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62 seconds of starry alignment

BlogThis Freo. Eclipse chasers travelling north to Exmouth to view the total solar eclipse this week get a free coffee courtesy of the busy roadhouses along more than 10,000km of the North West Coastal Highway. Caravans, 4WDs and families towing…

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JACK’S JOURNEY

STREETWISE first met Jack Mendes in O’Connor, at his successful Yarrick Street car dealership opposite Bunnings. Freo’s independent publication asked the Indian father of two to support the annual Freo StreetWise charity car cruise, the March 12 event this year…

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MURUJUGA

THE Federal Government in February announced nearly 100,000ha of land and sea at rock art-rich Murujuga in WA’s Pilbara had been nominated for inclusion on the World Heritage List. If the nomination submitted to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre is…

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Sea Monsters

GIANT squid, albino killer whales, sea serpents and Loch Ness-like creatures have occupied Earth’s oceans, rivers and lakes for the past 600 million years. And while most ‘monsters’ on land have been found, much of the deep ocean remains unexplored.…

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Shooters

EVERY edition of Freo StreetWise has featured images by amateur and award-winning photographers in WA. Tony Ashby, Leith Phillips, Patrick Baker, Hugh Edwards, Geoff Vivian, Roger Garwood, Paolo Gumina, Peter Zuvela, Amerigo Carrello, Bob Sommerville, Graeme Phillips and photography students…

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The Swedes Were Coming!

PICKLED eel and kringles at Christmas, clogs, akvavit and Abba. ‘Sandgropers’ today would be enjoying a Scandinavian lifestyle had King Gustav III pursued plans to colonise the Swan River. In 1687, a year before English explorer William Dampier visited the…

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Australia Day Festival 2022

MAYORAL candidate and South Ward festival goer Marija Vujcic says she will bring back the fireworks on Australia Day 2022. It will be the first of many events she says she has planned to make Fremantle a festival city, starting…

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South Fremantle ‘Festival of Lights

A selection of images supplied and posted by the South Fremantle Community Association which held the successful 'Festival of Lights' that attracted up to 30,000 people in November. The brainchild of South Ward Councillor Marija Vuycic, the street festival is…

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