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Freo Today. 28 September 2026. There are various ways to avoid dealing with what happened Saturday afternoon. One way is to study the ships coming and going to and from Freo. For example, here’s Tiger Pathfinder- a Dry bulk/Supramax vessel on anchor ⚓️ in Gage Road last Thursday before she headed to Kwinana on Friday 25th. Possibly she was carrying salt from Dampier Salt loaded at Port Cuvier. A distraction from the angst! Pretty pic taken by Jean Hudson

Mourning Has Broken in Life, Law & Culture
Bruce Menzies* reflects I awake to clouded skies. The streets of South Fremantle are silent. Sunday morning coming down, to transplant the name…
Lovely Leeuwin Lives! in Shipping & Sailing
All Hands-on Deck: STS Leeuwin II kicks-off just before the AFL Grand Final. Jean Hudson reports. On 22 Saturday 2026, just before the AFL…
SEEING RED: The Selfie and the Empire in Life, Law & Culture
SEEING RED is an irregular column on Fremantle Shipping News by Barry Healy*. In this piece, Barry is inspired by ‘the selfie’. Recently,…

After The Game With Snaps Truly – Grand Final 2026

Been here all week. Thousands of us. Filling the cafes and pubs and streets of Melbourne with our colours and our hope. Grinning like goons, giddy with ‘pinch ourselves’ wonder. Superstitious and silly. Seeing purple, red, and green lidded bins huddled together in a Carlton street and believing them to be a sign. Surely. We’re here.  So is our team. And we deserve to be here. Wanting a win so badly for Uncle Colin or old Rita next door who hasn’t been well and for Freo the port town that has nursed too many bruised hearts over too many years. For ‘The Champ’ Nat Fyfe, for Pav, and Sonny and Shane Parker and Anthony Morabito and Todd Ridley who kicked our first ever goal in the AFL … and everyone else we’ve cheered for or forgotten about, who pulled…
La Scala: The Force of Destiny in Gig Guide
The Italian Film Festival is on at Luna in Freo. Here’s Barry Healy’s review of La Scala. He likes it!…
Rarely A Dull Moment – The North Freo Coastline in Architecture + Urban Design
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Fun and Games in NYC & DC – and at The G 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…
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…
AUKUS Angst Aloud in Our Environment
International Day of Peace: Mayors, Councillors and Campaigners discuss AUKUS nuclear safety and risks for Cockburn Sound Alongside the sunlit expanse of South Beach Recreation Reserve in South Fremantle, with happy…
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…

$150,000 Up for Grabs to Strengthen Fremantle Communities

Local community groups across Fremantle, East Fremantle and Cockburn have the chance to secure a share of $150,000 in federal funding, with Round 10 of the Albanese Government’s Stronger Communities Programme now open for expressions of interest. Federal Member for Fremantle Josh Wilson MP has invited incorporated not‑for‑profit organisations and local governments to put forward small but impactful projects that improve community infrastructure, boost participation, or help purchase essential equipment. Grants range from $2,500 to $20,000, with projects capped at a total cost of $50,000. Screenshot Josh Wilson says Fremantle has long punched above its weight in the national program.…
Ports are where Australia’s freight transition can demonstrate net zero in Our Environment
Fremantle’s electric terminal trucks show why fuel security is no longer just about stockpiling fuel. Ports could be a earlystepping stone towards a much larger…
A Special Trees Edition of Rarely A Dull Moment in Our Environment
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…
Italian Film Festival 2026 in Gig Guide
The ST. ALi Italian Film Festival returns to Palace Cinemas Raine Square, Luna Leederville, Windsor Cinema and Luna on SX from 24 September…

THE SEASON with SNAPS TRULY

Have you heard the big news - Fremantle Press are about to publish THE SEASON with SNAPS TRULY? As all Shipees know, Snaps Truly is Fremantle Shipping News’ multi-talented and amazingly insightful footy scribe who may or may not have been a fringe player at Fremantle Dockers. His After The Game By Snaps Truly reports on the exploits of the Dockers are eagerly anticipated by footy fans far and wide after each game during the season. Not surprisingly, Snaps has become something of a legend among his loyal readers for his sometimes very funny, sometimes bitterly acerbic, but always straight…