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Brrrrrrrr….. I HAVE been visiting the Terry Tyzack Aquatic Centre indoor pool for over seven years. I first started going when a physio recommended walking in the warm waters and doing stretching exercise to relieve my sciatica, which I no longer have, but have kept going twice a week since then. This morning the water…
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THE D’Angers will definitely revisit Theo and Co in Leederville. Not just because the pizzas were the best we’ve ever eaten, but because we didn’t get to try the dessert one. We sat in awe as a chocolate pizza base – crowned with vanilla ice cream and lavishly drizzled with chocolate sauce and nuts ($20)…
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PERTH muso Katy Steele says motherhood has helped give her upcoming album Soul Bride a looser feel. The former Little Birdy frontwoman is still putting the final touches to the album, but will showcase some of the new material at her gig at the Rosemount Hotel next Saturday (August 3). Steele and her partner Graham…
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A NEW exhibition open this weekend at the Bon Marche Arcade examines the struggle of retired farmers in China. They receive just 88 RMB (the official Chinese currency) a month to survive. To put that in context, that’s less than $20 Aussie dollars. Photographer Tami Xiang gave obliging farmers 88 RMB to spend and captured…
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I COULD hear Somewhere Over the Rainbow in my mind as a huge chandelier in the soaring mezzanine flashed iridescent light onto the walls of this Dianella home. “There’s a land that I’ve heard of once in a lullaby,” sums up the children’s wing on the second level, which has study nooks in the bedrooms. Judging…
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STIRLING council’s Linda Kuuse has won a state award for a successful dementia care program at day clubs across the city. Ms Kuuse spearheaded a two-year partnership with Alzheimer’s WA to deliver tailored-made care for seniors attending the Nollamara Day Club. Aspirations The new model caters to seniors’ needs and aspirations, incorporating interests like gardening,…
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LAST month Alchera Living launched a new facility for seniors in Willagee that’s really pushed the boundary for aged housing. The Reserve, as the name suggests, overlooks a popular park in the southern suburb; but if you’re a wine buff and it conjures images of the pricey bottle on the top shelf, you might be…
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MULTIFOCAL lenses were introduced to the Australian market in the 1980s and superseded Benjamin Franklin’s bifocal design. As society has become more technology focused the demands placed on vision at different distances has increased dramatically. Multifocal lenses help people see clearly in the distance, close up or with computer work. Some people experience difficulty adapting…
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LABOR MP John Carey has defended Perth council’s commissioners following Opposition leader Liza Harvey’s criticism of the city as “rudderless”, “grotty” and full of “meth zombies”. In a brutal critique of the state’s capital, Ms Harvey told The West Australian this week the council’s bureaucrats were “completely out of touch and out of step for…
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GETTING a coffee in East Perth’s town centre just got $3.50 cheaper, with the roll-out of the council’s one-hour free parking trial this week. The Royal Street parking machines have been covered between Trafalgar Road and Fielder Street. For the first two weeks parking inspectors will dole out one-off cautions for people overstaying the hour,…
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