Veronika Wild

The Port of Fremantle The Port of Fremantle  or ‘Freo’  about twenty minutes drive west of Perth is everyone’s favourite.  Originally settled in 1829, only three years after Albany  it has many grand C19th buildings and remains a busy seaport.The smell of the sea is in the air and a whiff of distant shores. Once the first glimpse of Australia for most migrants, the sea of different faces and the range of ethnic food,  makes it seem as if many never left, adding to both the colour and the flavour. Though many of its warehouses are now expensive apartments surrounded by galleries and up –market restaurants, Fremantle retains both its historical and architectural integrity. The original Goal still looks down sternly from its hill and the cannonball still drops daily to mark the time for seafarers. There are ramshackle industrial buildings and vessels of every kind – enormous container ships, fast catamarans, fishing vessels and yachts, even an old square rigg...