Fremantle

Worth seeing in and around Fremantle

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Murdoch University

   Murdoch University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia, with additional campuses in Singapore and Dubai. It began operations as the state's second university on 25 July 1973, and accepted its first undergraduate students in 1975.

   8.5 km · university in Western Australia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Edith Cowan University

   Edith Cowan University is a public research university in Western Australia. It is named in honour of Edith Cowan, the first woman to be elected to an Australian parliament.

   8.4 km · university in Perth, Western Australia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   University of Notre Dame Australia

   The University of Notre Dame Australia is a private Catholic university with campuses in Perth, Sydney and Broome. It was established in 1989 by the Parliament of Western Australia with early support from its founding partner and namesake, the University of Notre Dame in the United States.

   400 m · private Catholic university in Australia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Bathers Beach

   Bathers Beach, also known as Whalers Beach, is a section of coastline that has a written history since the European settlement of what is now called Fremantle, Western Australia. In the 1890s it was bounded to the south by the Long and Short jetties.

   700 m · beach in Fremantle, Western Australia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St Patrick's Basilica, Fremantle

   The Basilica of Saint Patrick is a Roman Catholic church located on Adelaide Street in Fremantle, Western Australia. Pope John Paul II raised the shrine to the status of Minor Basilica via his Pontifical decree Hoc Anno on 20 July 1994.

   400 m · heritage listed church in Fremantle, Western Australia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Lake Coogee

   Lake Coogee is a saline lake in the suburb of Lake Coogee, 21 kilometres south-west of the central business district of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It is part of Beeliar Regional Park.

   9.4 km · lake in Perth, Western Australia · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Booragoon Lake

   Booragoon Lake is a small freshwater lake in suburban Perth, Western Australia. The freshwater lake is situated in the suburb of Booragoon and is bounded by Leach Highway, Lang Street and Aldridge Road.

   9 km · lake in Booragoon, Western Australia · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Wireless Hill Park

   Wireless Hill Park is a 40-hectare park in Ardross, Western Australia that is the location of the former Applecross Wireless Station, an early radio station in Western Australia. The station buildings have been preserved and now house the Wireless Hill Museum.

   8 km · Heritage listed park in Ardross, Western Australia · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Manning Lake

   Manning Lake is a freshwater lake in the suburbs of Hamilton Hill and Spearwood, 18 kilometres south-west of the central business district of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It is located within Manning Park, which is part of Beeliar Regional Park.

   4.8 km · lake in Perth, Western Australia · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Maitland Brown Memorial

    The Maitland Brown Memorial, also known as Explorers' Monument, is a monument located in Esplanade Park in Fremantle, Western Australia. Unveiled on 8 February 1913, it is approximately 6 metres high, and consists of a head and shoulders statue of Maitland Brown sitting on granite pedestals on a granite base inset with five plaques, one depicting three explorers, Frederick Panter, James Harding and William Goldwyer.

    500 m · monument in Fremantle, Western Australia · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Fremantle Prison

   1 The Terrace St, info@fremantleprison.com.au.

2. 02
   WA Shipwrecks Museum
3. 03
   WA Maritime Museum

   Victoria Quay (go to the end of Cliff Street, head for the waterfront and turn left, you can't miss it -- a large white building with curved lines suggesting a hull),.

4. 04
   Round House

   Western Australia's first permanent building.

5. 05
   Whalers' Tunnel

   The Whaling Tunnel was built to provide easy access between the original Bather's Beach port and the town of Fremantle.

6. 06
   Cantonment Hill

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Things to do

1. 01
   Fremantle Arts Centre

   1 Finnerty Street (free cat bus service across the road).

2. 02
   The Moores Building

   Part of Fremantle Arts Centre, a contemporary art gallery.

3. 03
   South Beach

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Where to eat

Despite the wide availability of Italian food outlets, Fremantle offers other cuisines within different price ranges. Fremantle is famous for having an array of Italian restaurants. Italians had a big influence on Fremantle's culture in the 1880s.

1. 01
   La Sosta

   Open for lunch Fri-Sun, open for dinner Wed-Sun.

2. 02
   Gino's
3. 03
   Sala Thai

   Cicerello's, across the way from The Esplanade park, Cicerello's has been more or less an institution since the early 1900s, and is widely regarded as serving Western Australia's best fish and chips.

4. 04
   Culley's Tea Rooms

   116 High Street (In the High Street Mall.), contact@culleys.com.au.

5. 05
   The Attic

   16 Bannister Street (down a side street near the Market Street/South Terrace corner.

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Getting to Fremantle

Airports

Perth (PER), 24 km

Stations

Fremantle Station, 300 m · Fremantle North Mole Lighthouse, 2.2 km

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