Learn how to bellydance Learn the secrets of Bellydance and have some hip shaking fun! Bellydance or Oriental dance (the correct name), is often said to be the oldest form of dance, having roots in many cultures from the Orient to India and the Near, Far and Mid East. Bellydance Central is a Perth based…

A PLAQUE belatedly honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander war veterans will not be affixed to the Maylands memorial in time for this year’s ANZAC centenary commemorations. Bayswater council had been asked to organise the plaque last April. Mayor Sylvan Albert says the delay was due to extensive consultation with Aboriginal stakeholders and veterans. “The…

COPPERS on horseback are patrolling Hyde and Roberston Parks in North Perth following increasing reports of yobbos. Hyde Park has improved—20 years ago it was notorious for its gay bashings—but renewed rowdiness means it’s become less savoury for families wanting to enjoy the water park or have a barbie. Recently the Voice saw a man…

MENORA paddler Georgina Collin is the only woman to make both teams for the 2015 wildwater and the canoe slalom junior world championships. The canoe slalom race is in Brazil in April and then she’ll be heading to North Carolina, USA for the wildwater race. The former Perth college student used to be a javelin…

FIRE has destroyed a 50-year-old-plus weeping peppermint on Lake Street, the sixth tree killed by vandals in six months. The tree had a split in it (typical in mature peppermints) and the fire was started inside the split, causing damage to its structure. Vincent council staff decided on immediate removal as the risk of collapse…

A MARKET, on a Monday night, beside a busy dual-carriage way road? When Inglewood on Beaufort first floated the idea of a Beaufort Street market between Sixth and Tenth Avenues on the most tame school night of the week, there were a few raised eyebrows and sneers. But five months on, the market has proved…

A SEVENTY-FIVE year old mistake will soon be corrected with the statue of renowned WWI general and famous architect Talbot Hobbs to be returned to Perth city council. For decades it had been assumed the statue of Sir Joseph John Talbot Hobbs on Riverside Drive was owned by the city, and so it spent tens…

RESIDENTS have failed in their bid to turn Seventh Avenue into a dead-end street. They’d campaigned for the change, fearful of extra traffic coming from the new bridge. Bayswater city council rejected the 367-signature petition, voting instead to look at installing traffic-calming measures and parking an illuminated trailer that tells drivers how fast they’re going.…

WELL, that was quick: it’s not even finished yet but some numpty’s already driven into the new Seventh Avenue bridge. The folks from the Maylands Residents and Ratepayers’ Association spotted (and heard) the bridge boop on Friday morning, when a cherry picker challenged the 4.7m clearance sign with a partially raised arm. The ablative sign…

“TICK to agree to terms and conditions”. Most of us could be signing away our first-born child to Apple or Facebook because we rarely, if ever, read the tedious reams of text. According to a 2011 UK survey a mere seven per cent of people can be bothered, with 58 per cent saying they’d rather…