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Freo Today. 31 May 2026. Essex Street, Freo. The other day. Like the Dockers, ready to fly!

HMAS Eyre Joins The Fleet in Shipping & Sailing
The RAN commissions newest Offshore Patrol Vessel HMAS Eyre Yesterday, 30 May 2026, the Royal Australian Navy commissioned HMAS Eyre into the…
After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 12 V Brisbane in Life, Law & Culture
11 on the trot ‘Beware the wounded Lion’ wrote the dreary old cliché merchants. ‘Never more dangerous’ apparently than after last weekend’s humiliating loss…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum -Iran, Poland, Alberta, T Abbott, T eals, One Nation, NACC, The Encyclical  in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Round House, Fremantle  Today, our Editor, Michael Barker asks…

Rarely a Dull Moment – Trees, Roundabouts, Pedestrian Crossings, Fremantle Park Club, Waste Local Law

Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle Council meetings and 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 new role as our RADM reporter and we are sure many Shipees will look forward to her…
Big Beacy Residential Land Sale Underway! in Architecture + Urban Design
First residential lots for sale at the former Beaconsfield TAFE. This really is a big deal. Congrats to all concerned…
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…
A Private Life – Movie Review in Gig Guide
A Not-So Private Life Dark and dangerous. You better believe it. We are talking about A Private Life, showing at Luna SX. The blurb for…
Defence Drives Development to Freo’s South in Architecture + Urban Design
AUKUS and Defence Hub planning is driving so much economic activity around Freo and environs just now with a big…
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…
The Christophers – Film Review in Gig Guide
The Christophers is a 2025 black comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Ed Solomon. It stars Ian…

Not One IOTA, But Two

Two Freo Artists are off to India for IOTA27 The Indian Ocean Craft Triennial IOTA27 returns in 2027 with eight WA artists off to India, two of whom are from arty Freo - Maxxi Minaxi May and Bjoern Rainer-Adamson. Congratulations! Following the success of IOTA21 and IOTA24, Planning is now well underway for IOTA27, with the organisation continuing to expand its international collaborations and cultural exchange. These exchanges form a key part of IOTA’s development program Leading into IOTA27, enabling artists to build international networks, expand their practice through material experimentation, and contribute to ambitious new work is the name of the game. You will find FSN’s coverage of IOTA…
THE NORTH – Film Review in Gig Guide
The North is a curious, quietly affecting film: two men, perhaps in their forties, one Dutch, one Spanish or Latino…
Q School: Fremantle’s Newest Support Group for the Quordle‑Afflicted in Life, Law & Culture
There are days when Quordle feels less like a word game and more like a cleverly disguised character test. Today…
Feel like dipping your toe? in Gig Guide
Or perhaps your nib? Here’s your chance, with the help of writers who have skin in the game. Enough of…

After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 11 2026 V Euro-Yroke

Ten in a row! Look, I’m just going to say it. We’re not halfway through the season, but Walyalup’s credentials to go deep into finals and perhaps even win a Grand Final, appear compelling. I hear you retreating. ‘No Snaps, please not yet. Not yet.’ You look flushed. But if we can’t enjoy the ride that ten-in-a -row provides, when can we? It’s been a decade since we’ve been able to watch footy with the expectation, that whatever the circumstance – start slowly or have to come from behind – this team has the personnel and the belief to get it done. An ‘Anywhere, Anytime’ football team. Where have we heard…