A HEARTFELT thanks to all our Perth Voice readers who have responded to our campaign to Feed the Chook. It has been so encouraging. One of them was Andrew of Voiceland, a keen walker, who has reliably delivered The Voice right through the pandemic. He donated the whole of one week’s pay to help feed…

THE new skate and BMX park in Bayswater is on track for an opening in mid-spring, with construction going pretty smoothly so far. The original Wotton Reserve skate park had to be demolished to make way for the state government’s Metronet upgrades and the state’s paying $2.5 million to build a new one in the…

WHADJUK Noongar artists are in demand as Bayswater seeks to diversify its art holdings with more local Aboriginal art. Bayswater council opens entries for its annual Community Arts Awards in September and to encourage more works telling Whadjuk stories there’ll be a new $5,000 acquisitive award for a work by a local Aboriginal artist. It’ll…

THE grungy state of Hyde Park’s playground has prompted a call for more cleaning to shear off the “thick deposits of oily scum”. Voice reader Damon James wrote in saying “my kids play at Hyde Park playground every weekend. Over the last 24 months, I have watched the disgusting brown grime on the park’s play…

THIS week marks the return of our regular local history page, detailing tales dug up by the historians at the Vincent Local History Centre. This week we hear the story behind David Kennedy’s book Charles Washing & Racist Furniture, a saga based on what he discovered unearthing his family’s long history in Northbridge and rediscovering his…

DJILBA’S here and the Friends of Coolbinia Bushland are inviting the public down to enjoy the wildlfowers, learn some expert Noongar knowledge, and hopefully sign on to help restore the pocket of remnant bushland.  Djilba is the Noongar transitional season of clear cold days mixed with warm and windy days, and it doesn’t have a set…

PERTH’S CBD toilet shortage is getting desperate and new public dunnies are in the pipeline.   The lack of public loos is a longstanding issue in the city, with private businesses unhappy at always having to pick up the slack, but there’s been little action taken. Perth council has an impressive multi-million dollar public toilet…

Researchers from the University of Western Australia have been looking at the impact trees have on making home ‘home’ after surveying . Harrison McGrath, Dr Cristina Ramalho, Professor Erik Veneklaas, Dr Tim Kurz, and Emeritus Professor Carmen Lawrence recently released the report after a survey of Perth residents. We should point out the report which…