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Freo Today. 16 July 2026. What a cutie. What bird is it?

View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Polls; Secret Harbour by-election; Is Vic Labor on the skids?; Grievance politics; 1N; ALP National Conference; Trump 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…
Wish You Were There (Horatio) in Fremantle People
On Saturday 12 July, Fremantle celebrated the life, made an art, by Horatio T Birdbath. Gayle O’Leary reports ‘It was…
Ruby Princess in Shipping & Sailing
Ruby Princess is back in the cruise news. Do you remember her? Jean Hudson reports on the latest challenge Ruby…

Rarely a Dull Moment – The new planning scheme and what we learned at PSC on 13 July 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 Council and occasionally 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 new role as our RADM reporter and we are sure Shipees will look…
‘We can replace the chooks – but not our wildlife’ in Our Environment
Professors Ray Wills and Peter Newman highlight the need to design biosecurity settings in both Australia and New Zealand first to defend wildlife.…
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…
Highlights of the Nordic Film Festival in Gig Guide
Barry Healy reports that from Sámi Resistance to Scandinavian Absurdity, there’s lots to see! The Hurtigruten Nordic Film Festival (formerly…
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…
After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 18 2026 V Sydney in Life, Law & Culture
I didn’t feel very comfortable ahead of this one. Some very dear friends flew in from Sydney to stay with us and then watch…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Secret Harbour, China, Iran, NATO, The Gift, Modi, Le Pen, World Cup, Origin, Freo 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 – The Budget and The Respite Centre

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 occasionally 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 new role as our RADM reporter and we are sure many Shipees will…
Arts Scene Diary Notes – A Tale of Two Galleries in Gig Guide
Last Friday night, Gayle O’Leary, our Arts Editor, was out and about - as she reports here! It's Friday night…
A Freo Love Story From Pemberton in Architecture + Urban Design
This week we received this lovely email and photograph from Sabrina King of Pemberton, for whom Freo is also a…
Les Moyle’s Bridge Essay in Architecture + Urban Design
On the basis that a picture is worth a thousand words, here’s an 8,000 word Bridge essay by Les Moyle,…

Henderson – Home of Frigates and Now a Blue Mussel Rock Wall

in Our Environment
Fremantle Ports has partnered with Byssal and DevelopmentWA to trial an innovative nature‑based pilot project designed to enhance marine biodiversity and water quality for the long‑term health of Cockburn Sound - with a blue mussel rock wall at Henderson. The trial, developed with marine environmental specialists Byssal, involves seeding approximately 20 tonnes (770,000 shells) of locally sourced blue mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) onto a selected rock wall at the Australian Marine Complex Common User Facility in Henderson. 'Greenwall mussel pilot' Seeding will establish a self‑sustaining mussel population, with pre‑ and post‑seeding monitoring to measure water quality and changes in marine biodiversity,…

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