Page-turning adventures await in Freo this school holidays!
Join the Totally Lit Trail, a playful treasure hunt designed for families and little explorers.
Your mission? Collect six unique puzzle pieces to complete Frané Lessac’s stunning illustration and take a piece of our port city story home with you.
- FREE SIX-PIECE MAGNETIC PUZZLE TO COLLECT
- GUIDED TRAIL MAP
- SPECIAL OFFERS
- GREAT PRIZES TO BE WON*
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Free tickets are only required for children. Adults can accompany children without any need for tickets.
START YOUR TRAIL
Start your journey at 🏛️ Fremantle Town Hall 🏛️ where you’ll pick up your map and begin your quest through the heart of the city to find all six missing pieces of your puzzle.
Look for your puzzle pieces at:
🗺️ The Chart & Map Shop
📚 New Edition Bookshop
🎨 Paper Bird Children's Books & Arts
🏨 Esplanade Hotel Fremantle by Rydges
🎣 Fishing Boat Harbour
🏴☠️ WA Shipwrecks Museum
PLUS THERE'S PLENTY MORE FUN TO BE HAD ALONG THE WAY...
And it's all free! Discover more hidden treasures and light up your imagination as you piece together your masterpiece:
- Esplanade Hotel Fremantle by Rydges are hosting a Harry Potter corner where aspiring wizards can decorate their very own wand and glasses.
- Meet the Cicerello's marine team and get up close and hands-on with some very cool marine life in the Cicerello's aquarium, and hear lots of fascinating facts to take home.
- The Little Creatures Craft Table is taking up residence in the Great Hall with a selection of crafty activities for your little creatures.
- And the WA Shipwrecks Museum has loads of maritime mischief in store...
- Follow the Stowaway Trail: Embark on a quest across the seven seas and solve clues, collect mysterious cargo, and piece together shipwreck puzzles. Keep a sharp lookout — a sneaky stowaway might be hiding among the goods!
- Create Your Own Message-in-a-Bottle: Using craft materials and creative flair, design and decorate your own message-in-a-bottle and imagine where it might travel — across oceans, through time, or into the hands of a fellow adventurer?
- Mini Picture Book Adventure: Colour your own mini storybook and follow the journey of a little boat on a big adventure. Need to put your feet up for a bit? Relax in the Great Reads book nook featuring delightful stories by local authors.
- Take the Stormy Seas Challenge: Can you balance barrels, bottles, cannonballs and treasure chests on your ship? Test your skills in this fun and tricky game of cargo loading.
Scan the QR code on your map to enter the draw to win some epic prizes*.
AWESOME, ILLUMINATED LITERATURE
The Totally Lit Trail is part of Totally Lit – Adventures in the Port City, a brand new literary festival celebrating Fremantle as WA's city of literature.
From 26 Sept to 10 Oct, Totally Lit will disrupt familiar expectations in relation to what a literary festival can be by providing bespoke opportunities to engage with writers, writing, and storytelling.
Embrace the unexpected and come with us as we venture through the wardrobe… explore the program here.
PLAN YOUR DAY
- Bookings are essential: The Totally Lit Trail is a free community event for families. Please be considerate of others and only book one session time per day for your family. If you are unable to attend on that day, your tickets will still be valid for another day, there is no need to rebook.
- Download the Easypark app: The City of Fremantle uses EasyPark for its on street parking and city managed car parks. The closest off-street parking to Fremantle Town Hall is Secure Parking, FOMO Carpark.
- Totally Lit Trail will go ahead in all weather: Wear comfy shoes and clothes and check the weather on the day. Pack your gum boots, rain coat, and umbrella, if needed!
- Join in more school holiday fun: There's always a huge variety of events, activities, and workshops in Fremantle during the school holidays. Check out what's on here.
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