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View of the Fremantle Port taken from the South Mole, Fremantle, Western Australia.
Experimenting with a CanLink CRX4030 video lens in its fisheye 0.45X mode as attached (like a filter) to my Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm f/1.8 lens.
Not heritage listed but this Stirling Street, Fremantle property is a in significant part of Fremantle. Hopefully it will be tidied up rather than let to run down.
On the night of Tuesday, July 25 to Wednesday, July 26, a fire broke out on the MS Fremantle Highway in the North Sea with 3,748 cars on board. Unfortunately, one crew member did not survive.
The fire lasted for days.
A large number of cars on the lower decks are still intact.
The ship is now in Eemshaven and I took a few photos of the battered FH on site.
Mi sono imbattuto in questa statua di metallo di un cagnolino a Fremantle, di fronte al porto, e ho pensato che fosse carina.
Dopo uno sguardo distratto mi era sembrato un vero cane!
Chiamato "Blondie", è stato realizzato nel 2011 da Janet Nixon.
I came across this metal statue of a little dog in Fremantle, opposite the harbour, and thought it was cute.
After a casual glance he seemed like a real dog to me!
Called “Blondie,” it was made in 2011 by Janet Nixon.
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Questo Polpo in bronzo, dello scultore Greg James, occupa un posto d'onore sul lungomare del porto dei pescherecci di Fremantle.
Greg James è uno dei migliori scultori dell'Australia occidentale con oltre 25 anni di esperienza specializzato in figure in bronzo a grandezza naturale.
È rinomato per le sue iconiche opere d'arte pubbliche, tra cui I pescatori, Bon Scott e Pietro Porcelli a Fremantle.
Le sculture di Greg attestano la sua attenzione ai dettagli e la sua capacità di catturare l'essenza dei suoi soggetti.
This bronze Octopus, by sculptor Greg James, takes pride of place on the seafront at Fremantle's fishing harbour.
Greg James is one of Western Australia's leading sculptors with over 25 years experience specializing in life-size bronze figures.
He is renowned for his iconic public artworks, including The Fishermen, Bon Scott and Pietro Porcelli in Fremantle.
Greg's sculptures attest to his attention to detail and his ability to capture the essence of his subjects.
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Fremantle, Western Australia
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On 4 September 1829 Marquis of Anglesea dragged her anchors and was wrecked on Bathers Beach during a gale. A rocky promontory, which defined the southern end of the beach (now hidden beneath reclaimed land) and from which the Fremantle Long Jetty extended, was subsequently named "Anglesea Point".
Daniel Scott, who was the local harbour master, businessman and chair of the town council, made substantial investment in the Fremantle Whaling Company in 1837. An impressive investment was made when the company created a 57-metre-long (187 ft) tunnel that linked the beach to the High Street, allowing easy access for transporting heavy equipment or products. The tunnel was built underneath the substantial Round House without damage. It was dug in five months and completed in January 1838. This rapid progress was possible because prisoners from the Round House were used, the rock was capable of being mined with a pick axe, and the work was overseen by Henry Willey Reveley. Today the tunnel is only 45 metres (148 ft) long as the cliffs were cut back some time after 1880.
There were two local whaling companies started in 1836 but the Fremantle Whaling Company was based here. This company, which included investors in Liverpool, had mixed fortunes as the market collapsed in 1840. However the company did build a whaling station at Bathers Beach. The station included the tunnel and a number of buildings and a jetty where whales could be processed. Scott rented this station in the 1840s and he also operated a number of whaling ships including Napoleon and Merope. The whaling business does not appear to have been driven hard and Scott sold up his whaling boats and equipment in 1850. The Fremantle Whaling Company also ceased to operate that year. (Scott's new task was accommodating convicts that year.)
Due to the range of activities since the 1820s, including whaling, the area adjacent to the beach has attracted archaeological interest.
A very nice place for fish and chips but don't they know how to charge $50 for 2 and thats take away LOL but it was a very nice place.
At nine metres high, 19 metres long and tipping the scales at 66 tonnes, Rainbow is not your average public art piece.
The sculpture, by prominent Perth artist Marcus Canning, is constructed from nine recycled sea containers joined to form an arch. Colourful and creative, the sea containers form the shape of a giant rainbow as a universal symbol of hope and inspiration as well as being a highly visible Fremantle welcome statement.
This is a really interesting building down at Victoria Quay that's been inviting me to shoot it for a while...I'd thought the most interesting aspect of the building was on the other side (round the corner from where this shot was taken) but couldn't capture it in the way i wanted yesterday as didn't have a wide enough lens...this side of the building though turns out to be interesting too
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