The only gay in the prison

While camping in Fremantle, we decided to pay a visit to Fremantle prison, which housed some of Australia's most notorious criminals for over 100 years until it closed in '91.

First point to note - it's amazing how spacious and appealing even the most primitive of living conditions can seem (i.e. a cell with a bed, a bedside table, a desk and a sink) when you are camping in a 6ft x 4ft tent!

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Secondly, I would never have imagined that a tour around the prison would end up being so amusing and embarrassing....

Meet Andrew...our prison tour guide:

Andrew not only looked just like Daffyd in Little Britain, he also possessed all the same mannerisms and even spoke like him too.  My favourite quote was when he was describing the media's response to a prison riot in the 1980s... "Oooh, they couldn't keep away... they were like seagulls eating chips.  They just couldn't get enough!"



Then, just our luck, Martin and I got selected for audience participation (in other words Daffyd didn't like the look of us).  My stomach sank.

Daffyd thought a little role play was needed and handed me a whip, with a big smile on his face.  I then had to give Martin 5 lashings, much to the amusement of Daffyd and the other 18 people on our tour.

Awkward?  Yes.  Was this made worse by Daffyd giving inappropriate sexual-inuendo related winks and nudges?  Yes.

Little Britain tour guide and lashings aside, it was actually a very fascinating trip.