WE0311 day 16 Exmouth

WO0311 - day 16 - Exmouth
When I spoke to my father before arriving at Exmouth, he said he couldn't find Exmouth on a map. Neither could I. Now I know why. There's nothing there.
One of the main advantages to Australia is probably the biggest disadvantage to the tourist at the same time. The country is so vast and undeveloped. When you go from point A to point B, you go from A to B. There is nothing in between.
I took a tour called "Cape and Canyons." We got onto the bus at the tender pier and went through a tiny town. Then we went to a cape. Nice lookouts, etc. Nothing really new except for the connection to the Pacific theater in WWII. I could have been at any of a number of places on the Maine or Mass coast.
Then we went back to the town, past the town and on to the canyon. No stops in between as we went from point B to point C. The canyon could have been on the north shore of Aruba - canyon, water view, desert vegetation. Then we went back to the tender pier - from point C - you guessed it - through the town.
The tour was both exactly as described and boring.
There were other disappointments that day. The tenders were not running as continuously as was claimed and the buses did not adhere to their schedules.
Toni and I chose to leave the theater ahead of our group rather than be herded like cattle down the 4 flights of stairs. When we got to the tender gangway, we said we were ahead of our tour group but we were told to go ahead and get on the tender that was about to leave. We did.
At about the same time, it was announced that our departure was delayed due to the late arrival of the bus. We ended up waiting on shore (at least under a tent) for over an hour. Shuttle busses ran constantly and they were also using full size busses. All the time we kept hearing the dispatcher talking to our driver regarding his eta.
We waited about 20 minutes for the tender - mostly in direct, midday sun. By the time we got onto our tender, the staff member helping shoreside had radiod'd that there were 200 people waiting. The tenders seemed to be on a schedule rather than running continuously.
I know this all sounds very negative, but I'm reporting what happened. Let me diminish the negativity with a preview of Perth/Fremantle. (I can do that because I'm running behind in my writing.)
We loved both Perth and Fremantle!!!
We think Exmouth should be eliminated and there should be an overnight in Fremantle instead. Are you listening, Royal Caribbean?????????