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Freo Today. 30 May 2026. WA Day Long Weekend. ‘Fremantle a Place of Consequence’- a phrase from Captain Charles Howe Fremantle’s diary. In 1832, he wrote “in spite of its sandy and impoverished appearance at landing, I have no doubt of it being in time  a place of consequence. How right he was. His monument is on the ocean side of Stirling Highway in North Fremantle. Pic by Jean Hudson

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 in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…

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 for making it happen! The first residential lots at the former Beaconsfield TAFE site are now on the market, with DevelopmentWA launching the initial release of 25 single residential lots at the new Marisol at Lefroy estate. Prices start from $362,500, with lots ranging from 173 to 427 square metres. The 3.8‑hectare Marisol development will deliver up to 155 homes and forms part of the wider Lefroy redevelopment, which also includes the adjacent 10.2‑hectare Kinway at Lefroy precinct. Together, 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…
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…
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…

Not One IOTA, But Two

in Life, Law & Culture
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…
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 in Life, Law & Culture
Ten in a row! Look, I’m just going to say it. We’re not halfway through the season, but Walyalup’s credentials to…

Woodside’s Old Olive Trees Live To Fruit Another Day!

in Our Environment
What a lovely tree saving story! At long last, after approval was granted to the Hall & Prior aged care development in Dalgety Street, East Fremantle in 2023, some real action has been happening on the site. On Tuesday this week and again yesterday, in accordance with an approved landscaping plan, two huge olive trees at the old Woodside Mansion built by one of Fremantle’s ‘merchant princes’, William Dalgety Moore in the late 19th century, and believed to have been planted by him then, around 130 years ago, were relocated from their original location at the northern, old entrance to…

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