Archive for month: February, 2025

The Wednesday Poem
Why Does This Happen​ I want to love my family but I’m tired of them waiting for me to die.…
Fox Watch Continues – Fox On The Run
Now, as all Shipping News readers know, foxes, those sly, dastardly, vermin intruders and snarers of things native and precious,…
PE – The Second Last Departure Gallery
Yesterday afternoon, Pacific Explorer commenced a 4 day cruise to Exmouth and back. It’s her Farewell tour, so to speak,…
North Freo heritage home goes up in smoke
A beautiful heritage home known locally in North Fremantle as Albert Hall, at 3 Pearse Street, has burnt to the…
Gallery of Pacific Explorer’s arrival in Freo today
Here’s a gallery of photographs of the arrival of P&O’s Pacific Explorer in Fremantle just before 5 am this morning.…
Snook of Snook Crescent – What’s in a name?
Snook Crescent curves around the centre of the garden suburb of Hilton. The street’s name is a reminder of Fremantle’s…
Cruising into February 2025 and farewell to Pacific Explorer
Cruising is becoming more and more popular, with larger ships carrying thousands of passengers and more and more new cruise…
The Future of Fremantle Report – ‘A Vision …. hopefully not a Mirage?’
The report to Government of the Jane Bennett chaired Future of Fremantle Committee, bearing date November 2024 - the Bennett…
Labor launch campaigns for Simone McGurk for Freo and Lisa O’Malley for Bicton
Well, the Shipping News was quite on the edge of our seat heading off to the launch of Simone McGurk’s…
The Future of Fremantle Report – ‘A wider foreshore reserve is required to safeguard our beaches’
The report to Government of the Jane Bennett chaired Future of Fremantle Committee, bearing date November 2024 - the Bennett…
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