Author: Your Herald

  • Grief in the pipeline

    MORE pain’s on the way for Beaufort Street traders with two kilometres of road to be dug up to replace water mains. The Water Corporation says the pipes are a century old and in danger of bursting. Works start on March 11 between Newcastle and Bulwer Streets, and will take about six weeks. Work on…

  • Parcels locked in

    NORTH PERTH post office has closed suddenly without any explanation, leaving a bunch of parcels locked inside the building. Australia Post aren’t saying why the post office shut down on Friday March 1, but it changed hands two years ago and there had been several complaints about customer service in the months leading up to…

  • Still swinging

    AFTER 60 years of birdies, mulligans and the odd hole in one, the Veteran Women Golfers’ Association still hits the course every month. The ladies drag behind them heavy golf trolleys and a legacy of friendship and laughs. In the same year Fidel Cas1tro seized power in Cuba, 1959, the Cottesloe Golf Club formed the…

  • THE plan for a community garden at Inglewood Oval is out for comment and locals are calling for public support to help it blossom. The Inglewood Bowls and Sports Club is keen, more than 300 locals have signed a petition in favour, and Mount Lawley MP Simon Millman even gave the proposed garden a plug…

  • Get kung-food at Panda & Co

    PANDA & Co proudly declares its food is inauthentic Asian. Having eaten the crab linguine ($21), I can attest they have every right to boast. This little eatery on Bulwer Street blends Asian and Australian in yummy dishes like smashed avo ($16) with edamame (immature soybeans) and mint hummus, panko’d scotch eggs ($17), and tataki…

  • Anxious wait over for The Tommhawks’ fans

    ALL-GIRL Perth band The Tommyhawks will launch their debut album Underground Raptor next month. After five years travelling the country in a camper van, sleeping two-to-a-bed, the four musos are in perfect harmony and have forged a reputation for music with pumping beats and meaningful lyrics. It all started when Fremantle local Addison Axe was…

  • ASTROLOGY: March 9 – March 16, 2019

    ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) The Moon begins her week in Aries. She charges you up with feeling. The focus is on shoring up your resources. The Pisces Sun is making the waters a little murky. It’s best to put your attention somewhere you feel you have sure footing. Mars is giving you traction…

  • Perfect just the way it is

    TO me this circa-1900 home in Mt Lawley is perfect just the way it is, but for those inclined there is plenty of scope for alteration. Building an extension on the 520sqm block is one way to go, or you could subdivide the lot. I’d just move in and enjoy the period features like the…

  • Great Western Woodlands Photography Exhibition

    Great Western Woodlands Photography Exhibition 14 March – 17 March 2019 The Wilderness Society WA is asking the community to join them for a celebration of the Great Western Woodlands, the largest temperate woodland left on earth. State Director, Kit Sainsbury, commented: “We welcome all to come and see a stunning collection of photographic images,…

  • Taking a turn for the worse

    A PLAN to allow only left-hand turns on a dangerous intersection in Mount Lawley has come under fire from residents who say it will foist the problem onto their streets. Stirling council has received funding from the state government’s Black Spot program to modify the intersection of Second Avenue and Carrington Street following several serious…