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Freo Today. 3 May 2026. Here’s Bangus, a 229m bulk oil carrier on ⚓️ in Gage Roads on Friday waiting to berth at Kwinana. She’s now en route  to the port of San Lorenzo, Argentina. Pic by Jean Hudson

The Pilbara Strike in Life, Law & Culture
Before mocking Welcome to Country, Peter Dowding says folk should learn some History - from 80 years ago this week. Those who deride…
After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 8 2026 V Western Bulldogs in Life, Law & Culture
Forever Young It’s always curious to watch Fremantle in a prime-time Friday night game. Not just to see how they soak up…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Farrer, Opinion polls, the Budget, Bondi interim report, Iran, The King and AUKUS 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…

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 poets and those who may not call themselves poets but love writing poetry or having a go! Today, we are pleased to bring you Every Second by Elio Novello. The Wednesday Poem ~ 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 POEM FOR THE WEDNESDAY POEM or COMMENT on this or any of our stories, don’t hesitate to email our Editor. ~ WHILE YOU ARE HERE – ~ Don’t…
Arts Scene Around Freo in Gig Guide
Welcome to our new feature - Arts Scene Around Freo - compiled by our Arts Editor, Gayle O’Leary. Here we…
Welcome to Country in Life, Law & Culture
Bruce Menzies offers some thoughts about Welcomes to Country Shivering in the predawn chill, I stand on Monument Hill in Fremantle.…
Bondi Royal Commission Interim Report Comes Down in Life, Law & Culture
The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion has made 14 recommendations in its Interim Report, which was today presented…
Farewell to the Freo Big Top in Architecture + Urban Design
🎪 An end of an Era Since 2017, the CircusWA training and development centre has called the Freo Big Top on Princess May Park, home.…
Spirit of Tasmania V: From Finnish Shipyard to Fremantle to Dark Mofo in Shipping & Sailing
Last August here on the Shipping News we had the privilege of covering Spirit of Tasmania IV on her way…
After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 7 2026 V Carlton in Life, Law & Culture
Giving thanks On this ANZAC Day, when we give thanks and remember and rather mistakenly link young footballers to old warriors, I…

A Schooner or a Barquentine?

in Shipping & Sailing
That is the question! An avid Freo ship, boat, vessel and craft watcher has written in and posed a question about the STS Leeuwin II’s advertised ANZAC day cruise tomorrow.  Our avid watcher - let’s call him John - says that according to the Leeuwin Ocean Adventure Foundation’s Facebook page people will be sailing on a BARQUENTINE.  That’s a 3-masted ship with the foremast square rigged. A la - But, says John, the vessel tied up at the wharf is a SCHOONER. THAT’S A 3-masted ship rigged fore-and-aft on all three masts. A la - John says the publicity for the vessel…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – ANZAC Day, Iran, The NDIS, The Budget, The Farrer By-Election, and Bye Bye Boomers 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 – Community Safety, Community Health, Seasonal Trading Policy Updated in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…
My five weeks in newspaper heaven! in Life, Law & Culture
Tim Slater loves newspapers. The ones you can hold in your hands and finish up with ink smudged on your…

Investigating The Investigator Investigating The Sea

in Shipping & Sailing
Next Generation Marine Experts Set Sail  You may have seen the bright blue (RV) Investigator in Fremantle since last weekend. She’s Australia’s only research vessel and operates out of Hobart. CAPSTAN (the Collaborative Australian Postgraduate Sea-Training Alliance Network) Voyage Manager, Dr Ben Arthur from the CSIRO Marine National Facility conducted a media tour on Wednesday and Fremantle Shipping News was delighted to be there. The vessel wasn’t open to the public on this occasion, just the Media. Here she is alongside Absolute, the Port of Fremantle fuelling ship. Investigator is heading off today on a 13 day research and training voyage to Hobart. Twenty students from universities across Australia are joining the CSIRO…

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