Spring is in the air and soon I’ll stop wondering how cafes and restaurants manage to stay in business. Warm nights…we’ll be out. Many folk in my local community are disappointed that the Fremantle South Beach sunset markets aren’t going to be held this summer.
Roel Loopers is clearly one of those people and he makes an excellent case for them:
https://freoview.wordpress.com/2019/11/18/you-got-it-wrong-fremantle-council/
I’m not going to pretend to know the ins and outs of the issue – more murky council business perhaps and certainly a blow for the indefatigable Georgie Adeane, who has been such a force in the market economy in Freo.
But I’m as selfish as the next person, okay call me a nimby. South Beach is my favourite place with, or without a dog in tow and each summer it’s been off limits on Saturday afternoon for me.
I don’t cycle (sadly) and doubt if the dog would make it there from Hilton anyway. Last summer, it was searingly hot and I’d forgotten about the markets when I popped the dog in to the car thinking we’d just pull in and have a quick dip. Turned out the nearest place to park was downtown Freo.
So while I’m sure I’m sure the foodtrucks and stalls did very well, not so the South Fremantle restaurants and cafes. I’m also going to say I was never that taken with the food truck offerings.
Many folks will mourn the loss of this market but I just feel like I got my beach back. There, I said it!