November 27, 2024 One of the many spectacular beaches on Rottnest Island. I’d been covering races for IRONMAN for about a decade when my family finally sat me down for “the intervention.” The gist of their message was simple: you travel to some of the world’s most amazing spots, and all you do is work.
“From now on, every place you go, you have to take in at least one sight,” my wife and three children dictated one night. (The ironic part of all this was I routinely rushed back after an event in order to spend less time away from them.) Since then I have done my best to appreciate some of the incredible destinations triathlon can lead us to.
Which is why, when IRONMAN and the folks from Tourism Western Australia invited me down under to cover this weekend’s IRONMAN Pro Series race in Busselton – IRONMAN 70.3 Busselton – I jumped at the chance to arrive a few days early and take in some of the sights from this side of Australia. This will be the first of three photo galleries from my adventures, covering my first few days after arriving in Perth. Fremantle and Perth
Fremantle near South Beach. There’s no quick way to fly to Western Australia from North America, and while there are flights into Busselton airport, your best bet is get yourself to Perth, the capital, and then drive down to the race site, which is about a two and a half hour drive. […]
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