WILL REFUND FOR BOTTLES STOP LITTER?
The large amounts of empty, and often broken, bottles left in the Round House area by backpackers, makes me wonder if paying for empty bottles would reduce the litter left for others to clean up.
Night after night visitors to our city use Arthur Head as their playground and rubbish bin and leave broken bottles everywhere but in the rubbish bins. The grassed area is often used during the day by Notre Dame students and tourists, often with children who like to run around bare feet. The stupid inconsiderate vandalism by the drunks endangers the health of those kids and students.
While last summer police sent out regular evening patrols, this year it seems to be too much to get out of the car and walk around the Round House. Unfortunately the City of Fremantle security officers don’t do night shifts
Time maybe to reimburse people who return empty bottles to the bottle shops, hopefully that way encouraging people to take the empties with them.
Roel Loopers
ADELE AND TROY’S SECRET WEDDING
This is a pretty special exclusive for Freo’s View, so I will indulge a little here.
I heard only a couple of hours ago that Fremantle independent MLA Adele Carles and Minister for Transport, Housing and Emergency Services Troy Buswell will get married in a secret wedding at St John’s Church in Fremantle’s Kings Square at 9.30 tomorrow.
It was by pure accident that I found out. I walked past Little Creatures on my way home from the Wray Avenue lanterns making event, when I noticed Adele’s loyal and lovely office staff Helen and Natacha, and of course went over for a chat.
The normally focused ladies were a little under the weather and tried hard to keep the secret from me, but confessed they were part of a hen’s night party. After a bit of probing and a round of drinks, it finally came out that Adele and Troy will tie the knot in the lovely small church, in front of only their closest friends.
When I wanted to go in and speak to Adele, Natacha and Helen told me that Adele and Troy would deny it was going to happen, to avoid a media scramble at the tiny church. I can understand that.
I admit to feeling a little bit guilty posting this here, but the media don’t read an unimportant small Fremantle blog like this, so I will probably not do any harm by announcing the wedding here exclusively.
This is a big coup for me, so I can’t keep it under wraps. Sorry Adele!!
I hope to post photos of the newly wed on this blog tomorrow morning after the ceremony, so stay tuned.
Roel Loopers
The Battle of the Weddings
LOVELY LITTLE CREATURES
Little Creatures in Fremantle is a great place to hang out, either in the brewery bar or upstairs in the Loft. I like the soft cosy armchairs and couches upstairs and the great sunset view from the deck, but downstairs is always very vibrant and good fun to be as well. Most tourists ask for it when they visit Freo, so word of the lovely venue has spread world wide.
Roel Loopers
FREMANTLE CREATURES
A shot of four young ladies doing beer tasting at Little Creatures brewery in Fremantle this morning.
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NATIONAL CASH NEEDED
Sean Butler, the owner of he stunningly renovated and nearly finished NATIONAL HOTEL in Fremantle, needs a couple of million dollars to finalise the huge project, which could be done within six months.
It appears banks discriminate against lending more, because of the building’s heritage characteristics, so they won’t hand over more money to get the job done. Sean also needs a new partner to buy out the present silent partner. Anyone with a wad of cash under the bed?
Roel Loopers
LITTLE SOFTIES
Fremantle Brewery Little Creatures has recalled three of their beers because of fear of glass contamination, due to weakness in the bottles. The voluntary recall affects only 5,500 cases of the Dreadnought Stout, Pale Ale, and Bright Ale.
Check with Little Creatures to make sure the beer you drink is not affected.
Roel Loopers
FREO EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE LIGHT
Having sleepless nights because of the full moon is not always a bad thing. Yesterday I walked out of my sweet little Fremantle home on Arthur Head at 5.45 a.m. had an espresso at Gino’s for just $ 2.70 just after 6 a.m. and shot these lovely early morning light photos at the Fishing Boat Harbour and Little Creatures around 6.30.
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OF CREATURES AND RABBITS
LITTLE CREATURES brewery in the Fishing Boat Harbour of Fremantle is one of those magic very Freo places for me. The ambience is very special and the eclectic groovy waiting staff with their multitude of tattoos and piercings are a sight to enjoy.
The Loft upstairs at Creatures is all different again with cozy big armchairs and couches and a lovely outside deck to enjoy the sunsets from. Little Creatures is one of the best things to happen for Fremantle’s hospitality industry. It runs like a clockwork and is highly professional.
I went yesterday for the tasting of the new Dreadnought Foreign Extra Stout, which at 7.4% packs a punch. The initial first mouthful was very pleasant but then the very chocolaty taste took over which I enjoyed less. Even less enjoyable was a strange sensation at the top of my mouth, which I wanted to scrape off, and an itching sensation in the throat, similar to a reaction I get when eating Kiwi fruit. I doubt there was any of that in the stout though. A pint of the lovely dark ale White Rabbit made up for it.
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