Author: Your Herald
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Where are my blue skies? WHEN I moved to this beautiful city it was because of the relaxed, can-do attitude, the blue skies, open spaces and magnificent trees. Sadly, it seems my time in Perth is drawing to a close, as what made this place so wonderful is rapidly disappearing. I struggle daily with the…
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AUDIENCE heckling isn’t usually encouraged, but at Kiss Club it’s expected, albeit in a gentle, nurturing way. “The artists are there for the feedback, and the audience acknowledges it’s very brave to put your work out there,” CIA Studio, (Centre for Interdisciplinary Arts) special ops Finn O’Branagain says. This is Kiss Club’s fifth year and…
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Learn how to bellydance Learn the secrets of Bellydance and have some hip shaking fun! Bellydance or Oriental dance (the correct name), is often said to be the oldest form of dance, having roots in many cultures from the Orient to India and the Near, Far and Mid East. Bellydance Central is a Perth based…
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THERE’S neither meadow nor brook on Meadowbrook Boulevard, but there is a lovely verdant park diagonally across the road from this cavernous adobe. And there’s heaps more green islands dotting the area, including the delicious sounding Coralberry (just off Mango Place) and Avocado Reserves. This is “new” Dianella—St Andrews Estate, where shiny, modern homes abound.…
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A PLAQUE belatedly honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander war veterans will not be affixed to the Maylands memorial in time for this year’s ANZAC centenary commemorations. Bayswater council had been asked to organise the plaque last April. Mayor Sylvan Albert says the delay was due to extensive consultation with Aboriginal stakeholders and veterans. “The…
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COPPERS on horseback are patrolling Hyde and Roberston Parks in North Perth following increasing reports of yobbos. Hyde Park has improved—20 years ago it was notorious for its gay bashings—but renewed rowdiness means it’s become less savoury for families wanting to enjoy the water park or have a barbie. Recently the Voice saw a man…
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MENORA paddler Georgina Collin is the only woman to make both teams for the 2015 wildwater and the canoe slalom junior world championships. The canoe slalom race is in Brazil in April and then she’ll be heading to North Carolina, USA for the wildwater race. The former Perth college student used to be a javelin…
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FIRE has destroyed a 50-year-old-plus weeping peppermint on Lake Street, the sixth tree killed by vandals in six months. The tree had a split in it (typical in mature peppermints) and the fire was started inside the split, causing damage to its structure. Vincent council staff decided on immediate removal as the risk of collapse…
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A MARKET, on a Monday night, beside a busy dual-carriage way road? When Inglewood on Beaufort first floated the idea of a Beaufort Street market between Sixth and Tenth Avenues on the most tame school night of the week, there were a few raised eyebrows and sneers. But five months on, the market has proved…
