It is not surprising that so many significant locations throughout the history of civilisation have been located in the littoral zone where a river or waterway meets the ocean.

Like the diverse marine life that populate the waters of these nutrient-rich environments, it is here that ranging populations of fauna and flora congregate to feed and breed.

Walyalup Fremantle located at the mouth of the Derbarl Yerrigan (Swan River) takes its place as one of these significant locations. This is a place of purpose… recorded over millennia in detail and fragments through songlines and language.

As residents of Fremantle for 27 years, my family and I have been nurtured and transformed by this special place. It is with a feeling of both fulfilment and humility that I imagine our story may sit as another grain of sand along these vital shores.