Archive for year: 2017
Seen Fishing
15 April 2017
Many fisher folk were out trawling the harbour and Port environs for their catch.
FSN was there to ‘snap’ their haul.
Seen Cruising
10 April 2017
The cruise Ship Pacific Eden arrived in Fremantle early on Sunday from Adelaide.
Passengers spent the day in Freo before departing for Indonesia late in the afternoon.
FSN was there to wish them a bon voyage!
The UN of Football
in Life, Law & Culture
If you love the world game, call by Bruce Lee Oval on South Street, Beaconsfield on a Saturday afternoon to see the most wonderful assortment of talent on show, from all around the world. Neil Rose, one of the players, explains what happens and how it has come about.
Did Indigenous warriors influence the development of Australian rules football?
in Life, Law & Culture
There are aspects of Australian rules football that never fail to puzzle the uninitiated.
Interview with Melissa Parke
in Fremantle People
Melissa Parke, the high profile member for Fremantle in the House of Representatives in Canberra from 2007 until her retirement from active politics at the general election in May 2016, talks to FSN about her time in politics.
Seen in white
3 April 2017
'Le Diner en Blanc’ took over Fremantle this weekend, the event was first established in 1988 by François Pasquier in Paris, and has become a worldwide phenomenon.
Little poems of ship names – mismatched and serendipitous pairings
in Life, Law & Culture
Jo Darbyshire writes about her work on recycled book covers and the ships that provide inspiration.
The 2017 Fremantle International Portrait Prize
in Life, Law & Culture
The Fremantle Portrait Prize was the brainchild of Dale Neill, a distinguished Fremantle portrait photographer and is now the fastest growing photography award in the country.
Seen at Earth Hour
27 March 2017
The annual Hilton Harvest Community Garden Earth Hour picnic was a blast with local musicians, fairies, pirates and telescope star gazing with the astronomical society.
Seen in the Cafes
20 March 2017
Over the past few months we've snapped many freo folk going about their daily caffeine ritual.