Sometimes, when a destination becomes ‘Instagrammable’ and attracts tourists looking for the ultimate selfie, the place ceases to be special. We’ve seen it happen all over the world, with tourists going to extreme lengths to get that perfect shot. Fortunately that’s not the case on Rottnest Island, just 19 kilometres off the coast of Fremantle in Western Australia. In recent years ‘Rotto’, or its Noongar name ‘Wadjemup’, has become known as the home of the quokka, a cute, wallaby-like marsupial that looks like it is smiling up close. When Roger Federer took his now infamous
