Archive for year: 2025

Scenic Eclipse II Wows Freo!
Scenic Eclipse II, a vessel that’s less cruise ship and more floating sanctuary of ultra-luxury and exploration, arrived in Fremantle…
The Wednesday Poem
Fremantle Shipping News is pleased to bring you The Wednesday Poem. In this feature we post poems by Freo and Freo-connected…
Clipper, Baptism of Fire
And they are off. Ten Clippers crossed the start line Sunday, 31 August in Portsmouth, UK, for Stage 1 of…
Imagine if … Not the first flag but the second
Right now, as we in Fremantle begin preparing ourselves for the Freo Dockers AFL Elimination Final this Saturday night, China…
Rarely a Dull Moment – Planning in Paradise
This RADM is perhaps as far from a dull moment as you can get when we’re talking about local governments.…
Interview with Lisa Ellery – Hot Ground
For crime fiction fans of Dervla McTiernan and Jane Harper comes an outback police procedural where gold fever takes a…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Xi, Marles, Canberra, Iran, Trump, Wage Inequality & The Footy
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Round House, Fremantle  Today our Editor, Michael…
Interview with Mark Greenwood – The History Hunter
Mark Greenwood is a history hunter. He enjoys searching for lost explorers and glittering treasure, delving into baffling mysteries and…
My Favourite Freo Street – Walker Street
In Fremantle Shipping News’ latest feature – My Favourite Freo Street – we ask a range of Freo folk to nominate their…
“But also, John Clarke.” – Film Review
By Geoff Hutchison There is something thrilling and poignant about watching Lorin Clarke’s beautifully observed documentary about her father, the satirist and actor John…