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Freo Today. 31 October 2026. Yesterday. Just another beautiful Friday morning on Leighton Beach 🌊 🏗️. Pic by Jean Hudson

‘Wally’ opens for business. in Architecture + Urban Design
Walyalup Bridge - her birth name - otherwise affectionately dubbed ‘Wally’, opened today to great fanfare. Here’s our story and…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Israel, Serbia, Brazil, US Midterms, Hanson on Super, Spain, Wally Bridge 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…
And the Winning Name in The Fremantle Shipping News Bridge Naming Competition is … ‘Wally’ in Architecture + Urban Design
 On Sunday 18 October, we launched The Great Fremantle Bridge Naming Contest before the WA Government announced the official name of…

Rarely a Dull Moment – Draft Local Planning Scheme 5 – A Big Deal

in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle Council and Committee meetings and other activities. We would have titled the feature Never a Dull Moment, but didn’t want to overpromise! In 2026, we are very pleased to welcome Jenny Archibald to the RADM desk. Jenny will be well known to many Freo folk as a former Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Councillor of the City of Fremantle. Jenny brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her role as our RADM reporter and we are sure Shipees will look forward to…
From Freo to Sihanoukville: The Odyssey’s Last Voyage? in Shipping & Sailing
Remember the ship Villa Vie Odyssey? She arrived in time for the Easter weekend and the Fremantle International Street Arts Festival earlier this year…
New creative hub opens at Fremantle Arts Centre in Life, Law & Culture
A new recording studio and performance space at Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre is set to help nurture the next generation…
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…
Colorado in Port for Major Maintenance in Shipping & Sailing
US submarine visit puts Stirling on track for AUKUS role HMAS Stirling has taken another step towards becoming the home…
More on the Don – A Scouting Future? in Shipping & Sailing
Recently we posted MV Cape Don – Are Her Days Done? by Freo local John Adderley. John drew attention to the Sea…
SEEING RED: Walking The Long March 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 Long March…

A tale of bridges over the Derbarl Yerrigan at Walyalup

in Architecture + Urban Design
As the new Walyalup Bridge is due to open this coming Sunday, 1 November 2026, Kristi McNulty and Jenny Archibald tell the tale of the others before it, as well as the latest. Walyalup has long been a place of firsts, and we are now witnessing another first - the completion of the first extradosed bridge in Australia, which will be opened on 1 November 2026 by the WA State Government and Australian Federal Government.  With the former Fremantle Traffic Bridge no longer fit for purpose, consultation for the replacement bridge commenced in 2019, and quite a journey it was â€“ but more on the “new bridge”…
Castaways is on again! in Gig Guide
Castaways Sculpture Awards 2026 kicked off at Rockingham over the weekend and our Jean Hudson was there to spot her…
MV Cape Don charity named DCN Diversity and Inclusion Award finalist in Shipping & Sailing
Recently we posted MV Cape Don - Are Her Days Done? by Freo local John Adderley. John drew attention to…
It’s Officially ‘Walyalup Bridge’ in Architecture + Urban Design
In an announcement made today on behalf of the Government of Western Australia, Rita Saffioti, Transport and Major Infrastructure Minister,…

VIEW FROM THE ROUND HOUSE WITH MARTIN DRUM – HELEN HAINES, GREENPEACE, UKRAINE AND TRUMP, VICTORIA, MUWAC – AND FRANCE BURNING

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 about the alleged attack on Helen Haines, the Greenpeace tactics in WA, Ukraine and Trump and the Midterms, what’s happening in the Victorian election campaigns, the future of the mooted three universities merger in WA - and France burning. 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 Relations at…

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