Archive for year: 2026

The Port’s A Shed is 100 – and wants you to help her celebrate!
Gage Roads asks the Freo Community to help tell the story of a Freo icon Former port workers, local families…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – The Greens, The ‘Terrorists’, and The Midterms
Welcome back to our regular politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Round House, Fremantle  Today, our Editor, Michael…
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…
Rarely A Dull Moment – The Hilton Park Junior AFL Oval & Trees Removal Issue Resolved by Council
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…
Wharfie Time?
Peter Newman* suggests Wharfie Time is not about magic, but struggle and has other frontiers to face. The lead up…
Meet Jessica Kennedy, One of the Hungerford Four
City of Fremantle Hungerford Prize shortlister Jessica Kennedy is one of four writers in the running to win a $15,000…
Totally Lit is Coming! Are you ready?
Sharon Flindell, Totally Lit’s Curator/Producer lets us know what’s in store starting 2 October! Fremantle, you have just one week…
Mourning Has Broken
Bruce Menzies* reflects I awake to clouded skies. The streets of South Fremantle are silent. Sunday morning coming down, to transplant the name…
Lovely Leeuwin Lives!
All Hands-on Deck: STS Leeuwin II kicks-off just before the AFL Grand Final. Jean Hudson reports. On 22 Saturday 2026, just before the AFL…
SEEING RED: The Selfie and the Empire
SEEING RED is an irregular column on Fremantle Shipping News by Barry Healy*. In this piece, Barry is inspired by ‘the selfie’. Recently,…