Perth Fashion Festival 2019: First Night, Initial Impressions
Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ll know that the past twelve months have been difficult for this event (perhaps not as difficult as for the small-medium businesses delayed…
Browsing: Perth
Review Perth Writers Week 2018
Please note this review is for 2018 not 2019. For some reason it’s appears to have dropped off. I’m adding it back in as, during the recent Writing WA Forum…
The Grand Orient in The Melbourne Hotel
Finally the scaffolding is down and we can re enter The Melbourne Hotel. I’d watched for weeks as the iron girders were replaced with a giant decorative ribbon wrapping around…
Australia Day in Perth 2018
This year I decided to do something different for Australia Day. Instead of getting the place ready and waiting for mates to come over I went out for a cruise…
Review: Bistro Guillaume is ‘Me Time’ heaven
Regular readers will know my passion for making sure people get enough ‘Me Time’. A few months ago it was finally time to take some of my own medicine, besides a Crown gift card (given…
Zomato Top Ten!!
Just popping in quickly to say woohoo!!!
Fremantle Street Arts Festival 2017 Review
Easter means different things to different people, religious commemoration, a break from work, time with loved ones and then there’s the chocolate. It means many things to me, one of which…
Perth Food Truck Rumble 2017 Review
With storm clouds looming the food trucks started gathering at the Perth Cultural Centre, so began the 2017 Food Truck Rumble. Having been to the past three annual Rumbles, and with…
Review: Cake overload at Isle of Voyage
Hmm, well I was fairly sure I’d already posted about Isle of Voyage but evidently not. I’ve been there three times now, once on my own and twice with different…
Review: Matilda Bay Restaurant
Matilda Bay has always been one of those go to restaurants for a special occasion. My most recent experience suggests this is still the case.
Movie Review: Jasper Jones
Regular readers will know my penchant for supporting Australian movies. The latest edition, Jasper Jones, makes this all the more easy. What a wonderful Australian movie.
10 Tips To Avoid Social Embarrassment in Perth in 2017
Australia Day 2017 coincided with the long-awaited return of a good friend from overseas. Having spent several years exiled in the United Kingdom an assimilation strategy was clearly required, but…
Review: Phenomenal Lords of Lightning
If you’ve read the previous Arcadia Australia post you’ll know how brilliant it was, even more so if you went along which I hope you did. I promised another post…
Review: Surprises aplenty at phenomenal Arcadia Perth
I have to admit the thought of going to an outdoor music festival in 36 degrees heat was making me rethink my ticket purchase. I’m so pleased I didn’t, what…
Horseplay at Perth Pride Parade 2016
This year the Perth Pride Parade had the theme of #lovewins which I can understand, less clear though was the preponderance of horses. I mean, well, first there were these amazing steeds…
Review: Two faces of Kailis Trigg Beach
The beach at Trigg Island has always been a great ‘Me Time’ hang out, and the upgraded Kailis restaurant has only added to that. The venue offers a range of sitting…
Review Rambla on Swan
When a friend from Melbourne, over on a work trip, said she had time for an impromptu Sunday lunch, the call went out. Our group of six met in South…
Do’s and Don’ts when using the Australian Flag on Australia Day
On Australia Day the nations pride swells to pre-Biggest Loser proportions. Flags will flap freely from flag poles, be draped over shoulders, even flown under helicopters. But how do we show…
