THE gentle sounds of a tennis ball lobbed across a lawn court and bird calls were the only sounds on this North Perth street, despite its proximity to the city. A row of three swings swaying in three verge trees aptly demonstrated just how friendly and community-minded the folks are on leafy Waugh Street. This…

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A  WEB search of this intriguing Guildford Road Mt Lawley “village” failed to satisfy curiosity about the history of the small gathering of early art deco homes. Perhaps they were built as social housing after Australia was caught up in the Great Depression of the 1930s. Like its neighbours, this two-bedroom abode is a cute mini-me…

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THERE’S neither meadow nor brook on Meadowbrook Boulevard, but there is a lovely verdant park diagonally across the road from this cavernous adobe. And there’s heaps more green islands dotting the area, including the delicious sounding Coralberry (just off Mango Place) and Avocado Reserves. This is “new” Dianella—St Andrews Estate, where shiny, modern homes abound.…

DOCTOR Harry Harlow revolutionised psychiatry in the 1950s with his controversial social isolation experiments on monkeys. Surprise, surprise monkeys, and by extrapolation people, need companionship and a sense of community, for mental well-being and happiness. Well, I can’t image ever feeling lonely living in this delightful section of East Perth. The vendor is a regular…

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