Time to reminisce about living in a country town where the streets are wide, the traffic non-existent, and there isn’t a franchised coffee shop or restaurant logo in sight. Simpler…
Really, that good? Okay then, how’d you like to have a go at turning the west side wall of a beautiful old Fremantle building into a massive piece of art then ……
A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend the 2013 Western Australian Consumer Protection Awards at The University Club of WA. The awards recognise the courage, tenacity…
Monday … again, here’s another example of why your job is not so bad. On Easter Monday I watched Dublin brothers, the Lords of Strut, a combination of; Lord of the…
As I drove home from the movie preview the other night, I rounded the corner and literally cried out … it’s here, it’s finally here! The tickets have been pinned…
This is the crucial question at the centre of The Company You Keep, and a very appropriate one, given the immense personal risk undertaken to bring you this post.The Company…
Finishing off the recent Subiaco Councils Public Art trail, we wandered down to the Dome Cafe in Rokeby Road. Most street art screams out to be noticed and make a strong…
Graeme Simsion has a physics degree, a PhD in Creativity Theory, a few screenplays, short stories, two nonfiction novels under his belt, and now a bestseller. He was one of…
Any right-minded person wouldn’t normally wander off down a dark alleyway, but that’s exactly what the Mayor of Subiaco, Heather Henderson, asked us to do last week. At first I pondered…
My pay it forward loop continued over the weekend. This time at Australia’s largest street arts festival (Fremantle Street Arts Festival), while watching American artist and ‘man of mirth’, Rob…
Last Thursday I got caught up in a pay it forward loop and I’m not sure how to get out of it. Thanks to Robobobobo During my weekly trip to the…
Perth at Easter … bliss. One of the best things about Perth at Easter is …Perth city © The Ponder RoomIt isn’t the time spent with family and friends, wonderful though…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
