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From Perth to Darwin in a $1,500 Car: The Shitbox Rally kicks off this Friday!
Taking off from Langley Park this Friday, you can check out the list of overnight stops below: ... read full post
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St Georges Terrace gets its first statue of a woman
https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/st-georges-terrace-gets-its-first-statue-of-a-woman-20250613-p5m758.html4
6mon
Caught in the crossfire
https://heraldonlinejournal.com/2025/06/13/caught-in-the-crossfire/6
6mon
Missing funds linked to travel show devastate charities
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-11/wa-charities-missing-funds-channel-7-adventure-all-stars/10538810413
6mon
Perth's first east-west rail connection opens after 18 months of disruption
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-08/thornlie-cockburn-link-opens-as-part-of-metronet-project/1053866181
6mon
Darlington residents are frustrated at DAP outcome - Echo Newspaper
https://echonewspaper.com.au/news/darlington-residents-are-frustrated-at-dap-outcome/1
6mon
Kalamunda McDonald’s DAP decision deferred - Echo Newspaper
https://echonewspaper.com.au/news/kalamunda-mcdonalds-dap-decision-deferred/14
6mon
City of Perth to suspend e-scooter hire after pedestrian death
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-05/city-of-perth-to-suspend-e-scooter-hire-after-pedestrian-death/1032349389
7mon
Garden historian urges tree rethink
https://heraldonlinejournal.com/2025/05/23/garden-historian-urges-tree-rethink/Some things that were done historically aren't worth going back to. A mowed lawn island in the middle of hyde park lake is one of those things. If you ask me.
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Perth Voice Interactive - Inactive
https://perthvoiceinteractive.com/Not sure if anybody noticed that Perth Voice has been inactive for a couple months.
Looks like they've found a fix to their technical issue with the website and are relaunching with a few differences.
I'm excited to see what they do!
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The West with a morning suprise for us all.
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Obstetrician charged over road death of woman facing further charges
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-19/rhys-bellinge-obstetrician-facing-further-charges/105311854Wow this dude has had a fall from grace. Police have reviewed his dashcam and well, he had a bit of a night of it.
Feeling a bit bad for the Uber driver. The doctor killed his passenger, but hospitalised the driver with injuries he'll carry for life and put him out of work/income for who knows how long. The article doesn't even mention him.
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WA government trials direct employment option for student wellbeing program | Rationalist Society of Australia
https://rationalist.com.au/wa-government-trials-direct-employment-option-for-student-wellbeing-program/7
7mon
Albany Sky Whale - live updates
Sky Whales - National Gallery
Close to live updates from hot air balloon whales. Albany, WA
Thread probably makes more sense if you sort by oldest.
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Oyster growers fight to preserve their 'Goldilocks' harbour in WA
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-16/wa-oyster-bank-expands-as-tassie-growers-battle-mystery-illness/1052839066
7mon
Burswood motorsport street circuit not being rebranded, WA government says
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-15/wa-government-forges-on-with-burswood-park-motorsport-facility/105296328The WA government is pressing ahead with its plan to create a motorsport street circuit in Burswood Park.
It is opening the community consultation process for the controversial new proposal.
But Treasurer Rita Saffioti has denied it will only be a motorsport track, saying it will be a "multi-use facility".
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Weekly Chat - 16th to somewhere around the 23rd May.
A weekly thread for discussing the wild, whacky and utterly mundane of life in our sizeable and crusty slice of the earth's crust.
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Divided opinion on upcoming Swan speed changes - Echo Newspaper
https://echonewspaper.com.au/news/divided-opinion-on-upcoming-swan-speed-changes/8
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'Horrendously expensive' interstate shipping denies farmers lifeline
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-09/ship-rules-stop-interstate-grain-exports/1052646404
7mon
Concerns delays to WA controlled burns could increase bushfire risk
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-07/wa-bush-firefighters-industrial-action-impacting-burnoffs/105258310I thought it was odd that I've been able to enjoy this perfect weather instead of being holed up indoors to escape the smoke.
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Weekly Chat - 8th to the 15th May... or a day earlier... or a day later.
A weekly thread for discussing the wild, whacky and utterly mundane of life in our sizeable and crusty slice of the earth's crust.
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Two men found guilty of murdering Indigenous schoolboy Cassius Turvey
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-08/cassius-turvey-murder-trial-verdict-jack-brearley-brodie-palmer/1052430226
7mon
'Impossible to dispute': Zempilas looks to fix WA Liberals' women problem
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-07/basil-zempilas-vows-increase-female-members-wa-liberal-party/1052608703
8mon
Questions raised at Guildford lock-up tour - Echo Newspaper
https://echonewspaper.com.au/news/questions-raised-at-guildford-lock-up-tour/Mr Ani said people can learn a lot about the world around them, if they just look. ... read full post
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Weekly Chat - 1th to the 7th April
A weekly thread for discussing the wild, whacky and utterly mundane of life in our hefty chunk of the planet.