Perth Voice Interactive

BAYSWATER mayor Sylvan Albert wants the council to investigate installing a sea container cafe on the Swan River foreshore.

A permanent riverside cafe has been discussed for years, but hasn’t come to fruition, and Cr Albert wants to try something different to get things moving.

“A large-scale cafe has failed to get off the ground, so we need to start looking at other options,” he says.

“There are some great examples of sea containers being incorporated into cafes in Fremantle and at Tomato Lake in Belmont.

“I think they look really funky and would encourage people to come down and use the foreshore.

“The mobile Cool Breeze Cafe has proved that vendors can run a successful business down there.” For two years the cafe van has been a popular attraction at Riverside Gardens.

by STEPHEN POLLOCK