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Freo Today. 7 April 2025. Year flying by. And speaking of flying, we hear Serge, the maestro at South Freo Conti, has just air freighted in this pizza oven from Verona Italy. You can test its products on any weekend night. Bravo, Serge! Nice pic by our roving reporter, PD.

After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 4 2025 V Western Bulldogs in Life, Law & Culture
“Quite embarrassed and ashamed.” “Incredibly remorseful.” Well, so they should be. The umpiring in this match was lamentable. Whenever a…
Small Things Like These – Film Review in Life, Law & Culture
I’d read Claire Keegan’s Booker nominated novel Small Thinks Like These and absolutely loved it – so I went to…
Greener Shipping! in Shipping News
Yesterday, Sunday morning, 6 April, at 8.30 am, CMA CGM Baalbeck, an 8,000 TEU dual-fuel LNG-powered container ship, arrived in…

Where the F Were You on Friday Night?

Freo's the place to be on a Friday night, no question. Cold, gusty winds and rain didn't stop locals and visitors from hitting the town. Some partied to King Stingray at Fremantle Arts Centre. Others ventured up to the North Freo Bowlo and heard from our Federal Candidates. Or relaxed to poetry, storytelling, and solo musicians at the Fibonacci Centre. Me, myself, and I sauntered over to Clancy's on Cantonment Street to hear from Frack Free Kimberley and then enjoy a free concert. After enjoying a nice fish supper, chewing the fat by the fireplace with a few friendly former…
View From The Round House With Martin Drum – The Prof and Professor John Phillimore from Curtin U Discuss the Federal Election Campaigns in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Your Editor, Michael Barker is away…
Kate’s Section 44 Issue in Life, Law & Culture
When Kate Hulett launched her A Piece of Kate podcast as the central plank of her media strategy in her…
Hearts & Minds: How will candidates reach Freo voters in a fragmented media landscape? in Life, Law & Culture
On election night I was assigned by WAtoday to drive up from Fremantle to Perth to spend the evening with…
The Correspondent – Film Review in Life, Law & Culture
Janet and I ventured up to Luna Leederville last Saturday to watch The Correspondent, at the kind invitation of Luna…
The Wednesday Poem in Life, Law & Culture
Still only islands​ We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep. ​​—William…
The Popular FSN Podcasts – And How To Get Them in Life, Law & Culture
We at Fremantle Shipping News thank Federal Liberal MP for Canning, Andrew Hastie for helping to spread the word about…

After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 3 2025 V West Coast, The Derby

In the week leading up to the Derby I pulled aside those I loved most and whispered that perhaps I would not watch the game live; simply unwilling to bear the health and happiness implications of another final minute fumble or miskick or needless fifty metre penalty. And yes, even the possibility of defeat against the Harley Reids; that empty echo of a once proud footy club. I didn’t think I could bear it. My words were received with a polite “fair enough” as if I was an old digger deciding not to march on Anzac Day any more. Or…
Ink and Drink in Life, Law & Culture
Were my eyes deceiving me? I hadn't been in Running With Thieves in South Freo for a while but found…
A Royal Returns – Crown Princess Here For The Day in Shipping News
The Crown Princess cruise ship is on a transit visit to Freo today. She arrived this morning, supported by two…
Interview with Andrew HC McDonald – The Montegiallo School of Swearing in Life, Law & Culture
Andrew HC McDonald was born in the small town of Shackleton in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia, moving to the…

Da Da Da Da! (Clap Clap) Addams Family JCA Review

It's a hot March Friday night. Perfect time to go see a play by locals. Hats off to John Curtin College for another impressive production. This time it's The Addams Family, and after being blown away by their renditions of The Little Shop of Horrors and Legally Blonde, we sat down with very high expectations. The plotline: young Wednesday Addams wants to get married and everyone's making a song and dance about it. The evening started with a fun musical intro and audience clap along before launching in. Their costumes, set design, and soundtrack are matched at times only by…

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