Carmen's cottage is lovely and spacious and surrounded by a very pretty, quirky garden. She has lots of information about the area. A car would be handy to get to supermarkets and to downtown Fremantle. Parking can get expensive in Fremantle but the parking garage near corner of Henderson and William close to the information centre gives you the first hour free. It is an easy walk from there to everything and there are free hop on hop off buses in town as well.