Archive for year: 2024
The Amazing 2024 Sculpture by the Sea
6 March 2024
Thousands, including your reporter, flocked to Cottesloe Beach last Sunday afternoon for sand, sun and sculptures. Families picnicked in the…
Fox Watch
5 March 2024
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
5 March 2024
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
5 March 2024
Shipees, we have an adorable fluffy plague on our hands. As we speak, there are an estimated 200 million rabbits…
Bahijah sails – for Haifa!
4 March 2024
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
4 March 2024
It’s worth keeping an eye on the meeting schedule, agendas and papers for the regular fortnightly City of Fremantle Council…
The Ambience Gallery
3 March 2024
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
3 March 2024
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
2 March 2024
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
1 March 2024
The Bahijah saga continues. Fremantle Shipping News understands the now well-known livestock carrier, Bahijah, has today finished loading fodder at…









