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Freo Today. 17 August 2026. Have you see the Department of Transport’s Breakwater Refurbishment Works happening on Capo D’Orlando Drive, alongside Fishing Boat Harbour and Fremantle Sailing Club? Well here they are. Action shot sent in by Bill Samson.

4 Traffic Lanes, 2 Shared Paths and just 2 Piers in Uncategorised
Everyone is asking, just what do we get with the new Fremantle Traffic Bridge. The answer is: quite a lot…
Interview with Howard McKenzie-Murray – Debut Novelist in Fremantle People
Howard McKenzie Murray is an author and playwright based in Fremantle. His debut novel, This is Where We Say Goodbye was published…
PC + GST = WA in a Tizz in Life, Law & Culture
Here’s something for our Shipee policy wonks - the Executive Summary of the national Productivity Commission’s recent Interim Report on…

After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 23 2026 v Adelaide

Packed tight as anchovies in a good olive oil, we were chugging our way from Freo to the city, when suddenly the lights went out. The train was plunged into darkness. Plunged I tell you, because that’s what often happens when lights go out. One plunges. There was some garbled nonsense about technical issues on the Armadale line that would apparently force passengers to alight at East Perth and – hang on I thought, is this the ‘Taking of Pelham 123’ all over again – were we now at the mercy of an as yet unknown terror threat? Not as crazy a conclusion as it sounds.  We’d just heard the Crows had suddenly been forced to flee their…
Rarely A Dull Moment – The Hilton Park Trees Special Edition in Life, Law & Culture
In the latest edition of the Fremantle Herald, its Editor, Steve Grant, reports that a number of people ‘confronted’ Freo…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Gambling, ‘The Gayest Party’, Bragging, AUKUS, Census, Red Bins, SH 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 Planning Committee on 12 August? in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…
Going Inside! in Architecture + Urban Design
Here’s your chance to go inside the old South Freo Power Station - just click on the INSIDER’S VIEW link…
Sounds of Silence in Life, Law & Culture
Our regular contributor Bruce Menzies contemplates them The impetus for this article came from a small book by indigenous author and…
Arts Scene Around Freo in Gig Guide
Welcome to our feature - Arts Scene Around Freo - compiled by our Arts Editor, Gayle O’Leary. Here we will…

The Wednesday Poem

Fremantle Shipping News is pleased to bring you The Wednesday Poem. In this feature we post poems by Freo and Freo-connected poets and those who may not call themselves poets but love writing poetry or having a go! Today, we are pleased to bring you and still by Kevin Gillam*. ~ Look here for other poems in The Wednesday Poem feature. ~ And don’t miss our podcast interviews with other poets in our Poets Paddock feature including by today’s poet, Kevin Gillam. ~ If you’d like to SUBMIT A POEM FOR THE WEDNESDAY POEM or COMMENT on this or any of our stories, don’t hesitate to email our Editor. ~ WHILE YOU ARE HERE –…
Young Washington – Film Review in Gig Guide
"What on earth is such a young man, who sleeps in, and visibly shakes before mounting his horse to join…
Rail Cuts Trucks in Architecture + Urban Design
Rail Use Surges at Fremantle, Cutting Truck Traffic and Boosting Efficiency Fremantle Ports has recorded a nation‑leading shift to rail,…
NEW FREMANTLE TRAFFIC BRIDGE TO OPEN BEFORE END OF THE YEAR in Architecture + Urban Design
Here’s the joint media statement released today by the Federal Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Minister Catherine King…

After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 22 2016 V Melbourne

Hello readers. Firstly, apologies for missing the Bulldogs game. It was Mrs Truly who insisted that I be ‘managed.’ We’ve got a big month ahead and she knows how I get. Jumpy. Flighty as a filly. And truth is, I come out in a bit of an eczema rash when I’m wound up this tight. I’ll show it to you next time, if you’re interested. So instead of being at Optus we decided to have a quiet night in. She turned the lights down low, invited Mr Perry Como over for a Vermouth and a packet of Savoury Shapes and we enjoyed a bit of a soft shoe shuffle and then some Call the Midwife on Britbox. Magic Moments indeed. It was a good idea…