Author: Your Herald
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Submission defies demands to merge STIRLING city council has lodged its official submission with the WA local government advisory board to keep its boundaries intact, after several months of council rallies, adverts and social media campaigns promoting the status quo. Councillors voted to keep Stirling as is—its only concession being Hale Road which moves Churchlands,…
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Stirling’s $1 million state-of-the-art playground is set to be pinched by the new Bayswater-Bassendean council in the forthcoming boundary amalgamations. Stirling city council spent three years painstakingly consulting with residents and community groups over the innovative Dianella playspace, officially opened by mayor David Boothman last week. But under the proposed Barnett council mergers the playground—which…
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When engineer Luke Halpin decided local artists weren’t getting the support they needed from galleries, he made a drastic shift in his career and started up arts organisation Artlab. “We started to hear stories of people who had artwork stored up in their garages or their sheds, waiting for exhibition space, or waiting until they…
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A very sparse looking turn-of-the-century Hyde Park, a 1913 look at family life in West Perth and the excitement of the opening of the Woolworths Variety Store in Leederville (right)are amongst the winners for Vincent’s local history photographic awards. Debbie Saunders, who operates the Oxford Street cafe 50mL, won an award for submitting photographs of…
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When Dianella gardener Rae Conway spotted a rose the size of a dinner plate growing in her garden, she decided she had to share it. Ms Conway, who arrived from South Africa 16 years ago, called the Voice to say she didn’t think it was fair to keep the gigantic flower to herself, and invited…
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FORMOSA, Northbridge by JENNY D’ANGER: Formosa Vegetarian Eating House is a strange and disturbing place that challenges concepts of food and can leave your head spinning. Just finding the eatery had the D’Angers puzzled because the space is dominated by signs for Utopia, a bubble tea and Asian sticky bun and cake vendor. The two…
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A Scantily-clad young woman hides between a wardrobe and wall while nearby a bare male foot pokes from underneath a wardrobe door. The poster-sized photographs are two in a series for Aaron Bradbrook’s Borderland exhibition at the Perth Centre for Photography. They were taken in his former home in Maylands where, luckily for him, the new…
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This stunning two-storey home on Joel Terrace, Mt Lawley could feature in a magazine showcasing cutting-edge modern living. So I was surprised to learn it was built in 1971, the home of well-known architect Peter Christou. At a time when most of Perth was building homes with closed-off rooms, Christou created sweeping open spaces and…
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Bayswater City Soccer Club hopes to break a 40-year hoodoo when it faces Stirling Lions in the premier league grand final on Saturday. Bayswater versus Stirling—could this be an omen for the looming council mergers? Baysy last reached the final in 1972—losing to East Fremantle—but a series of brilliant displays this season has got it…
