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It’s a common sight in Fremantle to see people and their dogs outside cafés. It’s part of Fremantle’s café culture, it’s good for business, it has never presented as a health risk. Recently there has been a long standing law that has been revisited, which enables dogs to be banned from alfresco areas in WA.

You can show your support to stop the dog ban at the Dogs Breakfast it’s on at the South Beach Café Sundays at 11.00 am.

If you want more information on how you can help please contact Phil for further details on 0414 096 847 or e-mail info@globalfreedomtechnologies.com.

South Beach Cafe Sundays at 11.00 am

Ever wondered how they get 70 ft. yachts into the water?

Not really you say, they probably just use a big crane.

Still it’s pretty cool to watch.

Sunseeker Ahoy

Careful Now

I was down at the Rottnest Island Visitor Centre in E-shed today sorting out a permit for Rottnest and I noticed a little community has sprung up on its doorstep.

Accommodation for Rottnest 2010 goes on sale next Tuesday and demand is high as you can imagine. Some people have already been queuing for three days. It all seemed very civilized with cozy blankets, kettles for hot drinks and ice-cream.

Good things come to those who wait.

Camping Out = Hard-core

I was lucky enough to get out to Rottnest early this morning. The water was perfect for boating but alas not for surfing, but we tried our luck at Strickland Bay where there was a tiny bit of swell.

(As we were leaving you could see the hordes of schoolies tearing over one after the other, let the games begin.)

Perfect Boating Weather

Love Freo is pleased about being a winner in Corbis’ Creatives Behind the Lens competition, which originated in Europe three years ago and has been held in Australia for the first time. The winning photograph (‘South Beach’) was taken at a hazy early morning down at South Beach last autumn. While the Melbourne Man went for a swim a rainbow appeared in the haze and I was just so glad I had brought my camera. Together with the very few other early morning dog walkers I marveled at this beautiful performance of nature.

The 47 national winners were invited to Sydney, where our work was unveiled at a private view at the Museum of Contemporary Arts last week, followed by a party at one of the best locations in Australia – MCA’s rooftop balcony right at Circular Quay with stunning views over the harbour, Opera House and Harbour Bridge.

Corbis is planning to bring the exhibition to Perth early next year and is looking for interesting locations. I suggested Creatures Loft and Fremantle Arts Centre, but if you have other ideas, please let me know and I’ll forward them.

View all winners here or read an article about the event here.
For prints of the winning photo, please contact us.

Not a catchy name, but these little blighters are a pain in the a**e when trying to swim lengths along South Beach. Seems they swarm about in the shallow waters, which might explain why I see people swimming much further out. And it’s not like there’s anything to worry about out there. So I’m sitting here resisting the temptation to scratch, and unable to frown or smile because my face has been involuntarily botoxed.

Surf Lifesaving have dedicated a whole fact sheet to them: at least the sting is only minor.

Stinger Missile

Its November Already!

So many good things have been happening in Freo this year, just in the last 3 months we’ve had everything from a new Mayor (good on you Brad!) to the Sui’s Season Opener…

Well Coming into November are 3 of my Favorite Events, No doubt being a Freo person your aware that the Freo Festival is just around the Corner starting on Saturday the 7th November, THAT’S THIS WEEKEND!!! and going through to Sunday the 15th.

Now I rekon one of  the best things about the Freo Festival is the Bhangra during the closing party, if you’ve never experienced Bhangra, make sure you get to the Festival closing party on Sunday night the 15th and check it out, it’s Awesome!

There are of course lots of other great things about the Freo Festival, make sure you get along to it and give it your Support…

Get the Festival Program here

NEXT!

On a much smaller but just as much fun scale is the North Freo Water Sliders Party. This is an Annual event put on by a great bunch of crew who live in NF, it happens in Alfred rd Park North Freo usually around the first 3 weeks in November weather depending.

If i asked you to meet me at the local park with a hose, a 50m sheet of black plastic and some dish washing liquid, you’d probably look at me funny.. but honestly this is the most fun you can have in a superman suit, just have a look at some of the photos from last year…

Anybody who loves to waterslide is welcome at this event (it’ll keep the Tin Lids busy for Hours) I usually roll up with a few beers, boardshorts and lids in tow. You’ll need to keep an eye out for when its on as its not advertised heavily anywhere…

Have a look at the groups page on that other famous social networking site (the one that rhymes with spacechook, acecrook, basecook – yeh that one) for more info…

Go On Get Your Slide On!

Number 3

Two Wheels Good – Like most people that live in or around Freo, you own a bike, you ride your bike around the river, to the park, to the beach, late at night in summer, Whenever/Wherever and you love it.. Two Wheels Good is about celebrating the love of the humble bicycle.

As part of the Freo Festival on Sunday November 8 at the Arts Centre, the worlds best bike show will be on… so take the two wheels that you love so much and ride them over to Finnerty St for an arvo of unbridled two wheel fun!

You Go Freo!!

i’m Famous Dave – and i Love Freo…

This morning I went down to South Beach Village, to check out the new developments. Gosh, South Fremantle is going to be a busy place with all those new apartments. I just hope it’ll keep its quirky beachy charme, like this display of floatsam and jetsam on a house at the southern end of South Terrace.

If you’re looking out to sea from Fremantle on Monday morning at about 10am, you might spot the RAC rescue helicopter ‘Rescue 65′, doing some training with Fremantle Sea Rescue. These are some pics from their training run last week, taken just off South Beach.

The folks at Sea Rescue work hard all year to pull boats back to safety, and they do it largely without any government funding. You can learn more about them or make a donation at searescue.com.au

Man on a Wire

Man Gets Plucked from the Ocean

Yellow Chopper

Rescue 65

There are lots of good causes, charities and non-profits in Freo. Tell us which ones you support and why and we’ll look into giving them a spot on the blog.

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