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Freo Today. 21 September 2026. Freo Dockers fever is everywhere. And everyone is gearing up! Including here in South Terrace, South Freo. Nice pic by Margo O’Byrne

THE SEASON with SNAPS TRULY in Life, Law & Culture
Have you heard the big news - Fremantle Press are about to publish THE SEASON with SNAPS TRULY? As all…
BONDS FLYING ROOS SECURE $2M GRAND FINAL SPOT AFTER GENEVA PODIUM in Shipping & Sailing
On Sunday, in Geneva, Switzerland, BONDS Flying Roos secured their place in SailGP’s winner-takes-all US$2 million Grand Final after finishing…
A lifetime of sailing the Swan River inspires Perth sculptor Tony Jones in Fremantle People
A great story on the ABC about Freo Sculptor Tony Jones by Freo-based Nicolas Perpitch and reproduced with the kind…

After The Game With Snaps Truly – Second Preliminary Final 2026 v Sydney

in Life, Law & Culture
I avoided just about all the talk in the build up. And then on Thursday night I couldn’t help meself. There he was, that big spud with raisins for eyes, David King, staring down the camera like the tinpot dictator of Idiotland, declaring … ‘This would be one of the great fumbles of all time if Freo don’t get this right.’ When did he forget this is sport? Or that the result could be determined by a wayward bounce of the ball or a sudden gust of wind. Luck. Chance. Possibility. Isn’t that why we love it? I decided to watch the Prelim at…
Data Centres and AI Infrastructure: A Snapshot (September 2026) in Our Environment
*Prepared by Claude (Anthropic) Our Editor posed this set of questions to Claude (Anthropic): Claude, you’ll know all about this.…
URGENT: TEMPORARY ACCESS CHANGES TO VICTORIA QUAY in Architecture + Urban Design
Here’s an important notice from Fremantle Ports There are currently temporary access changes in place at Victoria Quay affecting parking…
Overheard on South Terrace, South Freo this morning! in Life, Law & Culture
A partly imagined conversation Love your cap, Mate Thanks very much. That’s a pretty smart T-shirt you’re wearing. Did you…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Immigration, AI, Interest Rates, Iran, Ukraine, Canada in the EU, What Crocs? in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our regular politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Round House, Fremantle  What a busy…
Rarely A Dull Moment – Special Electors’ Meeting of 15 September 2026 in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…
The Weight – Film Review in Gig Guide
Directorial debut of Padraic McKinley, co-produced by Ryan Hawke and starring Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe. Gayle O’Leary reviews. The…

Coral Adventurer Sets Out on Abrolhos Adventure

in Shipping & Sailing
Jean Hudson reports that cruising time is here again! Here’s Coral Adventurer leaving Fremantle yesterday morning at 10.00am for the Abrolhos Islands. That’s the Fremantle Pilot ushering her into Gage Roads. Our Shipping & Sailing Editor Jean Hudson caught all the departure action from Rous Head, on the north side of the harbour. Here are more of Jean’s departure shots. The Coral Adventurer, and the Coral Geographer are both regular visitors to Freo during the season, as these FSN post remind us. Here’s the Fremantle Ports list of what cruise ships are expected in Freo between now and the end…
Arts Scene Around Freo in Gig Guide
Welcome to our feature - Arts Scene Around Freo - compiled by our Arts Editor, Gayle O’Leary. Here we will…
Beyond Joe Hari’s Window – Book Review in Life, Law & Culture
Roel Loopers reviews this must read book written by his friend Antonios Papaspiropoulos Beyond Joe Hari’s Window, by Antonios Papaspiropoulos, is…
More than 2 million Indigenous people lived in Australia in 1788: new research in Life, Law & Culture
An important piece of new research A gathering on the Murray River depicted in 1858. Gerard Krefft, Corroboree on the…

The Wednesday Poem

in Life, Law & Culture
Fremantle Shipping News is pleased to bring you The Wednesday Poem. In this feature we post poems by Freo and Freo-connected poets and those who may not call themselves poets but love writing poetry or having a go! This week we are pleased to bring you Residency by Glen Hunting*. ~ Look here for other poems in The Wednesday Poem feature. ~ And don’t miss our podcast interviews with other poets in our Poets Paddock feature. ~ If you’d like to SUBMIT A POEM FOR THE WEDNESDAY POEM or COMMENT on this or any of our stories, don’t hesitate to email our Editor. ~ WHILE YOU ARE HERE – ~ Don’t…

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