SHE’S done a psychic reading for a famous West Coast Eagles player, been heckled by religious zealots for doing the “devil’s work”, and overcome two major tragedies in her life. Say hello to Catherine Faulds, one of Fremantle’s best-known mediums and tarot readers. Every weekend you’ll find her in Fremantle Markets, contacting the spirit world…

PUPILS and teachers at Winterfold Primary School in Beaconsfield have raised $500 for the Water for Africa charity. The money will help provide clean water for about 6000 people living in the country. After returning from Tanzania, Water for Africa founder Phil Hepworth attended an assembly at Winterfold Primary last week to accept the donation.…

A PERFORMANCE by Italian opera singer Stefania Di Masi was the highlight of a special birthday party at Beehive Montessori in Mosman Park. The school was celebrating the life and legacy of Dr Maria Montessori, who was born 153 years ago and passed away in 1952 aged 81. One of the first female medical doctors…

ACCLAIMED children’s books will get a new musical lease of life at six unique concerts in Fremantle. The Sound of Picture Books combines music, visual images and narration to completely immerse kids in the world unfolding on the page. The concerts were the brainchild of artist and musician Matt Ottley, who illustrated How To Make…

SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Duke Storer is the highest solo fundraiser in this year’s HBF Run for a Reason – raising more than $10,000 for Cystic Fibrosis WA . After a three-year covid break, this year’s Run for a Reason attracted 33,100 participants who raised more than $1.2 million for Australian charities. Duke’s mum Rebecca says her son…

ANYONE remember exercise fads like the thighmaster, sauna suit, vibrating ab belt, toning shoes or countless aerobics videos by celebrities including Cher? As keep-fit trends and holistic therapies come and go, the ancient art of Tai Chi has remained a constant for centuries. Down in Bibra Lake, a not-for-profit, non-religious Tai Chi club run by…

  The Chook’s Natalie Hug recently attend a high tea fundraiser in Wattle Grove for the charity Breast Cancer Care WA. She was so moved during a speech by Lisa (above) about her cancer battle and the invaluable support from Breast Cancer Care WA, she asked for a transcript, which forms the basis of this…

A RECENT clean- up at Minim Cove in Mosman Park uncovered a staggering 25,000 nurdles in just 10sqm and it could be just the tip of the iceberg, claim Sea Shepherd Australia. Nurdles are tiny plastic pellets that leak toxins into the environment and look like food for unsuspecting marine life.  Once consumed they can…

A NOT-FOR-PROFIT organisation providing free, expedited mental health services in Fremantle is expanding after receiving a community grant. Bluebird cut through the health system red tape by allowing people aged 25 or older with anxiety or depression to attend its free peer-support group, run by a registered psychologist, without a doctor’s referral or going on…

A ground-breaking  initiative to tackle social isolation in Fremantle has more possibilities than the number of atoms in the observable universe. I’m talking about the ancient board game Go, with City of Fremantle the first local government to hold Go sessions where people socialise and exercise their brains at the same time. Go originated in China…