Author: Your Herald
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AFTER 15 years burying and cremating people, Mareena Purslowe-Sear now loves feeding them. Two years ago the woman behind Perth’s ground-breaking all-woman funeral service traded in her trademark white Akubra for a chef’s cap, setting up The Ladder in Mt Hawthorn with long-time friend Rucky Griffiths. The pair and their hard-working team are enjoying their…
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THE mother of all liquidambars towers over this Shannon Drive, Dianella home, casting welcome shade in summer and setting the street ablaze with colour in autumn. Add a verdant lawn sloping down to the road, lush plantings and a swag of mature trees in gardens and on verges in every direction and you can imagine…
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A MOUNT LAWLEY pet shop is considering legal action against an animal rights group after being targeted in a pre-Christmas “puppy farm” protest. About 30 people attended the December 21 protest outside Mount Lawley Pets and Puppies after the group Oscar’s Law claimed it had flown in litters of puppies, sourced from “factories”, to sell…
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THE virtual world is leaking into real life again, with the Internet Cat Video Festival making its way to the Northbridge Piazza. Internet videos of cats doing awesome things like jumping into fishbowls and attacking their reflections had their genesis in a cat called Fatso playing a keyboard, whose video was uploaded to YouTube in…
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PERTH city council is helping Kurb Gallery find a new home. The popular Northbridge gallery, located on William Street for more than 30 years, was decided to close at Christmas when the new landlord nearly tripled the rent to $60,000 (Voice, December 20, 2014). Lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi says the PCC’s policy of filling under-utilised…
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A SPATE of thefts from cars has dampened the Christmas spirit for visitors to Bayswater’s Eric Singleton Bird Sanctuary The weekend after Christmas, police reported five thefts from vehicles in the sanctuary car park and three more in the surrounding area. “We did have a line of inquiry via iPhone tracking but that didn’t pan…
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TIRED of talented bands playing to empty rooms, Bassendean music producer Peter Renzullo has started up the Perth Underground Live Music Appreciation Club, to revitalise the flagging live music scene. The aim is simple: he doesn’t want people to just join his group. He wants rock-solid commitment to attending gigs. Early indications are positive: he’d…
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’TWAS the night before Christmas when the Barnett government gazetted its legislation to merge Bayswater and Bassendean councils and rejig Stirling’s borders. Former Vincent councillor and anti-forced amalgamation campaigner Ian Ker found the timing deeply suspect, given many people were either deeply distracted or on holiday (including the Voice). Mr Ker commented: “What a cynical…
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ANOTHER artwork by Chinese sculptor Chen Wen Ling has been damaged by Perth’s philistine denizens. On New Year’s Eve delinquents tore the $58,000 sculpture free from its pricey plinth at the corner of Bulwer and Vincent Streets. They left the sculpture languishing on the grass, where Vincent council staff retrieved it. It’s now in storage…
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LOUD grunts and leering have been banned at Beatty Park. New directives follow complaints last year, reported in the Voice, that women were being eyed up by sweaty muscle-men in the sauna. A sign’s now been erected at the swim centre, reminding sauna-goers “inappropriate comments, language, topics of conversation within hearing of other members” are…
