Fremantle Prison Tunnel Tour

As part of Karen’s birthday we went on the Fremantle Prison Tunnel Tour today.
It was really good fun. We climbed down 18m into the old fresh water system of Perth that the convicts built about 1860. We crawled through the darkness of the narrow and low tunnels that were partially flooded with water and we paddled small boats through this labyrinth. The most amazing thing for me was the darkness.

Crouching in the tunnels we switched off all our lights and it was pitch-black! The eyes just wouldn’t get used to it; there was not the faintest bit of light. It didn’t matter if you had your eyes open or closed.