Pinky Beach
Wide white-sand beach beside a beachfront bar, where quokkas linger hopefully near every table.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Pinky Beach on Rottnest Island near Perth follows a hungry Dutch sea captain's mistake in sixteen ninety-six, when Willem de Vlamingh's starving crew stumbled on plump, rat-like animals and named the whole island after them. It traces how that same appetite still plays out today, three centuries later, at the beachside bar built right on the sand. Order at the counter and watch how close the animals wander to a table without ever quite touching a plate.
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