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Freo Today. 4 November 2026. It’s beginning to feel like warmer weather is on its way!

Seen In Freo … 👻🎃💀 in Seen in Freo
Last Saturday night, innocent South Freo folk, out on their evening constitutional in Atwell Street, were confronted with quite frightening…
Interview with Lynsey McDonnell – Author of Bailey Street in Life, Law & Culture
Once you read this synopsis of Lynsey McDonnell’s debut contemporary and historical romance novel, Bailey Street, you will want to…
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…

Here’s The Latest From Main Roads!

‘Wally’ is open for business, but work remains to be done adjusting all the modifications to the road network that were put in place on and after the Old Bridge’s closure on 1 February last. Here’s advice from Main Roads WA issued today on what happening just now. ~ If you’d like to COMMENT on this or any of our stories, don’t hesitate to email our Editor. ~ WHILE YOU’RE HERE – ~ Don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to receive your free copy of The Weekly Edition of the Shipping News each Friday and to Follow us on Facebook and on Instagram too!
Collaborate or Perish in Life, Law & Culture
Says our regular contributing thinker Bruce Menzies* ‘Always remember that to argue, and win, is to break down the reality…
Freo studio brings home four national music awards in Fremantle People
Local composers Josh Hogan and Ned Beckley win every category they were up for at the Screen Music Awards A…
Children Have One Childhood – Poverty Should Not Define It in Life, Law & Culture
Fremantle Shipping News is please to publish this Opinion Piece by Tony Pietropiccolo AM* WA is rich in resources and…
Daytime homelessness support services to begin in Rockingham in Uncategorised
We hear and talk a lot about homelessness, so here’s a State Government initiative just south of Fremantle, at Rockingham,…
‘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’

 On Sunday 18 October, we launched The Great Fremantle Bridge Naming Contest before the WA Government announced the official name of the new traffic and shared path bridge, and what an enormous response we’ve had. We held back on suggesting our preferred name options but did suggest The Goalposts or The Washing Line as possible nicknames. Here are the email and Facebook page submissions that poured in as of last week! Your Ed and The Gang of Four editorial advisers have now considered and deliberated on the preferred name and nickname and here’s their verdicts: ‘Walyalup Bridge’, and ‘Wally’. It's not…
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…
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

Fremantle Shipping News is pleased to bring you The Wednesday Poem. In this feature we post poems by Freo and Freo-connected poets and those who may not call themselves poets but love writing poetry or having a go! This week we are pleased to bring you The view from a Fremantle Bridge by Adrian Glamorgan. And here’s a lovely early evening pic of the new Walyalup Bridge taken by the poet himself, to go with it! ~ Look here for other poems in The Wednesday Poem feature. ~ And don’t miss our podcast interviews with other poets in our Poets Paddock feature. ~ If you’d like to SUBMIT A…