in a larger map"Rottnest" by trees in Google Maps
看了 Google Maps 才發現，由樹木所排成的 "Rottnest" 的字樣
Virtual tour (by Rottnest Express)
Scuba diving in Rottnest island
Reference:
參考資訊：
1. Rottnest island authority
2. Rottnest Express
3. Rottnest island (Wiki)
4. Lonely Planet, Australia
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