Archive for year: 2024
Passing of Fremantle Ports CEO Michael Parker
in Shipping News
Here is a statement from Fremantle Ports advising of the sad news of the passing of CEO Michael Parker today,…
Freo’s parrots, magpies, ravens and honeyeaters 50 million years old
in Our Environment
In a world first, announced by the Australian Museum today, a team of international scientists including three Australians, Al-Aabid Chowdhury…
Old Traffic Bridge gets own Art Exhibition
in Life, Law & Culture
Ian Acott is a Fremantle artist with studio space at the Naval Store, just opposite the Old Traffic Bridge. He…
Seen In … More Galleries from the Freo International Street Arts Festival
31 March 2024
The Streets Arts Festival was all around Freo yesterday. Lots more pitches along the Cappuccino strip, outside the National Hotel,…
Like A Virgin, Fremantle for the very First Time!
in Shipping News
Not quite Madonna’s words. Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin’s cruise ship Resilient Lady - which we recently mistakenly advised was going…
Seen In … Fremantle International Street Arts Festival
30 March 2024
The International Street Arts Festival is in full swing in and around Freo’s streets and parks and public places. You…
After the Game V Adelaide Rd 3, 2024 – With Snaps Truly
in Life, Law & Culture
With convict DNA and a heathen’s heart, you might be expecting ribald and irreverent “footy as religion” references to be…
Not a Jack in a Box, exactly, but a 12 year old kid
in Shipping News
Media are reporting that Australian Border Force and WA Police are investigating how a 12-year-old boy was found in a…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Do the Tassie Election results mean Hung Parliaments are the new Aussie normal?
in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. In this podcast, the Shipping News’…
Truth Telling at Manjaree
in Life, Law & Culture
Around two hundred people turned out to the launch of the City of Fremantle's Truth Telling program at Manjaree/Bathers Beach…