Archive for year: 2020
Maritime Movements – Holy Ship!
in Shipping News
Ferry links wiped out, cruise ships laid up, new ships delayed. Shipping locked down! Dramatic headlines as Covid’s impact on…
How interesting! A New BP Service Station For South Freo?
in Architecture + Urban Design
We notice that a planning application has been lodged with the City of Freo for a development at 229B Hampton…
A New Name For King’s Square? – Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue?
in Architecture + Urban Design
An alternative header to this article might have been - ‘What’s In A Name?’. Well, the City of Fremantle is…
What do we do with our E-Waste? Good Question!
in Life, Law & Culture
A range of e-waste initiatives have been announced today by the State Government. E-waste is any item with a plug,…
Selfless Orchestra Launches ‘Great Barrier’ Album & Performs It One Last Time. Be there!
in Life, Law & Culture
This Saturday night, 24 October 2020, Selfless Orchestra will release their ‘Great Barrier’ album and present an immersive audio-visual show.…
Death in a matchbox – Review & Interview
in Life, Law & Culture
North Fremantle author Steve Rogers has a first-hand link with the Fremantle Ports. Until the closure of the cruise ship…
Chemical Spill on the COSCO Singapore
in Shipping News
At first we heard it was an ‘oil spill’. With all the Covid action then surrounding the Port, an oil…
Curious and curiouser – The latest on the Kurt Paul
in Shipping News
Recently we featured The Case of the Curious Kurt Paul. First she arrived in Freo Port unannounced. Then she left,…
Key Integrity – The Thriller (Not) From Manila.
in Shipping News
So, the Key Integrity and the Al Messilah are in WA waters and causing covid consternation. Local media is all…
Merfolk Meet Over Better Bridge
in Architecture + Urban Design
The Better Bridge Campaign continues as Fremantle folk push for a reconsideration of the current Mains Roads WA ‘Swan River…