Archive for year: 2024

The Amazing 2024 Sculpture by the Sea
Thousands, including your reporter, flocked to Cottesloe Beach last Sunday afternoon for sand, sun and sculptures. Families picnicked in the…
Fox Watch
As regular readers of the Shipping News know, Leighton Beach is synonymous with Fox! John McGlue’s article Fox on the…
Handel, Bach & Mahler come to St Pat’s
On 24 March, in St Patrick’s Basilica, Adelaide Street, Fremantle, starting at 2.30 pm, Fremantle Chamber Orchestra, conducted by the…
Pardon Me for Rabbiting On
Shipees, we have an adorable fluffy plague on our hands. As we speak, there are an estimated 200 million rabbits…
Bahijah sails – for Haifa!
The long running on-off, will she or won’t she, saga surrounding the Fremantle arrivals and departures of the livestock carrier…
Rarely a dull moment – Significant Tree, Heritage Building, Dilapidated Site
It’s worth keeping an eye on the meeting schedule, agendas and papers for the regular fortnightly City of Fremantle Council…
The Ambience Gallery
Ambassador Cruise Line’s beautiful Ambience arrived in Freo this morning around 8 o’clock. Our Shipping Correspondent Jean Hudson was at…
Last night’s sunset
What a strange, grey, will it or won’t it rain, sort of day, full of gusty winds. And hot too.…
Ambience, but no Virgin
Ambience, will be the last of the large cruise ships we’ll see in Freo this summer cruise season. She’s due…
Hot off the Press: Fully laden Bahijah expected to depart Freo soon
The Bahijah saga continues. Fremantle Shipping News understands the now well-known livestock carrier, Bahijah, has today finished loading fodder at…