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The Fremantle Biennale returns in its biggest-ever format for 2023 with SIGNALS. Extraordinary artistic expression will take over Fremantle’s streets, buildings and waterways between 3-19 November, with the festival exploring the concept of movement and communication across distances, from shifting landscapes and sea voyages to arrivals and departures at the ocean edge. 

This is the inaugural year for Fremantle Design Week, an event to sharpen the focus on the State’s cultural capital. Although the event takes place in Fremantle, the festival celebrates design in all its forms, drawing ideas from everywhere and anywhere.

There are secrets behind the walls in Fremantle – clubs and societies off limits to most, offering camaraderie, history and, most importantly, cheap beer. A stroll down High Street will reveal the tradition of ‘social clubs’ is still alive in Fremantle.

A little while ago, I asked my good friend Greg for some book recommendations.