Archive for month: December, 2021

10,000 Trees In 10 Years – Increasing Freo’s Tree Canopy
Remember last summer, walking in oppressive heat, when the shade of the next tree looked too far away and the…
How 21 Covid months have flown by – or have they?
Can you remember back to March 2020? Bet you can. You were free to attend a Freo Arts Centre concert…
Governing Freo-style
We use the little ‘p’ on ‘political’, because politics in Freo seems always to have had an engaging, if occasionally…
Governing Freo-style – Interview With Fedele Camarda
We are very pleased to bring you our latest podcast interview with the recently elected Councillor in the Beaconsfield Ward,…
Fifty years of protest: The Memories of the Movement
Joining a protest for an environmental or social justice cause is familiar to many people in Fremantle and, in the…
Twin Poles
First. A confession. Lately I’ve been feeling like a splash of colour in a Jackson Pollock artwork. A schizophrenic splash…
What a Biennale! What’s Next?
Well, the third Fremantle Biennale, Crossings, has come and gone. And what an extravaganza it was. People are still talking…
A history of destruction: why the WA Aboriginal cultural heritage bill will not prevent another Juukan
Western Australia’s Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill 2021 is set to become law, replacing the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972. The Bill…
Signs of our times!
Sometimes a photograph truly is worth many words. Here are three photographs. No more need be said! [gallery type="rectangular" size="large"…
No, Not The Funnel Web Spider – The Blue Funnel Liner!
In the 1950s, the Blue Funnel liner, MV Charon sailed Singapore and north west WA ports to Fremantle. Along with…