Every second Friday night I am in Fremantle.
Clicking on the mosaic on the left will take you to my Flickr page where you can see a slide show of the images I took with my phone camera when I was there this last Friday night.
I go there to catch up with an old friend. Usually we sit at Gino's on the pavement, watching the world go by, sharing news and talking about our lives and interests.
Its my friend's favorite place in Perth its the only part of Perth that could be called cosmopolitan. Northbridge might lay claim to such a tag but its a small quarter just north of the city. Fremantle exists on its own as a port city.
Fremantle has its moods. On a Tuesday night if you were to go there you would find a quite old world place: a place to sit, read the paper and take in the sea air.
On a Friday night, however, it is a sea of people of all kinds. Early in the Evening, families dominate, with Mums, Dads and kids out for a meal, going home with a waffle cone icecream. Older couples are there also, enjoying alfresco dining.
As darkness falls, trendier younger people come out looking for fun, friendship and the rest of it. The younger and older sets retire leaving the young people milling around the entrances of the night clubs and the hotels.
This eb and flow of life is a wonderful context for the discussion of the problems and issues of the modern world.
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