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8 routes
Rottnest Island Cycling Circuit
Cycle the 22-km circuit of Rottnest Island — the car-free island where bicycles are the main transport — visiting the western beaches, lighthouse, and wildlife-rich interior on a loop that takes in the best of the island in a day.
Rottnest Island Sunset & Night Walk
Experience Rottnest Island at sunset and after dark — the car-free island that clears of day visitors each evening becomes a peaceful retreat where quokkas emerge in numbers and the dark skies over the Indian Ocean reveal stars impossible to see from light-polluted Perth.
Rottnest Island Marine Snorkel Trail
Explore the marine environment of Rottnest Island — a marine park with 135 species of tropical and temperate fish, coral, octopus, and sea lions in the clear, warm waters of the Leeuwin Current that bathes the island's rocky reefs.
Rottnest Island Wartime Fortifications Walk
Walk Rottnest Island's WWII heritage — the coastal gun batteries, searchlight positions, and military infrastructure built to defend Perth and Fremantle from Japanese attack in 1942, when the island was briefly considered the most important defensive position on Australia's west coast.
Wadjemup Aboriginal Memorial Walk
Walk Rottnest Island's memorials to the Aboriginal men who died here — over 370 Noongar men buried in unmarked graves across the island, victims of a colonial prison system that held men far from country for resistance to European settlement.
Rottnest Island Quokka & Settlement Walk
Explore Rottnest Island — 19 km off the Perth coast — for the quokkas that made the island famous worldwide through the selfie phenomenon, and the colonial settlement at Thomson Bay where the island's dark history as an Aboriginal prison meets its present as WA's favourite holiday island.
Rottnest Island Wildlife & Ecology Walk
Explore Rottnest Island's wildlife — beyond the famous quokkas, the island has colonies of tiger snakes, osprey nesting on the cliffs, the Rottnest Island wren, and the rich marine life of a protected island 19 km from the mainland.
Rottnest Island Bays & Beaches Walk
Explore Rottnest Island's 63 beaches and 20 bays — the island's extraordinary coastal variety ranges from exposed west coast surf to calm turquoise lagoons on the north coast, all within cycling distance of the ferry terminal.