Author: Your Herald
-
I WASN’T surprised when the Coode Street Cafe was named one of Perth’s top breakfast spots. Off the beaten track in a leafy Mt Lawley street, it’s a bit far out of my patch for breakfast, but I’ve dropped in for lunch a few times when in the vicinity and in need of victuals. The food…
-
A WEB search of this intriguing Guildford Road Mt Lawley “village” failed to satisfy curiosity about the history of the small gathering of early art deco homes. Perhaps they were built as social housing after Australia was caught up in the Great Depression of the 1930s. Like its neighbours, this two-bedroom abode is a cute mini-me…
-
ADVERTISEMENT: See all the latest properties for sale from Acton Mount Lawley below.
-
BAYSWATER croquet and tennis clubs are unleashing their mallets and racquets on a $25 million revamp of Frank Drago Reserve. The reserve is home to local soccer, tennis, bowling and croquet clubs and the council has released its draft masterplan for the site. Croquet club treasurer Trevor Ashby is “very disappointed” with plans to halve…
-
VOICE photographer Matthew Dwyer headed down to Leederville this week to check out the artists painting the town for the Form Public 2015 mural festival. Local, Australian and international artists will be here until April 19 hitting up Leederville, Freo, Claremont, Northbridge, the CBD and even the wheatbelt. If you want to see where they’ll…
-
STIRLING city council has launched an Aboriginal reconciliation action plan but mayor Giovanni Italiano remains non-committal about flying the Aboriginal flag all year round. In a glossy 17-page plan the council states one of its 2015 goals is “flying the Aboriginal flag”. When the Voice asked Cr Italiano if that was his preference we received…
-
TRADE at the humble pay-what-you-feel restaurant Annalakshmi has taken a huge battering courtesy of the dusty, noisy Elizabeth Quay construction site surrounding it. Fans of the vegetarian Indian restaurant are starting a campaign to save the place. Annalakshmi has been open 25 years, letting people ‘pay what they feel’ their meal is worth and has…
-
A SEVENTY-FOUR-YEAR old granny has been charged after 25 cannabis plants were allegedly found in her back garden. After receiving a tip-off about the “marijuana granny”, police visited her house in Hotham Street, Bayswater and allegedly spotted several large cannabis plants in her vegie plot. “Police seized 25 mature cannabis plants along with approximately 1.8kg…
-
BAYSWATER mayor Sylvan Albert wants the council to buy land and build carparks to relieve parking pressures in Maylands. He says a series of high-density developments along Railway Parade and Guildford Road will soon heap even more stress on clogged retail hotspots like Eighth Avenue. “One option would be to buy land and turn it…
-
TAILORED suits, silk ties, Italian shoes and celebrity haircuts are fine on the public dime, just don’t spend ratepayers’ money writing to ratepayers. Perth city councillor Reece Harley found himself in hot water this week after using council resources to send out 3400 letters to ratepayers, including updates on council goings-on and an invitation to…
