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BAYSWATER mayor Dan Bull – who previously toured with Eskimo Joe and other high-profile WA bands – is delighted Kosmic Sound has been rescued and will live on. Last month the family-owned Perth music store went into liquidation after more than 50 years in business, but it’s now been acquired by the South Australian Cleves…
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A PLAN to get underground power for Vincent residents has been dismissed by council staff as unaffordable, even though it wouldn’t draw on their current coffers. The current system sees homeowners presented with a chunky bill ($8000 or more per house) and can be a big deterrent, killing projects in the community consultation stage. Former…
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ABOUT 35 people have volunteered to help Bayswater council count the city’s rough sleepers in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Volunteers will use a phone app developed by council to record the locations of people across Bayswater between 1am-3am. The data collected will be used to shape the city’s homelessness strategy and help local…
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THE first stage of the reimagined Maylands Waterland may be open by November next year. Bayswater councillors unanimously approved a draft concept plan for the redevelopment, pulled together by a working group of councillors and community members, at their last meeting. The kids’ water park was too run down to open this year, and the…
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JUST up the road from the bustling Leederville strip, my lunch companion and I relaxed under a lemon scented gum tree at Oxford Yard cafe. It was a great spot to watch hungry students amble over from the Leederville Tafe next door. Bowls of chips were a bit hit, followed closely by toasties ($13 for…
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THE quirky extension to this heritage-listed Fremantle cottage won state and national architecture awards. The original garden fell away sharply, so Freo architect Philip Stejskal bridged the old and new with floor-level drops and a flexible space that’s not really a room or an alfresco, but acts as both. A bank of polycarbonate doors open…
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THE Fremantle Doctor tickles at the tree tops that protect a small, limestone walled garden. Leaves rustle in a soft symphony of appreciation. The setting could be southern Europe, so magical has been the makeover of a dusty, exhausted patch of ground in Palmyra. In only eight months, senior citizen Lorraine Burke has transformed the…
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THE functional limitations of Perth’s grocery supply chains have been exposed by the recent shortages of rice, beans and even toilet paper, and in response many people are beginning to wonder if it’s too late to plant a garden in order to ensure some measure of self-sufficiency if there’s a Coronavirus lock-down. I always tell…
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BLANKET heritage zones may be applied to Bayswater and Maylands town centres. Dozens more individual properties have also been added to Bayswater council’s heritage list despite many owners saying they were not alerted. Huge dissent preceded the vote at Bayswater council’s February 25 meeting, with one deputation after another calling for the Baysie town centre…
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ALONG with the two town centres, a split council also voted to apply heritage classifications to dozens of individual properties. Those rated category 1, 2 or 3 are added to the official “Heritage List” in the town planning scheme and need planning approval to make changes. Category 4 and 5 are included in a “survey”…
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