Author: Your Herald
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HENRY LAWSON wrote of adversity in the Australian bush and the heart-breaking grind of daily life on the land. Which is in stark contrast to the East Perth street that bears his name. This four-bedroom/three-bathroom apartment is a luxurious abode surrounded by rolling green parkland and the waters of Claisebrook Cove. There’s no dust, mud…
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SAOWANEE’S PLACE, North Perth: YOU know the feeling: You’re desperate for the fantastic flavours and aromas of Thai cuisine but don’t want to suffer yet another tepid disappointment. So, say hello to Saowanee’s Place, a multi-award winning North Perth restaurant recognised by experts and critics for offering some of the best Thai Perth has to…
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THE Maylands Brickworks is set to get some TLC. Bayswater city council has adopted a conservation plan for the site—which has fallen into disrepair—and has pencilled in $80,000 on urgent maintenance in this year’s budget. The site, which is on the National Trust and state heritage lists, has the only remaining Hoffman Kiln in WA.…
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THE head of Bayswater’s ratepayers association is fuming public money is going towards a cocktail party organised by a council body. Tony Green says the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council’s biennial networking function at the WA Ballet centre this weekend is “meaningless”. The EMRC, which provides waste and environmental services for six member councils including Bayswater,…
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ALANNAH MACTIERNAN says she didn’t know most of the people selected for a working group a local trader claims was “handpicked” by the mayor. Stuart Lofthouse, who runs Greens and Co on Oxford Street, made the claim at last week’s council meeting, where he also took a swipe at the council’s advertising of the group.…
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BAYSWATER Sports Club has been given three months to get its house in order or risk losing its lease on Uppercrest reserve. Bayswater council says it’s sick of infighting between the local football and cricket clubs, which has paralysed the umbrella organisation. The BSC has three months to create a new club constitution, hold an…
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VINCENT city council will test out its employees’ underarm deodorants later this year when it turns off the air-conditioning mid-summer. As part of a new high-tech energy saving program, energy management company EnerNOC will pay the city about $10,000 annually to switch off the air-con if the state’s electricity grid gets overwhelmed. EnerNOC recoups costs…
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PERTH city council’s parking committee has been abolished. The committee’s chair Lyndon Rodgers claims the move is designed to unseat him because of tensions with fellow committee members James Limnios and Lily Chen. Cr Limnios says Cr Rodgers runs meetings inefficiently and cuts off dissenters, but along with Cr Chen he maintains it’s about resources…
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PERTH councillors have approved a 12-storey mixed development on Aberdeen Street. The project drew criticism from the Deen Hotel and local entertainment venue advocate BIGN over concerns new residents would complain about noise and threaten the hotel’s existence. Cr James Limnios said designers Baltinas Architecture had been diligent in consulting with local businesses, understood the…
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THE Mary Street mural is gone. The mural was painted on the Soto Espresso building by local artists Konfucius, Destroy and Idol, who donated their time and materials. Vincent city council kicked in $1000. But Soto closed early this year and Cantina 663 owners Alex Cuccovia and Michael Forde along with Paul Aron and John…
