January 28, 2013 · Leave a Comment
It was my first cruise. I boarded the boat/ship/vessel at Fremantle and took a short cruise to Singapore. It would take me hours to get aboard and find my cabin. Luggage delivered later and no booze allowed in the baggage. But that’s okay, I’m off out to investigate. The ship is massive. It’s called HMS, … [Read the full story]
Tagged with army, ballroom, blood, cabin, Cape Town, cruise, flesh, Fremantle, HMS, Hong Kong, Mary Celeste, naked, poker, pub, shark, ship, singapore, TOG
September 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment
AC/DC singer Bon Scott, who died aged 33 in 1980, is to have a monument honouring him erected in his hometown of Kirriemuir. Scott was born in nearby Forfar in Scotland in 1946, before his family moved to Australia when he was six, and a Kirriemuir community group want to honour their local hero by … [Read the full story]
Tagged with AC/DC, Bon Scott, Claremont, died, erecting, festival, Forfar, Fremantle, hero, icon, Kirriemuir, Scotland, statue, tribute, Wallace McTavish
September 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Geelong were easily second best as a Matthew Pavlich inspired Fremantle in an elimination final upset at the MCG yesterday. The Dockers kicked the game’s first seven goals then answered every Cats comeback attempt to win 14.12 (96) to 11.14 (80). Pavlich kicked six goals, three of the first five then three crucial last-half majors … [Read the full story]
June 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Collingwood are still top of the AFL ladder after a comfortable win over Fremantle at the MCG, and they looked more than a contender a Grand Final place. Led brilliantly by Brownlow Medallist Dane Swan, who ended the match with 43 possessions, seven tackles and two goals, the Magpies set up the win with a … [Read the full story]
Tagged with AFL, Brownlow, Collingwood, Dockers, Fremantle, goal, Goldsack, ladder, Magpies, MCG, Pavlich, Terence Johns
October 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment
A notorious Western Australia child killer who served 24 years for murdering a mother and son is back behind bars. Robert Barry Pearce killed his ex-girlfriend and her son in 1984. The boy, Jaime Dunderdale was stabbed more than 40 times. Pearce was then involved in a 1990 plot to blow up the walls of … [Read the full story]
Tagged with Albany, bars, behind bars, child killer, Fremantle, Fremantle Prison, Jaime Dunderdale, killer, notorious, prison, released, Robert Barry Pearce, stabbed, Western Australia
September 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
It is becoming increasingly common to hear about a stabbing, or a glassing by a teenager or a ‘young person’ in Australia’s night-life, east and west alike. So, in a way, it was no surprise to hear that a teenager was stabbed in the back at a Fremantle nightclub, Metropolis, on Saturday night. I mean…stabbed … [Read the full story]
Tagged with alcohol, Australia's, beating, blood, brutality, common, cowardly, Fremantle, glassing, injured, Iraq, Managers, Managers who are Pricks, Metropolis, nasty, nightclub, Northbridge, police, prick with knife, proper beating, pub, Public beating, refused entry, Sel Hurst, stabbed in the back, stabbing, The Elephant, thugs, trouble, walking funny, young person
September 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Geelong will meet Collingwood in an AFL preliminary final for the third time in four seasons after cruising to a 69-point semi-final win over Fremantle at the MCG. The Cats won 20.15 (135) to 10.6 (66), a result that was never in doubt after they belted the shell-shocked Dockers 8.1 to 1.1 in a dominant … [Read the full story]
Tagged with AFL, coach, Collingwood, David Mundy, Dockers, Fremantle, Gary Ablett, Geelong, Mark Harvey, Mark Thompson, Matthew Pavlich, MCG, St Kilda, The Cats
