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Photographs of Perth, Western Australia Home | Locality A-Z | Notes Fremantle - West End The west end of the city, around the Esplanade, and Cliff and Henry Streets |
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Fremantle - Pump House This fine pump house is on Marine Terrace, very close to the Carriage Cafe. July 2010 |
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Fremantle - Carriage Cafe In the park between the Esplanade Hotel & the boat harbour is this "Carriage Cafe" made out of railway carriages. The park is called The Esplanade Reserve. Fabulous place for lunch and a great place for kids. Recent news says that the Fremantle Council want to close this place down. I hope not! November 2008 |
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Fremantle - Marine House On the corner of Marine Terrace and Essex Street stands Marine House. July 2010 |
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Fremantle - Esplanade Hotel The Esplanade hotel on the corner of Marine Terrace and Essex Street. What a fine building! This was built in 1896. May 2008 |
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Fremantle - Cliff Street - Old Port Building Looking bleached in the autumn sunlight, the old Port Authority Building sits on the corner of Cliff and Phillimore Streets. At one time this was the Fremantle Gallery. It is currently up for sale. April 2012 |
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Fremantle - Cliff Street - Facade On Cliff Street this old facade has been preserved. Just beyond this (to the left) is the Lionel Samson & Son building (Est 1829). The name "Samson" is as Fremantle as Fremantle is. November 2008 |
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Fremantle - Cliff Street The upper section of the Lionel Samson building on Cliff Street. November 2008 |
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Fremantle - Cliff Street Finally walking down Cliff Street, at the south end this is a side view of the Fremantle Maritime Museum. November 2008 |
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Fremantle - Fremantle Herald Building Again on Cliff Street this is (now) the Fremantle Herald building. I don't know its history. November 2008 |
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Fremantle - P&O Hotel The Orient Hotel on High Street still looks glorious and it continues to be a popular thirst-slaking establishment. May 2008 |
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Fremantle - Central Chambers These days Fremantle Surplus Stores - in the old days "Central Chambers" - on the corner of High Street and Pakenham Street. It looks good below a brooding sky. May 2008 |
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Fremantle - Fremantle Hotel The "Hotel Fremantle" cuts a fine figure on Cliff Street. These days it's part of the Notre Dame University as is just about everything this end of town, May 2008 |
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Fremantle - Orient Hotel The Hotel Orient - "The Family Hotel Orient" on High Street, corner of Henry Street. May 2008 |
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Fremantle - Mouat Street Buildings On Mouat Street north, a couple of buildings. Don't know what either are used for but the pink and blue one (with flowers on the top and a glassed-in rooftop) looks like private accommodation. April 2012 |
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Fremantle - Mouat Street Buildings On the west side of Mouat street is an incredibly attractive tall, narrow building (the one with the spire) which is almost impossible to photograph front on in its entirety. It is currently the Fremantle Bed and Breakfast and was once the Tarantella Night Club. No idea what it was originally but it is heritage listed and was built around 1900. April 2012 |
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Fremantle - "The Esplanade" Station We went on a quest looking for "lost" railway stations. Here is "The Esplanade" just south of Fremantle Station. No passenger trains stop here and the platform is all "gated" up. Pity. - it has potential. May 2008 |
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Fremantle - Cicerellos Cicerellos fish and chips is just about as Fremantle as you can get. Situated down at the boat harbour, this place is a munching institution - the essence of Fremantle. May 2008 |
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Fremantle - Cicerellos Cicerellos again, this time viewed across the rail line from The Esplanade Reserve. December 2011 |
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Fremantle - "Joe's" Restaurant Down at the boat harbour, "Joe's" is a famous restaurant and thoroughly recommended. Nice way to while away a Sunday afternoon! November 2008 |
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Fremantle - Fishing Boat Harbour On this jetty in the fishing boat harbour is this statue in honour of the many fishermen that have working these waters over the decades. October 2010 |
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Fremantle - Bon Scott Near Cicerellos and the train line is this statue of one of Fremantle's more famous people - Bon Scott of AC-DC. October 2010 |
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Fremantle - Bon Scott Not located anywhere near the west end of Fremantle nonetheless it fits in well here. This is the memorial plaque for Bon found in Fremantle Cemetery which is adjacent to Carrington Street in the suburb of Palmyra. July 2011 |
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Fremantle - Kidogo Arthouse Kidogo Arthouse is close to the Round House on (I think) Little High Street. Typical Fremantle sandstone, it cuts a good figure. May 2008 |
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Fremantle - View South This is looking south from up at the Round House, across "Bathers Beach" (lots of seaweed) then across some of the boat harbour and on down to Kwinana etc. 2007 |
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Fremantle - Maritime Museum The Maritime Museum is a really well presented display of West Australian ship wrecks. The building almost looks two-dimensional in this photo! May 2008 |
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Fremantle - Maritime Museum Another view of the Maritime Museum. I don't think Miss Mermaid lived here last time we visited. December 2011 |
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Fremantle - Roundhouse Although passenger trains terminate at Fremantle, the railway line continues on here past the Round House etc on its way to the industrial south. Occasional freight trains pass along here, servicing the port. The Fremantle sandstone comes out quite well in this picture. 2007 |
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Fremantle - Roundhouse The Swan River Colony was established n 1829. Within just one year the Round House was built as the colony prison. This is the Round House from the outside. Go around the back and see the old military strategic post. Even today a canon is fired off at 1.00pm each day - electric though, no canon balls pounding into the sands dunes below. 2007 |
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Fremantle - Roundhouse The Round House tunnel looking through from the west (ocean) end. May 2008 |
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Fremantle - Roundhouse A quick climb up to the Round House to look inside. This part used to be a jail. Seems light and peaceful now but would have been a forbidding place all those years ago. 2007 |
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Fremantle - Roundhouse Another image of inside the Round House viewing superstructure and back to the entrance. 2007 |
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Fremantle - Roundhouse Canon Up behind the Roundhouse and pointing out to sea is this canon. This small area is known as the Time Ball. It was built in 1900. The canon used to fire at 1.00pm daily so that nearby ships could recalibrate their clocks to assist with accurate navigation. Radio signals superseded the canon shots in 1937. In 1998 the canon was reactivated (minus the canon ball) and it emits a good healthy boom at 1.00pm. April 2012 |
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Fremantle - The Roundhouse - View Down High Street A view from the Roundhouse looking east down High Street. You can see the Town Hall off in the distance. They grey building in the right foreground in the Fremantle Municipal Tramways building. The first road crossing is Cliff Street. April 2012 |
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Fremantle - Gunners Cottage Just to the north of the Roundhouse is the Gunner's Cottage. That's is at the rear. It was built in 1904 as Sergeant's Quarters for the Fort Arthur Battery. Today the Fremantle Volunteer Heritage Guides Association base themselves here. To the left of picture is the 1913 Laboratory. April 2012 |
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Fremantle - Pilots Cottage A little further north of the Gunners Cottage are a couple of Pilot's cottages built in 1904. These buildings were used as Harbour Pilot accommodation right up until the 1980's. A good view of harbour comings and goings from up here. April 2012 |
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Fremantle - Harbour View from Ferris Wheel On The Esplanade Reserve is the Skyview Ferris Wheel. It's been here for some months now. Perth's loss is Fremantle's gain! This is a view through tinted glass of our wheel's capsule, down to Joe's Restaurant and across the boat harbour. There is some inevitable reflection and distortion taking these photos through the glass. December 2011 |
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Fremantle - Harbour View from Ferris Wheel This time looking south. Down below is The Esplanade Station. The Ferris Wheel is a pretty good ride. 5-6 rotations - $12 for adults and $10 for children. The city is hard to see through all the pine trees on the east side of the park but the ocean views are tremendous. December 2011 |
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Fremantle - Harbour View from Ferris Wheel This is looking more or less due west. Down below is Little Creatures Brewery. Horizon left you can just glimpse the Naval Base chimney stacks. Centre and centre-right horizon is Rottnest Island. December 2011 |
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Fremantle - Harbour View from Ferris Wheel And finally a look due north where you can see Arthur Head (south) and Rous Head (north), guarding the entrance channel to Fremantle Harbour. A couple of ships are idling in Gauge Roads. December 2011 |
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