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All Aboard STS Young Endeavour
Our Shipping and Sailing Correspondent, Jean Hudson, toured the STS Young Endeavour on Saturday just gone. In case the inclement…
Welcome to Freo STS Young Endeavour
Well, here she is. STS Young Endeavour. She arrived in Fremantle just after 11 am this morning from Exmouth, via…
STS Young Endeavour Making Farewell Visit To Freo
STS Young Endeavour, Australia’s national STS or sail training ship, is nearing the end of an era and will soon…
Round The World Clipper Fleet Returns to Freo in December
The 14th Clipper Round the world Yacht Race is returning to Fremantle from 5-10 December 2025, as part of its…
Fremantle to Host Australian Cruise Association Conference
The 2025 Australian Cruise Association (ACA) Conference is set to return to Fremantle after two decades, taking place from 3-5…
Sail GP Set To Thrill Freo 17 & 18 January 2026
Those Magnificent Men and Women in their Flying Machines – actually fast-foiling catamarans - are coming to Fremantle. The global…
Navy Commissions Caffeine-Fuelled Arafura
The Royal Australian Navy has officially commissioned HMAS Arafura, one of the new Arafura-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) into operational…
HMAS Arafura hits the water sailing!
Today marks a major milestone of the Australian Government’s implementation of the Surface Fleet Review with the commissioning of HMAS…
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…