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Freo Today. 16 October 2026. Last night at Stafford Gallery Fine Art, 21 McCabe Street, North Fremantle, the latest exhibition of the covetable still life work of well known Freo artist, Nellie Crawford opened. Here’s Nellie aside one of her paintings in the exhibition. The exhibition is open all days of the week, except Mondays, until 1 November. For more details go to the Gallery’s website. Opening hours: Saturday 11 am-3 pm, Sunday 2 pm-4.30 pm, Tues-Thursday 10.30 am-4 pm, Friday 10.30 am-3 pm. Closed Monday. It’s good to know there is still life.

Creatures and critters take centre stage in Hungerford Award winning manuscript in Life, Law & Culture
Greg Taylor has won the 35th Hungerford Award for Wildlife in the Open Eucalyptus Forests. Written from the viewpoint of 24 species – none of which are human –…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – MUWAC, Roger, Josh, Jim, Mark, Don – and Katie in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our regular politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Round House, Fremantle  Today, our Editor, Michael…
Rarely A Dull Moment – What happened at the Strategic & General Services Committee Meeting on 14 October 2026? in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…

Don’t Miss The Harbour Classic This Sunday

in Shipping & Sailing
The Fremantle Harbour Classic Yacht Race is on this Sunday. Take the family to the Port! “Head on down to Victoria Quay to watch ‘Hot-Shot Sailors and Week-End Warriors’’’, says a man who knows his stuff, Dr Ed Feathers. The Fremantle Harbour Classic returns this Sunday, 18 October. Watch keelboats from Fremantle Sailing Club and clubs across WA race through Fremantle's Inner Harbour, in an invitation-only event that starts at 1pm and runs for an hour and a half.  There are 20 entrants this year, and the slowest boat starts first, so the fleet races up to the new Freo Traffic Bridge and…
Don’t shoot the Orca! in Our Environment
Our Shipping & Sailing Correspondent Jean Hudson has been getting up close and personal to Orca, the apex predator of…
Coral Geographer heads south after visiting Rotto in Shipping & Sailing
Earlier today, we incorrectly reported that the small, cute cruise ship Coral Geographer had departed Fremantle just after 5 pm…
John Butler and Nicholas Allbrook join call for Kimberley fracking ban in Our Environment
Music identities John Butler and Nicholas Allbrook are set to join an estimated 1000 people outside Western Australia's Parliament House…
The Wednesday Poem in Life, Law & Culture
Fremantle Shipping News is pleased to bring you The Wednesday Poem. In this feature we post poems by Freo and Freo-connected…
Seen In Freo … On WA Day in Seen in Freo
Sunshine and the last day of the school holidays brought families flocking to Fremantle’s Fishing Boat Harbour on Sunday for…
Prefabricated build delivers 38 social homes in North Coogee in Architecture + Urban Design
For a change, a good news housing story - Thirty-eight new social housing apartments have been completed in North Coogee…

The Life of Riley

in Beaches
Just got better - with these South Beach Dog Beach upgrades just announced by City of Fremantle. Here’s your chance to learn about and contribute to the final outcomes! South Beach Dog Exercise Area (Dog Beach) has received $2.46m in Federal Government Grant funding and is set for accessibility, landscape and amenity upgrades. The South Beach Dog Beach upgrades are supported by funding from the Australian Government through the Major and Local Community Infrastructure Program (MLCIP). The project is being delivered by the City in accordance with grant requirements and guided by the South Beach Place Plan, which sets the…
Farewell ICGS Shaunak! in Shipping & Sailing
The Indian Coast Guard offshore patrol vessel ICGS Shaunak slipped out of Fremantle on Sunday morning at 11am, escorted through the heads by a pilot…
Rarely A Dull Moment – What Happened At Planning Services Committee on 7 October? in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…
Interview with Debra Rule – Community Banker in Fremantle People
Many Freo folk will know Debra Rule because of her involvement in the establishment and continued operation of the Fremantle…

View From The Round House With Martin Drum – Live Streamed Firing Squads, The Greens, Russia’s Bus Attack, Credit Cards, Scope 3 Emissions, Midterms, 7 October

in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our regular politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Round House, Fremantle  Today, our Editor, Michael Barker asks the Prof what he thinks about: Live Streamed Firing Squads; The Greens apparent membership surge; Russia’s Bus Attack; Not being able to use Credit Cards to pay your tax; Scope 3 Emissions and the High Court; Trump and the Midterms; Remembering 7 October. Professor Martin Drum, expounding on an issue during the recording of View from the Round House Martin Drum is the Executive Dean for the Faculty of Arts, Sciences, Law and Business and Professor of Politics and International…

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