Childcare centre blocked
COCKBURN council has again knocked back an application to open a childcare centre in Aubin Grove because of concerns over noise and parking. The proposal, previously rejected in 2007, was […]
Kind of blue
Fremantle Heritage Festival: May 26 – June 5, 2017 WESTERN AUSTRALIANS have unique and valuable stories which are worthy of retelling, says Red Dog director Nelson Woss. Having turned a legendary […]
Fremantle Heritage Festival
Fremantle Heritage Festival May 26 – June 6 2017 IT’S newish heritage — Fremantle’s longest-running reggae bash is celebrating its 11th birthday at Mojo’s in North Fremantle – a venue […]
LETTERS 20.5.17
Noise pollution I SYMPATHISE with the Leeming resident and her experience of noise pollution. A few weeks ago I was first in the queue one morning at the Telstra Shop, […]
‘Welcome’ to Oz
JASMINE KAZLAUSKAS’ grandfather was one of the original “boat people” — a Lithuanian refugee who came to Australia after becoming stateless at the end of World War II. In this week’s […]
Little sanctuary
THIS is my failsafe: we go to the park across the road, get dirty and come here for coffee and the kids can play,” a very relaxed mother of two […]
The best yarn ever…
YARNS on Collie is your one-stop-wool-shop, stocked with everything from alpaca to possum wool. East Fremantle resident Caroline Kindt was looking for a business where she could unleash her creativity […]
Cool Camacho
THE title of Pete Murray’s latest album had me stumped. I had no idea what Camacho meant. Surely the Byron Bay singer-songwriter wasn’t a big enough fan of Puerto Rican […]
Osho changed my life
LAST week I attended the open day of Orange: Sannyas in Fremantle. The exhibition traces the history of the so-called ‘orange people’ in Fremantle during the 1980’s and 1990’s. They […]
ASTROLOGY MAY 20 – MAY 27
ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) The more comfortable you get with the people around you, the more your light shines. You aren’t usually one to avoid the spotlight but […]