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Freo Today. 20 September 2026. The Federal Hotel, off Paddy Troy Mall central Freo, was the Freo epicentre of the Channel 7 live coverage of the Second Preliminary AFL Final on Friday night and the well-mannered patrons in the Mall featured regularly celebrating a Freo goal or in their cups as the others did. And here it is yesterday morning, the morning after! As Snaps Truly reported in After The Game here on FSN, it was an epic win for the Freo Dockers in the end. Now for the Granny. The Fed and all Freo pubs and clubs and geared-up cafes will be rocking all week. Here comes Saturday! ⚓️ Go Freo! ⚓️

A lifetime of sailing the Swan River inspires Perth sculptor Tony Jones in Fremantle People
A great story on the ABC about Freo Sculptor Tony Jones by Freo-based Nicolas Perpitch and reproduced with the kind…
After The Game With Snaps Truly – Second Preliminary Final 2026 v Sydney in Life, Law & Culture
I avoided just about all the talk in the build up. And then on Thursday night I couldn’t help meself.…
Data Centres and AI Infrastructure: A Snapshot (September 2026) in Our Environment
*Prepared by Claude (Anthropic) Our Editor posed this set of questions to Claude (Anthropic): Claude, you’ll know all about this.…

URGENT: TEMPORARY ACCESS CHANGES TO VICTORIA QUAY

Here’s an important notice from Fremantle Ports There are currently temporary access changes in place at Victoria Quay affecting parking and traffic flow. Pedestrian access is available as normal. The access changes are required to accommodate onsite generators on the eastern side of E Shed, while Western Power undertakes repairs to underground power cable damaged by a third-party.   Please refer to the vehicle access information and map below:   Entry from Gate 2 on Beach Street (near Officeworks) will only provide vehicle access to the Eastern end of E Shed Markets. Peter Hughes Drive is a no-through area to the Western end of Victoria…
Overheard on South Terrace, South Freo this morning! in Life, Law & Culture
A partly imagined conversation Love your cap, Mate Thanks very much. That’s a pretty smart T-shirt you’re wearing. Did you…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Immigration, AI, Interest Rates, Iran, Ukraine, Canada in the EU, What Crocs? in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our regular politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Round House, Fremantle  What a busy…
Rarely A Dull Moment – Special Electors’ Meeting of 15 September 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…
The Weight – Film Review in Gig Guide
Directorial debut of Padraic McKinley, co-produced by Ryan Hawke and starring Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe. Gayle O’Leary reviews. The…
Coral Adventurer Sets Out on Abrolhos Adventure in Shipping & Sailing
Jean Hudson reports that cruising time is here again! Here’s Coral Adventurer leaving Fremantle yesterday morning at 10.00am for the…
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…

Beyond Joe Hari’s Window – Book Review

Roel Loopers reviews this must read book written by his friend Antonios Papaspiropoulos Beyond Joe Hari’s Window, by Antonios Papaspiropoulos, is a must read book, one that I can’t recommend highly enough! It also has a Freo connection. The manuscript was edited by former Fremantle Councillor Ingrid Waltham. What is the book about? Flashbacks of life by a man who tried to kill himself and is now in a coma, listening to the chatter of nurses. It is a firework of life, so full of joie de vivre, joy of life, a real lust for life. It is a huge affirmation…
More than 2 million Indigenous people lived in Australia in 1788: new research in Life, Law & Culture
An important piece of new research A gathering on the Murray River depicted in 1858. Gerard Krefft, Corroboree on the…
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…
SEEING RED: All My Homies Hate War Pigs in Gig Guide
SEEING RED is an irregular column on Fremantle Shipping News by Barry Healy*. In this piece, Barry invites you to YAWF’s All My Homies Hate…

Baltazar – Glimpsing the Future

John Hartley, our roving Fremantle Port sleuth, last evening, under a crescent Moon cradling Venus, found himself face to face with the state-of-the-art MV Baltazar as she entered Fremantle Harbour and wondering just what she was. As you’ll see, she has an unusual feature - or two! She was just in from Etajima, Japan (near Port Hiroshima) and is soon off to Geraldton. As John surmised, after taking his fab photos of her arrival and then consulting Prof Google, she is very likely on her Maiden Voyage having only just been completed and delivered in August 2026 by Yangzijiang Shipbuilding…