PORT DREDGING FORUM ON THIS EVENING 30/11
For those who are concerned, or just interested in hearing all sides of the proposed dredging in Fremantle Port, there is an opportunity to listen to a panel this Monday evening, November 30 at 7.30. It will be chaired by Mayor Brad Pettitt.
It is in Henry Street at the Medical Theatrette of Notre Dame, which is just before the Moores Building when one comes from the direction of High Street, or just past the Moores, when you come from The Esplanade.
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CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
I am lucky not having to partake in Christmas shopping. I can’t stand the frenzy and wastage, with children receiving far too many presents.
When I lived in Holland we did not get presents at Christmas, but instead on the 5th of December at Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas). The tradition in our family was to pull a name of a family member out of a hat and buy a small present, that had to be accompanied by a cheeky poem about that person. The poems were read out on the evening when we opened our parcels.
Roel Loopers
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BIRDS FLOCK TO BIRDBATH
Horatio Birdbath’s delicate fine line art work on the back wall of Gino’s attracts a lot of attention from tourists and passers-by, I witnessed yesterday while having a pleasant lunch over the road at Ecco.
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A NOTRE DAME
Being a student can be pretty hard, but this young lady found the solution for it by studying on her back on a bench at the Moore&Moore cafe on Saturday morning.
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VICTIM OF GREED
Another victim of greed? This sign at the Fremantle Markets tells the story.
A GREAT WEEKEND
It should be a great warm weekend for very long lunches in the garden, picnics in the park, and walking, sun baking on the beach.
On Sunday visit the first Tum Tum Tree Lane market.
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MARKETS MOVING MADNESS
Fremantle has several good markets, but it seems when things go well someone wants to change them. Stall holders, who have been at the Fremantle Markets for many years, have been forced to leave because of super inflated new rent demands, and are now considering setting up a rival market on the footy oval over the road.
The organic Sunday market on Montreal Street has to move from there and might now have to go all the way to Hilton, instead of attracting them to St John’s Square, Booyeembara Park, Fremantle Primary School, or The Esplanade.
I loved that little market in that tiny corner. It had such a good feel about it. We should support those initiatives and bring them into the dead-boring Sunday morning centre of town, rather than pushing it further out.
As for the Fremantle Markets. This can’t go on any further. The Murdochs need to be stopped, or that Fremantle icon will disapear fast, which would be a great shame.
Time for the new council to take some drastic and immediate action!
Roel Loopers
MARITIME MUSEUM MOODS
A few moody shots to show the Fremantle Maritime Museum in a different light.
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MOODY HIGH STREET
Sunset in the High Street mall can be beautiful for the aware observer.
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