LOOPY’S FREMANTLE TOWNHALL

My Loopy, arty impression of the historic Fremantle Townhall. It’s the reflection on the windscreen of a car parked in William Street.

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WHY DIFFERENT NEW STREET LIGHTS?

New street lights have finally been installed around Freo’s Walyalup Koort, at Queen, Adelaide, and William streets, but I wonder why there are two different kinds.

The lights along Adelaide Street have backlights for the footpath, but the ones in William Street don’t have that feature. Why not?

There are only three new lights along William Street. The last one is in front of the Good Sammy shop, but there is no indication, and no work going on, that there will be more lights installed from the Federal Hotel to Henderson Street, and I wonder why that is.

Also, two of the floodlights for the Townhall are facing down, so could the City of Fremantle please adjust them and let them light up the beautiful old building at night. Mille grazie!

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DAMAGED ART NEGLECT NOT VERY FREO!

What is the City of Fremantle going to do with the large broken stone sculpture, created by Arthur Kalamaras at Bathers Beach?

The artwork was damaged late last year, when CoF staff tried to relocate it to make space for the Fremantle Biennale, and it broke up into four pieces.

The family of the artist, who had his studio in J Shed, wants the City of Fremantle to repair and reinstall the piece, but the CoF claims that Arthur Kalamaras never received permission to put the stone work in the public realm. That might well be the case, but leaving the broken pieces is very disrespectful to the artist, so a solution needs to be found.

I assume the Biennale had a large public liability cover, so the damage to the Kalamaras work might well be covered by the insurance and would cost the City nothing to repair.

Freo is the City of Arts, so get a move on please!

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PHOTOS OF REVEALED ABORIGINAL EXHIBITION

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Some photos I took on Saturday morning of the market and REVEALED Aboriginal art exhibition at the Fremantle Arts Centre. It’s a great show, so go have a look!

Around 150 artworks, created by some 70 artists from remote WA communities are on display. Proceeds from the exhibition are returned 100 per cent to the artists and communities.

The first REVEALED was at the FAC in 2008, so it has become a great tradition, that will hopefully continue for a very long time.

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HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

Wishing all those marvelous mothers and their families a very happy Mother’s Day!

May the kids spoil you rotten and the weather be kind.

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GO VISIT FREO’S FIRST CAKERY!

AUNTY LUCY’S CAKERY in TumTum Tree Lane is Freo’s first cakery, so make sure to go and try it out. It opened today and is open from Wednesdays to Sundays from 9am to 4pm.

The cafe is near the corner of High and Queen streets, opposite the D’Angelo cafe, and just a few metres east of Walyalup Koort and the civic centre.

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EVEN BABIES LOVE THE REVEALED ART SHOW!

The annual REVEALED Aboriginal art exhibition opened at the Fremantle Arts Centre on Thursday evening, so make sure to go and see it.

The art market is on all day today and also well worth a visit. All proceeds will go 100% to the artists and art communities, so support them and buy some wonderful art. The baby above was clearly impressed.

More photos of REVEALED tomorrow morning here on Freoview!

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PEACEFUL TRANQUILITY INSTEAD OF STORM

Instead of a storm and heavy rain, Freo was peaceful tranquility just after sunrise this morning. Anglers floating on the Indian Ocean, and six people canoeing, while the early sun highlighted the hulls of container ships at North Quay.

Good old Freo, hey! What is there not to love!

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SOUTH MOLE OPEN FOR A RELAXING STROLL

Fremantle Ports has re-opened the South Mole, but only for pedestrians and cyclists. It was lovely relaxing just after sunrise this morning.

I bumped into art teacher Orion Harvey from Bayswater, who was taking photos for his Humans of WAter project. You can find it on Facebook and Instagram.

Freo local Justin, who walks the mole every morning, loved it without all the campervans and cars. He suggested a food van could make it a destination, e.g. Mexican on the Mole. That made me think of the East Street jetty Thursday night small food market, where 5-6 foodies got together. It was very popular, so if the South Mole remains closed, Fremantle Ports might want to contemplate that idea.

As the above photo shows, a lot of campervans were parked on the North Mole on this Saturday morning, and still nine of them at Fleet Street near the Bathers Beach A Class reserve.

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ARTWALK FREMANTLE IN WHITE GUM VALLEY

ARTWALK FREMANTLE is in White Gum Valley this weekend.

Go visit artists in their studios and studio homes this Saturday and Sunday. See above for details.

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