Archive for year: 2023
She’s Back – Queen Mary 2 Quietly Slips Into Freo
in Shipping News
Queen Mary 2 is no stranger to Fremantle having visited twice in 2018 and twice in 2020, the last times…
AUKUS scepticism keeps on surfacing
in Life, Law & Culture
Australian governments have a long and generally dismal history of using defence procurement, and particularly naval procurement, as a form…
Here’s what everyone is talking about – Global warming is not cooling
in Life, Law & Culture
A. The Current State of the Climate A.1 It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and…
Big rooftop solar array set to be switched on at Fremantle Passenger Terminal
in Shipping News
This morning at the Fremantle Passenger Terminal, Victoria Quay, Ports Minister Rita Saffioti, assisted by Simone McGurk, the State member…
Almost 3 years to the day, Seabourn Sojourn returns to Freo!
in Shipping News
Almost 3 years to the day, the luxury mega-yacht Seabourn Sojourn has returned to Fremantle. On 19 March 2020, as…
Momentous win for orderly and proper planning – JDAP Rejects North Freo Ford Factory Tower Proposal
in Architecture + Urban Design
North Fremantle Community Association stalwarts Gerry MacGill and Ann Forma are walking on water. That’s not so much their assessment…
After The Game v St Kilda – With SNAPS TRULY
in Life, Law & Culture
What a scenario. Freo take on the Saints in Round 1. And it is a Ross Lyon led St Kilda.…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – AUKUS
in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. In this podcast, the Shipping News’…
Sand Between My Toes
in Life, Law & Culture
I’ve been getting lots of sand between my toes lately! Sculptures by the Sea is in full swing at Cottesloe…
The New Traffic Bridge: Has Main Roads WA Given Up?
in Architecture + Urban Design
We hardly need to take you through the recent history of proposals to remove the heritage listed Old Fremantle Traffic…