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Freo Today. 2 November 2026. The morning after the day before. ‘Wally’, the newly opened Walyalup Bridge, eventually opened to vehicular traffic late last night. And this morning, by 6.30 am, was doing brisk business with cars, trucks, vans, cyclists and walkers all finding their ways across, south and north. The traders on QV Street, North Freo will be very pleased. Make sure you see our full report on the opening – ‘Wally’ Opens For Business!

Daytime homelessness support services to begin in Rockingham in Uncategorised
We hear and talk a lot about homelessness, so here’s a State Government initiative just south of Fremantle, at Rockingham,…
‘Wally’ opens for business in Architecture + Urban Design
Walyalup Bridge - her birth name - otherwise affectionately dubbed ‘Wally’, opened today to great fanfare. Here’s our story and…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Israel, Serbia, Brazil, US Midterms, Hanson on Super, Spain, Wally Bridge in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our regular politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Round House, Fremantle  Today, our Editor, Michael…

And the Winning Name in The Fremantle Shipping News Bridge Naming Competition is … ‘Wally’

in Architecture + Urban Design
 On Sunday 18 October, we launched The Great Fremantle Bridge Naming Contest before the WA Government announced the official name of the new traffic and shared path bridge, and what an enormous response we’ve had. We held back on suggesting our preferred name options but did suggest The Goalposts or The Washing Line as possible nicknames. Here are the email and Facebook page submissions that poured in as of last week! Your Ed and The Gang of Four editorial advisers have now considered and deliberated on the preferred name and nickname and here’s their verdicts: ‘Walyalup Bridge’, and ‘Wally’. It's not…
Rarely a Dull Moment – Draft Local Planning Scheme 5 – A Big Deal in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…
From Freo to Sihanoukville: The Odyssey’s Last Voyage? in Shipping & Sailing
Remember the ship Villa Vie Odyssey? She arrived in time for the Easter weekend and the Fremantle International Street Arts Festival earlier this year…
New creative hub opens at Fremantle Arts Centre in Life, Law & Culture
A new recording studio and performance space at Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre is set to help nurture the next generation…
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…
Colorado in Port for Major Maintenance in Shipping & Sailing
US submarine visit puts Stirling on track for AUKUS role HMAS Stirling has taken another step towards becoming the home…
More on the Don – A Scouting Future? in Shipping & Sailing
Recently we posted MV Cape Don – Are Her Days Done? by Freo local John Adderley. John drew attention to the Sea…

SEEING RED: Walking The Long March

in Life, Law & Culture
SEEING RED is an irregular column on Fremantle Shipping News by Barry Healy*. In this piece, Barry is inspired by the Long March and a 90-Year Journey from Revolution to Revival On 14 October this year, under mild autumn skies, I set out along a path that felt impossibly old. Narrow enough for only one person to walk comfortably and steep in places, its flagstones were laid during the Ming dynasty, which ruled the region from 1368 to 1644. Three kilometres was enough for me. Yet the people who began walking this route on 16 October 1934, carried heavy military packs, wore woven…
A tale of bridges over the Derbarl Yerrigan at Walyalup in Architecture + Urban Design
As the new Walyalup Bridge is due to open this coming Sunday, 1 November 2026, Kristi McNulty and Jenny Archibald…
Castaways is on again! in Gig Guide
Castaways Sculpture Awards 2026 kicked off at Rockingham over the weekend and our Jean Hudson was there to spot her…
MV Cape Don charity named DCN Diversity and Inclusion Award finalist in Shipping & Sailing
Recently we posted MV Cape Don - Are Her Days Done? by Freo local John Adderley. John drew attention to…

It’s Officially ‘Walyalup Bridge’

in Architecture + Urban Design
In an announcement made today on behalf of the Government of Western Australia, Rita Saffioti, Transport and Major Infrastructure Minister, said the new Fremantle Traffic Bridge is officially to be named Walyalup Bridge. The Fremantle Shipping News’ contest for our readers’ preferred name goes in and will be announced this coming Friday. Fremantle's new traffic bridge will officially be known as Walyalup Bridge when it opens to the public on Sunday 1 November, marking a new chapter in the long history of river crossings at the gateway to Fremantle. Credit Les Moyle The announcement comes as work on the bridge…

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