Free sideshow at Kailis Beach/Trigg Island Cafe
If you haven’t been to Trigg Island/Kailis Beach Café for a while you might want to take a peek inside next time you’re at the beach. You’ll have to be quick…
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Five lesson learnt from 200 yrs of wedding dresses exhibition (Unveiled WA Museum)
Last week I dropped into Unveiled, the WA Museums exhibition of wedding dresses through the ages. The exhibition includes 65 wedding outfits and accessories, representing 200 years of dresses from…
Toys DO grow on trees, evidently (Kid’s Choice, Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe)
Today Kathy Allam was awarded The Experience Extraordinary Kid’s Choice Prize of $1,000 funded by Eventscorp. Her piece happy floating dream cloud was voted number one by the kids who…
Body and board carnage at Drug Aware Margaret River Pro 2013
Surfing has been promoted as a healthy way for young kids to take risks, rather than getting involved in other risk-taking behaviours like drugs. This years Super Saturday certainly lived…
God’s Chair arrives in Subiaco (Community Art, Subiaco)
Local Councils desire for community engagement is producing more and more interesting street art projects. On Thursday night Subiaco Council unveiled three new pieces. Here’s the first by well known…
Surprising find in the back streets (Piccolo’s Corner)
For many years now I’ve coveted the corner store and I’m not alone. In more and more of the community research projects I get involved in, the findings highlight society’s hankering…
Satisfaction secret exposed (Job satisfaction #7 Julius Avery, Son of a Gun)
Ponder this … you’re a writer/director who’s won several awards for your short films, including a Best Short Film at the AFI Awards and Cannes Film Festival. You’ve secured funding for…
Surprises a plenty at Bistro Guillaume
When we three good friends finally found the time to check out Bistro Guillaume at Crown, we had high expectations …good quality, rich, bite size pieces of food, that would…
Five more tips for Crime Writing (Parker Bilal at Perth Writers Festival 2013)
Parker Bilal is the pen name of Jamal Mahjoub, who has published seven critically acclaimed novels. Dogstar Rising is the most recent in his internationally acclaimed Detective Makana series. Along…
The best place to eat chips in Cottesloe (Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe WA Sculpture winner)
This year Perth’s largest free outdoor art exhibition, Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe showcases 71 pieces – 21 from international artists, 26 interstate and 24 local. Running until March 24…
Last minute election strategy (Deputy Leader of Opposition Julie Bishop)
The day before the state election you’d expect to see local politicians making the most of every photo op, yes? Yes. So it wasn’t surprising to see the Hon. Julie…
Flash Mobs and Mosh Pits circa 1940 (Art Gallery WA)
If you think your generation invented the Flash Mob or Mosh Pit put your hands up. Okay you can put them down now. I suggest you take a visit to…
Seven tips for Crime Writing (Shamini Flint at Perth Writers Festival)
Singapore based ex-lawyer Shamini Flint is an acclaimed crime and children’s book author having sold over 500,000 books in six years. In terms of crime she’s written five books in…
New Weight Loss Strategy for Biggest Loser (Job Satisfaction #6: Chinese Year New Dragon)
Monday … here’s another in the series of posts designed to make you feel better about your job choice … hopefully. And a possible suggestion for this years Biggest Loser contestants.Chinese…
How to review a Writers Festival (Perth Writers Festival 2013)
What makes a sane person turn their back on three glorious days of sunshine, to huddle indoors from 9am to 8pm? For me it was the promise of critical thinking,…
How writing helps you sleep (Perth Writers Festival 2013)
For anyone immune to the effects of counting sheep, umpteen cups of camomile or the swimmers choice Stilnox, stay tuned … I may have stumbled on an alternative solution. David…
Perth Writers Festival: Top 5 must sees from Program Manager Katherine Dorrington
When the 2013 PWF was launched at UWA Winthrop Hall as few weeks ago, the room was abuzz with conversation. Hardly surprising given that the audience was made up of…
Filming in India: Save Your Legs Part 2 (Behind the Scenes Q&A with Damon Gameau)
It’s always interesting to hear what goes on behind the scenes of seemingly effortless acting performances. NIDA graduate Damon Gameau was in Perth recently to launch his latest film Save…
