Council in a jam over fig decision
UPDATED 26/2: FREMANTLE council appears to have misread the room after paving the way for a 130-year-old fig tree to be cut down on High Street, facing a stinging backlash […]
Monthly Archives: February 2024
Fox fears
A FOX is suspected to have been involved in the destruction of 140 vulnerable fairy tern nests on the Point Walter spit late last month – though humans aren’t out […]
WA Wildlife puts out emergency call
WA WILDLIFE has launched an emergency fundraiser after unprecedented demand for animal rescues drained its reserves and left it having to consider cutbacks. The service, formerly known as Native Arc, […]
A hard lesson
RESIDENTS living near John Curtin College of the Arts are back up in arms after a handful of mature trees they’ve fought for years to preserve were chopped down without […]
Curtain-raser for hall
THE Melville Theatre Company finally has its forever home after Melville council reopened the refurbished Main Hall at the city’s civic centre in Booragoon earlier this month. The amateur thespians […]
Who gives a fig?
THE decision by Fremantle council to remove the beautiful century-old Moreton Bay fig tree at 195 High Street from the Register of Significant Trees is scandalous. By taking if off […]
Turn back the tide
Paul Gamblin has advocated for the WA coast, including Leighton-Port and Ningaloo, since the late 1990s and has campaigned on ocean and coastal issues nationally and internationally. A community meeting […]
LETTERS 24.2.24
I despair MIGHTY Fig Tree Drops off the List (Herald, February 15) mentions nothing of the value of a large shady tree in central Fremantle streets: only a litany of […]
Stick with it
I THOUGHT the deep-fried mars bar was an artery-clogging delicacy unique to chip shops in Scotland. But I recently discovered that Krunchy – a Korean street food joint in Myaree […]
Black Swan making a splash
BLACK Swan State Theatre Company seems to always come up with surprises and their new production, The Pool is no exception. The publicity promises “theatre that makes a splash” and […]