Archive for month: October, 2026

The Great Fremantle Bridge Naming Contest
In exactly 2 weeks today, the new Fremantle Traffic Bridge will be opened, with great fanfare, to the public travelling…
Creatures and critters take centre stage in Hungerford Award winning manuscript
Greg Taylor has won the 35th Hungerford Award for Wildlife in the Open Eucalyptus Forests.  Written from the viewpoint of 24 species – none of which are human…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – MUWAC, Roger, Josh, Jim, Mark, Don – and Katie
Welcome back to our regular politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Round House, Fremantle  Today, our Editor, Michael…
Rarely A Dull Moment – What happened at the Strategic & General Services Committee Meeting on 14 October 2026?
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…
Don’t Miss The Harbour Classic This Sunday
The Fremantle Harbour Classic Yacht Race is on this Sunday. Take the family to the Port! “Head on down to Victoria…
Don’t shoot the Orca!
Our Shipping & Sailing Correspondent Jean Hudson has been getting up close and personal to Orca, the apex predator of…
Coral Geographer heads south after visiting Rotto
Earlier today, we incorrectly reported that the small, cute cruise ship Coral Geographer had departed Fremantle just after 5 pm…
John Butler and Nicholas Allbrook join call for Kimberley fracking ban
Music identities John Butler and Nicholas Allbrook are set to join an estimated 1000 people outside Western Australia's Parliament House…
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…
Seen In Freo … On WA Day
Sunshine and the last day of the school holidays brought families flocking to Fremantle’s Fishing Boat Harbour on Sunday for…