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Freo Today. 18 October 2026. STS Leeuwin II went out for a sail with the big boats yesterday. Here she is just off Leighton. An arresting sight!

The Great Fremantle Bridge Naming Contest in Architecture + Urban Design
In exactly 2 weeks today, the new Fremantle Traffic Bridge will be opened, with great fanfare, to the public travelling…
Creatures and critters take centre stage in Hungerford Award winning manuscript in Life, Law & Culture
Greg Taylor has won the 35th Hungerford Award for Wildlife in the Open Eucalyptus Forests. Written from the viewpoint of 24 species – none of which are human –…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – MUWAC, Roger, Josh, Jim, Mark, Don – and Katie 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 – What happened at the Strategic & General Services Committee Meeting on 14 October 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 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 role as our RADM reporter and we are sure Shipees will look forward to…
Don’t Miss The Harbour Classic This Sunday in Shipping & Sailing
The Fremantle Harbour Classic Yacht Race is on this Sunday. Take the family to the Port! “Head on down to Victoria…
Don’t shoot the Orca! in Our Environment
Our Shipping & Sailing Correspondent Jean Hudson has been getting up close and personal to Orca, the apex predator of…
Coral Geographer heads south after visiting Rotto in Shipping & Sailing
Earlier today, we incorrectly reported that the small, cute cruise ship Coral Geographer had departed Fremantle just after 5 pm…
John Butler and Nicholas Allbrook join call for Kimberley fracking ban in Our Environment
Music identities John Butler and Nicholas Allbrook are set to join an estimated 1000 people outside Western Australia's Parliament House…
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…
Seen In Freo … On WA Day in Seen in Freo
Sunshine and the last day of the school holidays brought families flocking to Fremantle’s Fishing Boat Harbour on Sunday for…

The Life of Riley

in Beaches
Just got better - with these South Beach Dog Beach upgrades just announced by City of Fremantle. Here’s your chance to learn about and contribute to the final outcomes! South Beach Dog Exercise Area (Dog Beach) has received $2.46m in Federal Government Grant funding and is set for accessibility, landscape and amenity upgrades. The South Beach Dog Beach upgrades are supported by funding from the Australian Government through the Major and Local Community Infrastructure Program (MLCIP). The project is being delivered by the City in accordance with grant requirements and guided by the South Beach Place Plan, which sets the…
Prefabricated build delivers 38 social homes in North Coogee in Architecture + Urban Design
For a change, a good news housing story - Thirty-eight new social housing apartments have been completed in North Coogee…
Farewell ICGS Shaunak! in Shipping & Sailing
The Indian Coast Guard offshore patrol vessel ICGS Shaunak slipped out of Fremantle on Sunday morning at 11am, escorted through the heads by a pilot…
Rarely A Dull Moment – What Happened At Planning Services Committee on 7 October? in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…

Interview with Debra Rule – Community Banker

in Fremantle People
Many Freo folk will know Debra Rule because of her involvement in the establishment and continued operation of the Fremantle Community Bank. But Debra’s involvement with Freo goes way back before the Fremantle Community Bank. Bendigo Bank was established. It started when she arrived in Freo from Tasmania as a 5 year old. Debra attended primary school and high school in the Freo area and, years later, returned to her old high school - South Fremantle Senior High School - as a teacher librarian before then embarking on a career in strategic information and change management. But before all that,…

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