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World’s Best City: Sydney
Date: July 25th, 2005 | No Comments It’s the rock star of the world for the eighth time: Sydney claimed top honors in American mag Travel and Leisure’s poll of best places in the world. Bali remained the number one island. Perth was named the number two city in the region.
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Paradise, on the other side of the world
Date: December 8th, 2004 | No Comments Britons are flocking to Australia and with its sun, sand and cheap housing, Perth is their favourite destination, says Lynne Greenwood
From Paradise, on the other side of the world
If I could pick anywhere to settle in Oz, I would definitely go to WA. Article doesn’t really explain why Brits are flocking there versus [read more]
Almost Famous, Part II
Date: July 5th, 2003 | No CommentsI posted just over a week ago about meeting John Long in Perth. I was watching a science program on the ABC last Thursday and was quite surprised to see his face on the telly.
Dr. Long was the palaeontologist responsible for extracting the most amazing discovery of his career. Deep in a cave in the [read more]
Neighbourhood Perth
Date: June 26th, 2003 | 1 commentOne of the things that I like about Perth is the different neighbourhoods. You can drive (or take the excellent public transport) to many different suburbs and wander their High Streets and find plenty of cafes, pubs, art galleries, clothes and music shops, and restaurants.
Tonight, my sister and I went to a local pub called [read more]
Microbreweries in WA
Date: June 25th, 2003 | No CommentsAfter hearing from Barrie in Bali that Western Australia had several microbreweries, naturally I was quite keen to check them out and see how they compared to Oregon’s finest.
Tonight, my sister took me down to Fremantle for a Perth Festival function, and afterwards we went looking for a beer. We stopped in at Little Creatures [read more]
Warning: Perth danger alert
Date: May 28th, 2005 | No CommentsPerth really is quite dangerous this time of year, according to a memo sent out to people who subscribe to the Department of Foreign Affairs travel advisory email list. While journlists had a good time with it, pointing out the odd shark attack and mauling of sports teams, the government is left red-faced, trying [read more]
Perth, Western Australia
Date: April 17th, 2004 | No CommentsPerth holds the distinction of being the world’s most remote capital. And remote it is- Adelaide is more than 2 days away by car. Despite its isolation, Perth is a vibrant city- almost 90% of the Western Australia’s population lives in or around it. Perth is unlike any city on the [read more]
Nighttime Northbridge
Date: June 29th, 2003 | No Comments Saturday night I went out on the town with my sister and her husband, who had just returned from India on a work assignment.
After a quick stop for a cheeky one at their local pub, JB O’Reilly’s Tavern (another Irish pub), which is almost as close to their house as the County Cork pub is [read more]
Wandering Northbridge
Date: June 26th, 2003 | No CommentsThis afternoon I met up with Anita, who had visited us in Eugene, OR back in March. We met in downtown Perth and chatted over coffee in a Dôme cafe.
After that we braved the inclement weather to take a walking tour of Northbridge, Perth’s backpacker district. Barrie had mentioned this area to me as a [read more]
WA Maritime Museum
Date: June 25th, 2003 | No CommentsThe venue for the Perth Festival function I attended this evening was the Western Australian Maritime Museum. This is quite an amazing building that ironically looks like a capsized boat. Made me laugh when my sister told me, and it really does when I saw it from the inside.
For a state with so much coastline, [read more]
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