Look, I know a few of you got a bit burnt last year when I said Nic Cage’s The Surfer was good, and while I stand by my thoughts, perhaps a massive new 8-part Netflix series currently filming down that way will be more to your liking? The more crazy surfer movies and TV shows shot in our beautiful South West the merrier I say!
It’s the streaming company’s first foray in the wilds of Western Australia, and the biggest series to be filmed in our State ever, so it’s fair to say we’re pretty keen. Get all the deets below, along with a delightful new cafe on Lord Street, where to score cult faves Love Ya So Matcha this weekend, and more.
P.S. stay cool out there gang — mild weekends are out, summer is back with a vengeance.
Troy Mutton, Editor-In-Chief, Perth is OK!
NEWS
The Boys’ star Antony Starr leads new Netflix series, Breakers, filming now in the South West
Cameras are officially rolling in our South West region on Breakers, the first Netflix series ever to be filmed in Western Australia.
And while we know many of you felt a little burnt by Nic Cage’s efforts down there last year (ourselves not included), we’ve got a good feeling about this one…
The eight-part drama is the largest screen production the state has hosted to date, with filming now underway across the region. Led by The Boys star Antony Starr, Breakers is expected to employ more than 100 Western Australians and inject over $19 million into the local economy.
THE LATEST FROM PERTH IS OK!
POPPING INTO…
Cult fave Love Ya So Matcha lands in Freo this Sunday
Get down to FOMO Freo from 8am-3pm! Founded by a Japanese mother-and-daughter duo, we’re talkin’ real deal organic, ceremonial-grade matcha sourced direct from Japan, hand-whisked and served with love.
SPONSORED
Illuminate the Journey is lighting up Long Park for 10 nights this week!
From now until Feb 8, the Oats Street Station precinct at Long Park transforms into a glowing, high-energy community hub, inviting families and locals to explore the area in a whole new way.
SEE YOU AT…
LIVID in the Laneway — Summerstock Vol 2
An all-ages festival spotlighting the best of Perth’s independent music scene. After a near sell-out debut last year, the laneway lights up again with 10 local acts — a cracking way to spend a balmy summer night by the sea if you ask us!
EXPLORE
Award-winning outback restaurant sets the gold standard
Kununurra’s Gourmet Camp Oven Experience, created and hosted by chef Josh Melville, is a four-course dining adventure is like none other.
TODAY/TONIGHT (FRINGE EDITION)
It’s CLUB D'AMOUR: Encore’s final Fringe weekend
Through a flirtatious fusion of circus, drag, burlesque, and live vocals, Club D’amour: Encore delivers the ultimate climax in a glitter-soaked and champagne-drenched celebration of desire, decadence, and delight.
EAT & DRINK
‘Half coffee, half community’: 808 Specialty Coffee opens on Lord Street
“I like to say I’ve had many lives!”
It’s a searingly hot Friday morning in January, and we’re taking refuge at 808 Specialty Coffee, a new coffee window that’s just opened on Lord Street.
While we chat, owner Monique Francois is telling us about her background – first studying communications and photo media at uni, then working as a makeup artist pre-COVID and later, starting her own social media marketing business.
Notably, there isn’t a whole lot of hospitality in her CV, apart from a brief nine-month stint when she was 18. “So I dipped one toe slightly into the water!”
Monique isn’t too fazed by that, though – and her can-do enthusiasm is pretty infectious.
CWEATHERD
Weekend Forecast
Friday: Max 34
Sunny
Saturday: Min 20 / Max 36
Sunny
Sunday: Min 19 / Max 37
Sunny
Monday: Min 25 / Max 38
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