Author: Your Herald
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MIACAFE, Inglewood by JENNY D’ANGER: Lunching alone can draw sympathetic looks from other diners but as I gazed across the gardens of this Inglewood cafe/garden centre, I couldn’t have been happier—nor more serene. Lucky for me, when the hunger greables kicked in while racing between appointments I found myself close to Miacafe, a delightful cafe…
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REVEREND HORTON HEAT frontman Jim Heath is content with his career. After 28 years bringing an unabashed celebration of sex, booze and hard living to venues across the US, Heath and his band have cultivated a diverse and loyal fan base. Heath is feted by peers and loved by fans for his ability to make…
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FOR reasons best known to poms they call a stand-alone house a bungalow and a duplex/terrace a house. Must be something to do with all that drizzle. To live the life of perpetual summers, check out this “bungalow” on Summers Street in Perth. Sitting on 237sqm it has all the cuteness of a cottage and…
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THE future of sporting clubs in Bayswater will be discussed at a special council meeting Tuesday. Under the spotlight will be bowling and tennis clubs which lease buildings from the council at subsidised—in some cases negligible—rates. Spiralling maintenance costs on old buildings and plummeting membership has put pressure on clubs to merge and become more…
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THE toe-tearing terror of Hyde Park is back in custody. Last week Pinky the galah/corella cross was returned home after he’d spent a few days rampaging through the park. Many trusting souls had approached the bird who had, cunningly, appeared friendly enough, only to fall prey to attacked toes and shredding of shoes. “He was…
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LAUGHTER to hide the tears was certainly true for local comedian Dayne Rathbone (pictured, left, three times). A punter once took offence to a joke and hurled a beer bottle, hitting him in the cheek. “I pretended that it didn’t hurt so everyone laughed, but after I had to go to hospital and get stitches,”…
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MEN are complaining online the mining boom has sent the hourly cost of sex through the roof. WA sex workers’ hourly rates are said to be double that of those in the eastern states. “Rahrahrah” moaned on http://www.punterplanet.com that “WL (working ladies) are going for up to $900 [an hour]”. “Do they [realise] that we…
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MORE than 100 bagpipers and drummers will descend on UWA this weekend for the pipe band state championships. Organisers moved the event from Riley to James Oval, after couples planning to get married at a nearby venue expressed totally unreasonable concerns about the heavenly din: Highland bagpipes are around 110 decibels, the same volume as…
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LAST weekend’s local olive harvest (Voice, April 11, 2013) was a huge success with North Perth primary school kids collecting just over one tonne of fruit. The P&C plans to sell olive oil to raise funds for projects like a new nature playground. P&C president Kirstyn Johnson says, “we had a really overwhelming response” with…
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THERE will be no Eid celebrations at Kings Park this year after after the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority rejected a request from the WA Islamic Centre for a last-minute reprieve. The decision brings to an end a trouble-free 19-year Eid Festival tradition that is enormously popular with local families. The authority refused the application…
