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  1. The Fremantle History Society's AGM will be this Tuesday 28 July at 4:30PM, along with the launch of James Paratore's new book "Salt in their veins: From Capo d’Orlando to Fremantle".

    fhs.org.au/2026/07/16/2026-ann

    #Fremantle #localHistory #Sicily

  2. The Fremantle History Society's AGM will be this Tuesday 28 July at 4:30PM, along with the launch of James Paratore's new book "Salt in their veins: From Capo d’Orlando to Fremantle".

    fhs.org.au/2026/07/16/2026-ann

    #Fremantle #localHistory #Sicily

  3. Just emailed the mayor and councillors of the City of Fremantle to suggest ways to extend public transport to the west side of the Freo CBD (they used to have a free shuttle bus there, but that was cancelled 3 years ago).

    I don't expect much reaction as I'm not a local resident, but I am a recent visitor and Freo relies a lot on tourists; so maybe my words will help push the issue along. Always worth a try.

    #Fremantle #Freo #PublicTransport

  4. Just emailed the mayor and councillors of the City of Fremantle to suggest ways to extend public transport to the west side of the Freo CBD (they used to have a free shuttle bus there, but that was cancelled 3 years ago).

    I don't expect much reaction as I'm not a local resident, but I am a recent visitor and Freo relies a lot on tourists; so maybe my words will help push the issue along. Always worth a try.

    #Fremantle #Freo #PublicTransport

  5. ‘Thunder Point’ Heats Up as Fremantle, Bell Media and ‘Sullivan’s Crossing’ Showrunner Bring Robyn Carr’s Next Series to the Global Market: ‘It’s “Friday Night Lights” Meets “Virgin River”’ (EXCLUSIVE)
    #Variety #Global #News #BellMedia #Fremantle #HeatedRivalry #ThunderPoint

    variety.com/2026/tv/global/thu

  6. ‘Thunder Point’ Heats Up as Fremantle, Bell Media and ‘Sullivan’s Crossing’ Showrunner Bring Robyn Carr’s Next Series to the Global Market: ‘It’s “Friday Night Lights” Meets “Virgin River”’ (EXCLUSIVE)
    #Variety #Global #News #BellMedia #Fremantle #HeatedRivalry #ThunderPoint

    variety.com/2026/tv/global/thu

  7. New at my Patreon... The west end of Fremantle's High Street is lined with lovely facades from the boom years of the Western Australian colony. This example is the Hotel Cleopatra, which I passed on my visit to Freo last week. And it has an interesting back story:

    See the full image and read the post: patreon.com/timrichards/posts/

    #Fremantle #history #architecture #hotel #pub

  8. New at my Patreon... The west end of Fremantle's High Street is lined with lovely facades from the boom years of the Western Australian colony. This example is the Hotel Cleopatra, which I passed on my visit to Freo last week. And it has an interesting back story:

    See the full image and read the post: patreon.com/timrichards/posts/

    #Fremantle #history #architecture #hotel #pub

  9. New at my Patreon... The tale of the wreck of the 17th century Dutch ship Batavia is one of treachery, mutiny, brutality and revenge. I ponder its story and visit the ship's preserved remains in a dedicated museum in Fremantle:

    patreon.com/posts/fremantles-s

    #Fremantle #Freo #history #travel #Australia cc @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social

  10. New at my Patreon... The tale of the wreck of the 17th century Dutch ship Batavia is one of treachery, mutiny, brutality and revenge. I ponder its story and visit the ship's preserved remains in a dedicated museum in Fremantle:

    patreon.com/posts/fremantles-s

    #Fremantle #Freo #history #travel #Australia cc @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social

  11. Jeez I'm glad I got everything I wanted to do done in the morning. There are sheets of rain falling against the hotel windows right now. Freo is right next to the Indian Ocean, so the weather can have its dramatic moments.

    #Fremantle #Freo #weather

  12. Jeez I'm glad I got everything I wanted to do done in the morning. There are sheets of rain falling against the hotel windows right now. Freo is right next to the Indian Ocean, so the weather can have its dramatic moments.

    #Fremantle #Freo #weather

  13. Here's a variant of "benches you can't sleep on" which I haven't seen before. High Street, Fremantle.

    #Fremantle #Freo

  14. Here's a variant of "benches you can't sleep on" which I haven't seen before. High Street, Fremantle.

    #Fremantle #Freo

  15. Since they cancelled the free CAT shuttle bus a few years ago, there's been no public transport at all in this western side of the Freo CBD. Not huge distances TBH, but a bit rough if you have mobility issues (like my currently dodgy knee). They should sort something out.

    #Freo #Fremantle #bus

  16. Since they cancelled the free CAT shuttle bus a few years ago, there's been no public transport at all in this western side of the Freo CBD. Not huge distances TBH, but a bit rough if you have mobility issues (like my currently dodgy knee). They should sort something out.

    #Freo #Fremantle #bus

  17. My Fremantle hotel has a big print of this postage stamp on a corridor wall. Which is... fine, I guess?

    #Fremantle #Freo #stamp #stamps #PostageStamp

  18. My Fremantle hotel has a big print of this postage stamp on a corridor wall. Which is... fine, I guess?

    #Fremantle #Freo #stamp #stamps #PostageStamp

  19. OK when it reached 10am this Freo cafe became full of young people dining and drinking coffee. It isn't a public holiday here in WA, so why is this so?

    I'm always asking this in Melbourne too - I suppose loads of people nowadays are working from home, or are on shifts, or studying, so they can rock up to a cafe on a weekday.

    #cafe #cafes #Fremantle #Freo

  20. OK when it reached 10am this Freo cafe became full of young people dining and drinking coffee. It isn't a public holiday here in WA, so why is this so?

    I'm always asking this in Melbourne too - I suppose loads of people nowadays are working from home, or are on shifts, or studying, so they can rock up to a cafe on a weekday.

    #cafe #cafes #Fremantle #Freo

  21. Having breakfast at Good Things cafe in Fremantle. This is their amazing chilli eggs: "Korean sambal-scrambled eggs, soy caramel, crispy shallots, coriander, bacon, chilli, roti".

    Funny thing is, I've been here before, years ago, when it was known as The Attic. In fact I spent most of a day here in 2018, catching up with my notes near the end of the round-Australia rail journey for my book Heading South.

    In those days, like most Perth cafes, it didn't do table service - but as all the seating is upstairs from the counter, it was a pain to order a second coffee! Now they have table service, thank god.

    #Fremantle #Freo #cafe #cafes #food #travel cc @LifeTimeCooking

  22. Having breakfast at Good Things cafe in Fremantle. This is their amazing chilli eggs: "Korean sambal-scrambled eggs, soy caramel, crispy shallots, coriander, bacon, chilli, roti".

    Funny thing is, I've been here before, years ago, when it was known as The Attic. In fact I spent most of a day here in 2018, catching up with my notes near the end of the round-Australia rail journey for my book Heading South.

    In those days, like most Perth cafes, it didn't do table service - but as all the seating is upstairs from the counter, it was a pain to order a second coffee! Now they have table service, thank god.

    #Fremantle #Freo #cafe #cafes #food #travel cc @LifeTimeCooking

  23. Now that I've had an old-school pasta feed at Capri, I'm having a quiet drink at my fave Freo hidden laneway bar: Strange Company. Nice place, very mellow on a Sunday evening.

    #Fremantle #Freo #bar #bars

  24. Now that I've had an old-school pasta feed at Capri, I'm having a quiet drink at my fave Freo hidden laneway bar: Strange Company. Nice place, very mellow on a Sunday evening.

    #Fremantle #Freo #bar #bars

  25. The cafe I'm patronising, Chalky's Espresso, is inside the former Fremantle tram depot which opened in 1905. Gotta love a tram connection, but it's sad they are no more.

    It's quite a historic location, this - on the right you can see the Round House, a former convict prison and the oldest still-standing building in the Perth metro area.

    #Fremantle #Freo #history #tram #trams

  26. The cafe I'm patronising, Chalky's Espresso, is inside the former Fremantle tram depot which opened in 1905. Gotta love a tram connection, but it's sad they are no more.

    It's quite a historic location, this - on the right you can see the Round House, a former convict prison and the oldest still-standing building in the Perth metro area.

    #Fremantle #Freo #history #tram #trams

  27. Startling how quickly things change in the hospitality scene. I had an article published in April 2024 listing 9 places of interest in Fremantle, and already on this trip I can see that two of the restaurants and bars I recommended have closed.

    We had the same tricky problem when I used to research destinations for Lonely Planet guidebooks. You'd want to add in some popular new places so it wasn't just the same old favourites, but there was always the risk a new place would go belly-up. Roll the dice...

    #Fremantle #travel #TravelWriting #writing

  28. Startling how quickly things change in the hospitality scene. I had an article published in April 2024 listing 9 places of interest in Fremantle, and already on this trip I can see that two of the restaurants and bars I recommended have closed.

    We had the same tricky problem when I used to research destinations for Lonely Planet guidebooks. You'd want to add in some popular new places so it wasn't just the same old favourites, but there was always the risk a new place would go belly-up. Roll the dice...

    #Fremantle #travel #TravelWriting #writing

  29. New at my Patreon... This stretch of South Terrace is sometimes known as the Cappuccino Strip. That nickname has a try-hard sound to it nowadays, but in the 1980s it was entirely justified as Italian-style espresso coffee finally broke through into the Australian mainstream. And here's a pioneer of that breakthrough in Fremantle - Gino's:

    patreon.com/posts/dateline-cof

    #Fremantle #Freo #cafe #cafes #coffee #history #Perth #travel

  30. New at my Patreon... This stretch of South Terrace is sometimes known as the Cappuccino Strip. That nickname has a try-hard sound to it nowadays, but in the 1980s it was entirely justified as Italian-style espresso coffee finally broke through into the Australian mainstream. And here's a pioneer of that breakthrough in Fremantle - Gino's:

    patreon.com/posts/dateline-cof

    #Fremantle #Freo #cafe #cafes #coffee #history #Perth #travel

  31. Odd thing at this rooftop bar - you can order food via a QR code on the table, but not drinks. No idea why. For drinks there's a very long queue to a bar. So I'm sitting here enjoying the sunset, idly hoping the queue subsides at some point (I don’t do queueing).

    #fremantle #freo #pub

  32. Odd thing at this rooftop bar - you can order food via a QR code on the table, but not drinks. No idea why. For drinks there's a very long queue to a bar. So I'm sitting here enjoying the sunset, idly hoping the queue subsides at some point (I don’t do queueing).

    #fremantle #freo #pub

  33. At the rooftop bar at the National Hotel, Fremantle, an old fave. Weather is going be rainy after today, so I thought I should grab the opportunity.

    #fremantle #freo #pub

  34. At the rooftop bar at the National Hotel, Fremantle, an old fave. Weather is going be rainy after today, so I thought I should grab the opportunity.

    #fremantle #freo #pub

  35. It is ridiculously sunny here in Freo. I am feeling jealous of this winter weather, even though I'm currently actually in it.

    #perth #fremantle #freo #weather

  36. It is ridiculously sunny here in Freo. I am feeling jealous of this winter weather, even though I'm currently actually in it.

    #perth #fremantle #freo #weather