FREE in Freo

The City of Fremantle offers plenty of free activities to do for residents and visitors alike. We’ve rounded up some of our favourites below!

Get on your bike – or ours!

Bikes are by far the easiest way to get around Freo with VIP parking wherever you’re going.

The CBD is largely flat so you don’t have to worry about those pesky hills.

Simply head into the Fremantle Visitor Centre to hire a bike for free. 

Be sure to pick up one the bike trail maps while you're there or make up your own journey through Freo. 

Libraries aren’t just for books these days.

Our new Fremantle Library features a dedicated gaming zone with an Xbox Series S, a PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch available for free play.

A 3D printer is also available for hire – now how cool is that?

Continue the free fun at home by joining our award-winning Minecraft server, LibraryCraft.

This creative world keeps young people busy and their minds active, with exciting challenges and monthly competitions to win!

To join, simply fill in the online form here. 

Join in on one of the free playgroups that take place weekly across Fremantle during school terms.

Meet other local young families in the area, while developing and building your child's social and literacy skills.

From Storytime in the galleries of Fremantle Arts Centre to a long-time community favourite known as Buster, these sessions are sure to keep your little ones engaged.

Buster sessions run on Wednesdays at Fremantle Arts Centre and Fridays at Fremantle PCYC between 9.30–11.30am.

Storytime sessions run on Thursdays from 9.30–10am at Fremantle Library and Fridays from 10–10.30am at Fremantle Art Centre. 

Simply turn up on the day to join in on the fun.  

Read more here. 

Fremantle Leisure Center offers free Aquababies classes designed to get your little ones comfortable with the water.

Expect plenty of fun, laughter and some special memories at these swimming classes suited for infants aged 4–6 months and their parents or caregivers.

The lessons start with gentle water familiarisation and build up to independent floating and submerging. 

Aquababies classes at Fremantle Leisure Centre are held Monday–Sundays at various times between 9am–12.45pm.

Click here to see the timetable and and to book your spot.

The free CAT Bus is a great way to get around Fremantle and see the sights.

The bus departs every 20 minutes from Fremantle Train Station with a loop along South Terrace and Marine Terrace.

Popular hop-off spots include Fremantle Cappuccino Strip, Fremantle Markets (Fridays–Sundays), South Fremantle café strip, South Beach Reserve and Fremantle Train Station.

The CAT Bus operates seven days a week, between 7.30am and 6.15pm Mondays to Thursdays, 7.30am to 7.45pm Fridays and 10am to 6.15pm Saturdays and Sundays.

See how much Fremantle has changed over the years by searching through our extensive online image archive available right at your fingertips.

Some great search topics to get you started include ‘Fremantle Markets’, ‘Fremantle Oval’ and ‘South Beach’, with images dating back to the 1900s!

You might also find your street or house in the archives.

Click here to get started.

Fremantle residents can apply for a parking permit for FREE on-street parking in the CBD from 3pm to 11am the next day.

The permits are available to anyone who lives (rents or owns) in Fremantle, South Fremantle, North Fremantle, Beaconsfield, White Gum Valley, O’Connor, Hilton and Samson.

It’s simply and easy to apply online or over the phone.

For non-residents, you can also take advantage of free parking spots – just remember to stick to the time limits posted. Click here to see the list of free parking spots.

Make a day of it exploring the galleries at Fremantle Arts Centre.

The gothic heritage building has a long and fascinating history, built in the 1860s as a lunatic asylum.

In 1978 it became the Fremantle Arts Centre and today features a range of exhibitions, events and courses held across the year.

Three exciting new art exhibitions are on display until Sunday 23 October.

‘A Gentle Misinterpretation: Australian Artists and Chinoiserie’ transforms FAC’s gallery space into an opulent, sensual and comedies exploration of one of Western Culture’s most fascinating aesthetic curiosities.

‘Jila Jujarra: Two Snakes Dreaming’ is an exciting cross-cultural collaboration between Warnman artist Desmond Taylor and Boorloo-based textiles practitioner Mariaan Pugh.

While Tania Ferrier’s new exhibition ‘Pop Porn’ is a reverent acknowledgement of women’s experiences and an investigation into the representation of women in popular pornography of the 1980s.

Fremantle Arts Centre galleries are open daily between 10am–5pm.

Visit Fremantle Arts Centre for more info.