Join us for our first Business After Hours for 2021, hosted by Chamber Corporate Partners WA Maritime Museum.

We will have a unique opportunity to visit their incredible Viking: Warriors of the North Exhibition from Denmark that explores the origins of trade, barter and warrior explorers of this fascinating culture. Guests will also gain access to the Immersive Under the Dome Cinema Experience that shares our local stories and landscapes via a 180° curved dome cinema with 5.1 surround sound.

Wednesday 3 February 2020

Time: 530pm to 830pm

Tickets: Members : Free + booking fee $2.50; Guests : $25 + booking fee $2.50

Tickets include the first drink and nibbles provided by our kind hosts. Additional drinks can be purchased from the bar. 

The Dome experience is brought to Fremantle by the WA Maritime Museum and legendary local production company Prospero Productions.

One of the Chamber’s newest members Fremantle Park Sport & Community Centre will be hosting members and their guests in a unique business after hours. Green is the theme for this fine event on St Patricks Day 2021.

The Fremantle Park Sport and Community Centre, built by McCorkell Constructions, is the proud new home of the Fremantle Workers Social and Leisure Club, Fremantle Lawn Tennis Club and Fremantle Bowling Club.

The $4.68 million project involved the demolition of the 1950s bowling clubroom and 1960s tennis clubhouse, the construction of the new Sport and Community Centre and the installation of two new hard court tennis courts and a new synthetic bowling green.

More than just a space for the three clubs, the shared community facility is also a versatile space for the wider community to use for conferences, meetings and dinners.

Come and learn more about what goes on at the Fremantle Park Sport & Community Centre whilst watching the sun go down over the green, and maybe picking up a racket to brush up those rusty tennis skills.

Date: Wednesday 17 March 2020
Time: 6pm – 8pm

Members : FREE + $2.50 Booking Fee,

Guests : $25 + $2.50 Booking Fee

Join us for an important follow up conversation from our 2019 Creative Industries Think Tank.

We will kick off the discussion with a framing presentation by City of Fremantle’s Manager of Arts & Culture Kathryn Taylor who will discuss the data and work they have put into developing their audit of our local industry, policy and strategy development, as well as the City’s perspective on the State Arts Infrastructure Report and how plans for film and festivals also fit into this once the world starts to return a bit more to normal.

Image Credit: Cam Campbell

Barriers, Challenges & Supporting Infrastructure – 2 YEARS ON

In August 2019 as the Westport Report begin to take shape, we gathered leaders in the local Marine & Engineering Industries to look at the barriers, challenges and supporting infrastructure required to maintain Fremantle’s historic link to marine activity in the future.

The discussion highlighted the link to attracting a workforce of the future that were attracted to the lifestyle Fremantle offered, the strategic importance of boat lifting facilities, capacity to dock cruise and super yachts, apprentices and sustained employment opportunities and of vital importance the need for sustainable rail and transport infrastructure for passengers and goods between Fremantle and the Australian Marine Complex, Kwinana Industries Council, Latitude 32, South Beach and Coogee.

The Chamber’s Development & Infrastructure Committee have since developed position papers and a strong advocacy push for the Southern Transport Corridor, and have been actively involved in the visioning for the future of Fishing Boat Harbour and Victoria Quay. We have also partnered and participated in the Blue Economy Forum held in Fremantle in December, alongside For Blue and the City of Fremantle.

We invite our marine and engineering based members to join us in continuing this important conversation to plan for our future.

The findings of the 2019 Marine & Engineering Think Tank are available here.