Love Freo

In 2002, Horatio T birdbath and Joe Record collaborated on a mural wall at Gino’s. You know the one, it’s a bit of a landmark, can’t miss it. Every now and then it gets a touch up. Last Thursday I spotted Horatio doing a bit of work.

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Love Freo loves Fremantle so we love to get out and about and have a better view over the top of our collective laptops than an office wall. We’ve tried quite a few WiFi spots around town and haven’t had the best results.

I was disappointed with the efforts of the Cappuccino Strip. The connection in The Mad Monk was unusable, I don’t know if it was the day I was there but it was so slow pages wouldn’t load, shame because it’s a good location. Then I went across the road to Croissant Express to see if it was any better and it was the same story so I ended up going back home to work from there.

Another day I used the WiFi in L2 Café over near the train station. The waiter had to restart the router and I was able to connect but that’s about it, once again very very slow. When I was in Angel’s Café on Essex Street there were several people in there with laptops happily surfing so I’m presuming the connection was good. The University of Notre Dame also has a coverage area that includes the surrounding neighbourhood.

I put the question out on Twitter about WiFi spots and BridgetKulak mentioned Ginos on the Cappuccino Strip has one although the range isn’t great. She also mentioned X-wray which I think is a cool place.

WiFi Fremantle

1. The Mad Monk – 33 South Terrace.
2. Croissant Express – Shop 5 South Terrace Piazza.
3. Ginos – 1 South Terrace.
4. X-wray - 13 Essex Street.
5. L2 Café – 2 Market Street.
6. University of Notre Dame – 13-19 Mouat Street.
7. Angel’s Café - 24 Essex Street.

Another few that I know of  but have yet to try:

8. E-Shed Markets - Victoria Quay.
9. Tropicana Café – 177 High Street. Update: One of our Twitter friends EnjoyPerth says the connection at Tropicana worked well
10. Moores Building – 46 Henry Street.
11. Wild Poppy, 2 Wray Avenue.