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Freo Today. 1 March 2025. Instead of a pinch and a punch for the start of the month, what about a plunge into the ice instead, all for a good cause of course? It’s all happening at Leighton Beach. 640 plus folk are preparing themselves for the Ice Bath Challenge. They’re filling the baths with ice as we speak! Go for it! Nice pic by our Jean Hudson who is on the beach recording all the action.

International Ice Bath Day – Leighton Beach in Life, Law & Culture
Following the success of last year’s Guinness World Record for setting a new World Record for the First Ever Biggest…
Ciao Costa Deliziosa, Benvenuta a Freo! in Shipping News
The beautiful, Italian flagged Costa Deliziosa arrived early this morning on her maiden visit to Fremantle. [caption id="attachment_49219" align="alignnone" width="800"]…
If you wanted to, how could you go about trying to isolate the US economically? in Life, Law & Culture
If the rest of the world wanted to economically isolate the United States, they could employ a combination of tariffs,…

Rarely A Dull Moment – Sign of the Times for Heritage, Roman Holiday, What’s Working, Things are in Motion

in Life, Law & Culture
Many interesting topics to dive into this fortnight after the Ordinary Freo Council Meeting of Wednesday, 26 February 2025. Everything was up for grabs during Public Question Time: dog exercise areas, Mark Zuckerberg, overhanging tree branches, the Third Reich, feral foxes, toilets, even font size when it came to the Annual General Meeting! A raucous gallery at times. Explains why this meeting spanned nearly four hours. SIGN OF THE TIMES - NORTH FREMANTLE HERITAGE TRAIL SIGNAGE REVITALISATION PROJECT According to the Officer report, the original North Fremantle Heritage Trail was recognised in 2004, thanks to the efforts of conservation groups,…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – On Repeat: Ukraine, Trump, Australia, WA in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Today we sort of repeat the…
Look Into The Sky To See The Seven Sisters … in Life, Law & Culture
On a clear night, look up, and you’ll see a cluster of stars—the Pleiades. But did you know this celestial…
Emotional Farewell to Shirase As She Heads Back To The Ice in Shipping News
Japan's famous icebreaker Shirase, a frequent visitor to Fremantle, arrived in Fremantle from Antarctica on Sunday 23 February 2025, carrying…
Freo College Kids Embark Shirase in Shipping News
Fremantle College Year 8 Specialist Marine Studies students yesterday visited the Japanese Icebreaker Shirase, a frequent visitor to Fremantle who’s…
The Shipping Forecast – A Lovely Gift! in Life, Law & Culture
I have to tell you folks, one of the wonderful things that comes with being the Editor of Fremantle Shipping…
The Wednesday Poem in Life, Law & Culture
Daytime Moon​ distance between us blue wash craters covered, glossed and you only half there winter moon so close to…

Bird – Film Review

in Life, Law & Culture
There really are so many good films showing just now, it’s hard to keep up. Bird is another. You’ll want to see it. I saw Bird at a Luna preview quite recently. From the body art stills I’d been sent, and the little blurb I’d quickly read, I thought it wouldn’t be my cup of tea but maybe my movie buddy’s. After a bit I wondered why I’d bothered to come. Then a bit further on I had a sudden realisation I was loving it! I was just mesmerised. Nykiya Adams, who plays 12 year old Bailey, is something else.…
Raise a Glass to Clicquot – Film Review in Life, Law & Culture
Have you ever wondered about the story behind one of the world's premium champagnes? Janet and I made it to…
Grand Tour – Film Review in Life, Law & Culture
Miguel Gomes’ Grand Tour is an epic, a film made for those who love epics, and for those who love…
Not Happy, Jan! in Architecture + Urban Design
‘WA Labor will introduce a free CAT bus service between Stirling Station and Scarborough Beach, if re-elected, under a $14.2…

Interview with Ian Forsyth – Author of A Hazardous Port

in Life, Law & Culture
Ian Forsyth was born in Perth and enjoyed a forty-year career in international relations and economic policy before retiring from the Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 2008. He served overseas as Australia’s Ambassador to the OECD in Paris; Ambassador to Turkey, Poland and the Czech Republic; Commercial Counsellor, Washington DC; and as an official in the OECD Secretariat in Paris.  Ian learned late in life that his family has some deep connections with Fremantle, including: a former convict, later a member of the Fremantle Town Trust; a mayor; a port pilot, harbour master, inaugural head of the…

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