Author: Your Herald
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WARNING FOR THE FAINT-OF-HEART This review has a rude word in it. The children, think of the children! A PLAY with a name that’s stronger than the brew it derides—be warned, we spell it out in full in the next paragraph—is showing now at the Mary Street Bakery on Beaufort Street, Mt Lawley. Fuck Decaf…
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BIVOUAC in Northbridge has great food and excellent service, along with funky decor and a very trendy and modern menu. It’s so named because the eatery is designed for rest and recuperation with “a menu you’ll feel comfortable ordering a mix of plate to share”, the webpage says. To me, to bivouac is to camp…
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NEW agers and golden agers alike—this Ager Street, Dianella home is a great abode for all. Golden agers looking at downsizing for retirement will appreciate this three-bedroomer, with its lock and leave easiness. New agers, or new parents, will enjoy the modern lines and the large secure yard this rear strata offers. Once the huge,…
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WA transport minister Dean Nalder has opened the door to a ride-share service setting up in Perth, in direct competition to traditional taxi operators. Last month he met with Uber, the Google-backed company behind the ride-share service, and is receptive to changing regulations to ensure the service can operate legally. “There are three broad concerns…
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AS the rest of us count our coppers following the federal Budget, Stirling city council is spending $25,000 to send two councillors to California for a three-day conference on sustainable infrastructure. While there, councillors Joe Ferrante and David Lagan—both of them former Liberal candidates—will meet with LA mayor Eric Garcetti (or his representative) to talk…
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BEDFORD residents want Beaufort Street made safer for children and elderly pedestrians. Alana Culverhouse is lobbying Bayswater city council to install a central median island at the Bedford end of the street and a dedicated pedestrian phase at the Grand Promenade lights. She also wants speed reduced to either 50 or 40kph. “As a parent,…
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BAYSWATER Soccer Club wants the council to invest in Frank Drago Reserve so it becomes the home of WA football. Football West has for the past few years been kicking around for a site where it can build a state-of-the-art $25 million HQ, including a 5000-seat stadium, three pitches, offices and an accommodation block. It…
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STIRLING mayor Giovanni Italiano says he “very disappointed” the WA government has backtracked on its commitment to relocate the WA commerce department in Stirling. The department will instead be relocated to existing offices in Cannington: “The city is very disappointed with the decision as an investment of this scale would greatly stimulate the economic and…
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WITH three-quarters of Perth’s GP services bulk-billed, Labor MP Alannah MacTiernan says locals will be hit hard by the Abbott government’s $7 GP fee. “Particularly with the elderly, the management that the GPs engage in really keeps people out of hospital,” she says. A “tsunami of babies” in the electorate may also see young families…
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AFTER six-and-a-half years in North Perth, it’s hasta la vista for Mexican eatery the Flying Taco. Its spot on Angove Street is going great guns these days but after nearly seven years doing the same thing owner Anna Heifetz is feeling the need to move on. “It’s bittersweet but as we get older we have…
