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Freo Today. 6 July 2025. Ship Happens: when the cycle path leads straight to the high seas  🚴 🚢. Positive leader is a regular visitor to Fremantle. She’s a vehicle carrier currently en route to the port of Incheon, Korea and expected to arrive there on 16 July. She was built in 2006 by Mitsubishi heavy industries LTD, Kobe, Japan, and sails under the flag of Panama. she was snapped by Jean Hudson at H Berth just she left for Jakarta on Saturday afternoon.

After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 17 2025 V Sydney in Life, Law & Culture
A few years ago, I was watching Freo playing at home. We weren’t at our best. Neither was I. From…
The Children of Gaza in Life, Law & Culture
As a father and grandfather, it has been harrowing to see the daily suffering experienced by the children of Gaza.…
“A Nice Indian Boy” Film Review in Life, Law & Culture
I left the the Luna Leederville theatre grinning ear to ear with tears in my eyes after this one. Naveen,…

Fremantle Press and CircusWA IMAGINES IF – A New Unique Forever Home

Two Fridays ago, a collective of visionary people gathered at PS Artspace to ask ‘What If’ - what could Fremantle be some time in a future far far away. If you missed it, the concept is currently available to view at Fremantle Library. Then just a week later, a special announcement was made by CircusWA and Fremantle Press together to a gathering of kindred spirits in the old SEC Substation on Parry Street in Freo’s up-and-coming East End of a match that might otherwise have been made in heaven. The inspired idea for the pairing originally sprung from a chance…
Here’s some good Freo social housing news in Architecture + Urban Design
The Albanese and Cook Labor governments yesterday were pleased to share news they are delivering more homes under the Commonwealth’s…
After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 16 2025 v St Kilda in Life, Law & Culture
Let me begin, by introducing you to Mrs Norma Grimbergen who in season 2025 sits to my immediate right. We…
HMAS Arafura hits the water sailing! in Shipping News
Today marks a major milestone of the Australian Government’s implementation of the Surface Fleet Review with the commissioning of HMAS…
SEEING RED – Fremantle Youth Rage Against the War Machine in Life, Law & Culture
A newly formed group of Fremantle young people have set out to stop Australia’s involvement in US wars in general…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – More Iran, NATO, Ukraine, Gaza, Trump – and Roger in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Today - well what else could…
Rarely a Dull Moment – Budget Time, Laws, Parks, and Painting the Town Purple in Life, Law & Culture
As the dark, chilly fingers of Makuru reach in and pinch what depleted energy reserves remain, I note a proliferation…

HMAS Arafura Arrives In Freo For Commissioning

Today, right on 1 pm, the HMAS Arafura came though the Heads, North and South Moles, into Fremantle Harbour. Our Shipping and Sailing Correspondent, Jean Hudson, was in hand to capture her arrival. Here’s a gallery of Jean’s pics. On Saturday, Navy will formally Commission and name the ship. The Arafura has been a while in arriving as a commissioned Navy vessel. The ship - the first in a line of six Arafura Class OPVs - or Offshore Patrol Vessels - was planned to enter service in 2022. However, this was significantly delayed due to reasons…
Freo Ports Honours Day of the Seafarer in Shipping News
Today, Fremantle Ports was proud to support Fremantle’s Seafarer Welfare Committee who delivered a celebratory treat to all seafarers isiting…
Interview with Richard Sowada – Revelation Perth International Film Festival Director in Life, Law & Culture
The Revelation Perth International Film Festival is a cracking 11-day celebration of cinema, showcasing over 200 international films. It will…
Win 1 of 10 double passes to the Revelation Perth International Film Festival 2 – 13 July in Life, Law & Culture
From outrageous animation and genre-defining horror to poetic coming-of-age tales and restored cinematic landmarks, the 2025 Revelation Perth International Film…

Reckless in Fremantle

NITV, SBS, Screen Australia and Screenwest have just announced that production has commenced locally on BBC Studios Productions Australia’s Reckless, a ‘darkly comic thriller’ set in and around Fremantle. Leading a powerhouse Australian cast is acclaimed actress Tasma Walton (The Twelve, Mystery Road) and AACTA Award winner Hunter Page-Lochard (The Newsreader, Critical Incident) as two feuding siblings who are forced to work together to get away with an accidental hit and run death that spirals wildly out of control in their hometown of Fremantle. The fearless creative vision behind Reckless is led by Executive Producer and writer, Kodie Bedford (Return…