Fremantle Shipping News

31/12/2025

Waiting for midnight at Bathers Beach! Happy New Year, Earthlings! Don’t miss our HNY post up now on the Shipping News. Link in bio.

31/12/2025

Happy New Year, Earthlings!

Freo Today. 1 January 2026. While we humans do our best to destroy Homo sapiens and every other living thing on our small remote planet Earth, New Year’s always gets one thinking about where we came from and why we keep on treating each other and the planet to badly hear after hear, decade after d...

30/12/2025

So, the Shipping News has gone fishing til the middle Jan. See you again soon. But do keep a lookout for our New Year’s post. Happy New Year Earthlings!

26/12/2025

What’s in a name(berplate)?

Freo Today. 27 December 2025. As the Bridge closure gets closer, so do the cars. Which are nearly as interesting as their number plates. Which begs the question: What’s in a name(berplate)?

24/12/2025

From the Trusty Crew! Click on the link for Santa’s message.,

Freo Today. 25 December 2025. Merry Christmas, Freo!

24/12/2025

Missing MH370 search on again

In early March this year, just over 9 months ago, we brought you the news that MYSTERY SHROUDS MH370 SEARCH OUT OF FREMANTLE. At that point it transpired that Ocean Infinity’s Armada 78 06 search support vessel had berthed just south of Fremantle at the Australian Marine Complex at Henderson a cou...

22/12/2025

Light in the darkness at South Beach last night

Hundreds of people gathered for a memorial event at South Beach last evening, Sunday, 21 December 2015, convened by Jews for Palestine for the victims of the anti-Semitic outrage at Bondi Beach the Sunday before. Participants were asked to not bring national flags to preclude any linking of the ev.....

22/12/2025

The Clippers are away today!

Here’s a nice shot of the Clippers leaving Freo this morning on the next leg of the Clipper Round The World Yacht Race. It was windy and lumpy out at sea. Oh well, we are sure they’ve experienced worse! *Story and photographs by Jean Hudson Jean Hudson is our Shipping and Sailing.....

22/12/2025

RIP Bazball

Here are the words affixed to the famous terracotta Ashes Urn given to England Captain, Ivo Bligh when England toured Australia in 1882/83, following Australia’s defeat of England in 1882 in England and the accompanying laments of the death of English cricket, as explained here. When Ivo goes bac....

18/12/2025

Don’t miss our Jean Hudson’s GOLLY GOSH story with pics up now on the Shipping News! Link in bio.

18/12/2025

A significant Statement by 23 Australian Interfaith and Intercommunity organisations on the Bondi Beach attacks.

We are pleased to share this Interfaith and Intercommunity Statement on the Bondi Beach Attacks Against Jewish Australians, which as you can see has the support of some 23 significant Australian interfaith and community organisations and was shared by them yesterday. * By Michael Barker, Editor, Fr....

17/12/2025

Jean’s Day Out!

I sailed on GOSH and survived to tell the story I was thrilled to accept an invite to sail out of Fremantle on GOSH, the leading Clipper Round the World Race Yacht, earlier this week. Supplied by Clipper All 10 Clipper Yachts arrived safely into Fremantle Sailing Club last week, with lots of A...