Archive for year: 2022

Synergy Sucks
The Green Electricity Guide for 2022 has just been released by Greenpeace. Synergy, our local, WA electricity provider, comes in…
Health Matters ~ A Different Perspective – Nitric Oxide
NITRIC OXIDE AND YOUR HEALTH - IT’S NO LAUGHING MATTER! Now, be honest, how many of you have even heard…
Freo’s Covid Testing Centre Gets Busy
At long last the Covid testing station in Queen Victoria Street, in the East End of Fremantle, on the old…
As Imagined
Who is ancient enough to remember the wonderful Alistair Cooke and his ‘Letter from America’? When I was nominally in…
Interview with Tim Richards, Travel Writer
Tim Richards is a freelance travel writer whose work has appeared in publications around the world, including Lonely Planet’s guidebooks.…
Freo’s High Street ‘Upgrade’ – What Do You Think?
Main Roads WA’s controversial Fremantle ‘High Street Upgrade’ project is nearing completion – at a cost of $118 million, $28.6…
The Redevelopment of Old Fremantle Port is Happening: How does the community show what they want?
Last Friday, Gerry McGill from the North Fremantle Community Association sent around the astonishing information that the rezoning of industrial…
Coogee Beach Hits Top 20
While a little-known beach in the South West, near Albany, called Misery has taken out Tourism Australia’s title for ‘Australia’s…
To Veg Or Not To Veg – The Future Of The Meat Burger
Meat alternatives are suddenly everywhere, from burger joints to supermarket shelves to restaurant-grade food. One problem? For men, in particular,…
For an Indigenous perspective on ‘Australia Day’, here’s a quick guide to First Nations media platforms
First Nations people generally refer to January 26 as the beginning of invasion and subsequent dispossession of Country. It marks…