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IF you’re walking through the Perth Cultural Centre at night, you might see a giant projection of folk doing strange things inside a sea container. Don’t worry, it’s not a dodgy stream from Fremantle Ports, but a performance by The Blue Room Theatre. Throughout late February and early March they will be performing five shows…
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WHO hasn’t entertained the romantic notion of living in a converted warehouse apartment? Like some artist in an indie movie struggling to make ends meet while enjoying a chaotic, bohemian lifestyle in New York. Well the Voice can’t guarantee all that stuff, but this apartment in the Old Boans warehouse in East Perth certainly has…
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MARK HUGHES hasn’t had a hot shower in three years. Don’t worry, he doesn’t stink, and has been taking daily cold showers and weekly ice baths instead. It’s all part of his self-confessed “nerdy” obsession with cold water immersion, which is apparently beneficial for your physical and mental health. A White Gum Valley resident, Hughes…
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City forced to cut down infected plane tree THE pernicious polyphagous shot hole borer has infested a Hyde Park plane tree so badly it’s been cut down. As a result of the killer bug’s discovery, the iconic treeline of adjacent Mary Street is being closely monitored for fear of spread. Less than a year ago…
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AFTER a decades-long search the Football Hall of Fame WA has found a home for a museum, nestled in Fitzgerald Street’s WA Italian Club. Until now there’s been nowhere to safely house memorabilia from the state’s 127 years of football (the ‘soccer’ type) together. FHOFWA president Elizabeth Re says she’s heard some tragic tales of…
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BEWARE the naming of laneways if Google finds out about it: Suburban backalleys have been turned into thoroughfares after the tech giant’s map app decided they were now fair game for its routing algorithm. Resident Sue Graham Taylor attended Perth council electors’ AGM on January 31 to report to councillors that “the laneways behind our…
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A DORMANT apartment development planned Carr Place in Leederville has been revived, with the 12 storeys now proposed making it the biggest planned build on the strip. In 2020 Hanrise Pty Ltd won approval to build the eight-storey, 52-unit, $17 million “Locale” project on a conjoined block stretching across 194-200 Carr Place. It requiring demolition…
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PERTH lord mayor Basil Zempilas is fuming after being blindsided by a state government plan to spend parking tax funds outside the city. The Perth Parking Policy started out as a joint venture between the state government and Perth city council in 1999 to limit car bays in the city and cut down on congestion. …
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A MEAL kit business has beaten Bayswater council’s “pernickety” case against it by proving it’s “industrial” enough to keep operating alongside Maylands’ factories. My Foodie Box operates on Foundry Road on land zoned “general industry”, packing and sending out vans to deliver ready-to-cook meal kits to customers. Bayswater council has been trying to keep non-industrial uses…
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SPARE PARTS Puppet Theatre is back with a new program for younger kids and a season launch in the wings, including a massive performance with Puppet Playtime is something of a rarity for Spare Parts, being targeted at kids aged just three to five. Publicist John Michael Swinbank says they’ve tried to program for littlies…
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