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Happy WA Budget day to all who celebrate, which, according to yesterday’s poll, is not about 8% of you. For the record, the stress-heads among us (hey hi how’s it going) just won out over the rest of you alert, not alarmed folks.
Where does that leave us? Couldn’t tell ya, but hopefully something good comes your way today, and we’ll see the 4% of you already at the pub later on for a beer to discuss — or talk about stuff that’s you know, fun!
Troy Mutton, Editor-In-Chief, Perth is OK!
NEWS
“Egalitarian Rottnest lifestyle”: A Perth architect’s climate-responsive urban masterplan for 2099
Perth architect Neil Cownie has won the Future Climate Future Home – Adapt Me competition, which calls on designers from all over the world to reimagine Australia’s cities for the future.
Selecting a 200 metre square block in any city or town in the world, over 100 entries then addressed what the climate conditions might be in 2099, using the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s assessment report to adapt the site to projected temperatures and other environmental factors.
Cownie’s plan, Juice (inspired by the Tim Winton novel of the same name) focuses on a block between Karrakatta Station and the Subiaco Wastewater Treatment Plant, where changes are forecast to include a four degree average temperature increase and a reduction in annual rainfall of 18-35%.
While the chosen focal area sits at the plan’s centre, the scheme expands beyond that square to envision what Cownie describes as “the necessary future support systems of transport, energy provision, water supply, water collection, water distribution and storage”.
THE LATEST FROM PERTH IS OK!
NEWS
New exhibition marks Albany’s colonisation 200 years ago
A major new exhibition opening at the SLWA later this month places Menang Noongar voices at the centre of the 200-year commemoration of colonisation of Kinjarling, now known as Albany.
SPONSORED
Disney, Boomers, Big Laughs, Moto-X and more: Winter’s looking hot at RAC Arena
From mid-June through to August, RAC Arena’s calendar is packed with a mix of family events, sport, music, and comedy that all make a very strong case for getting out of the house this winter.
LIFESYTLE
Perth’s best florists (who deliver!)
Is there any better gesture than a big bunch of flowers delivered to your door? Fortunately, when it comes to florists, we’re truly spoilt for those who deliver. Whether you’re saying Happy Birthday or… Happy Mother’s Day, hint hint.
EVENTS
Sydney Dance Company bringing Engine to Perth
The program brings together three choreographers — artistic director Rafael Bonachela, Berlin-based Spanish choreographer Fran Diaz, and Australian/Javanese choreographer Melanie Lane.
TODAY/TONIGHT
Mother’s Day Market at Brookfield Place
Brookfield Place has been hosting a pop-up market over lunch time this week, and today’s your last chance to pop in and grab a little special something for a little special someone.
EAT & DRINK
A new pizza spot bringing Napoli and New York to Vic Park
Opening this week, Vic Park’s gained a slice of two of the world’s great pizza-loving cities with the arrival of Lievito.
Located at 413 Albany Highway (the former District 1 Vietnamese Tuckshop spot), the pizzeria combines the best of Neapolitan and New York pizza traditions. Pizzas are available whole or by the slice, with toppings that take inspiration from both worlds – think classic mushrooms with fresh ricotta and truffle cream, burrata, basil and prosciutto, new-world go-to hot honey with stracc, or Big Apple stalwart pepperoni.
Take note that sizes definitely look to the Americas, though – with pies stretching a whopping 20 inches (and starting at $48 whole, or $12 by the slice).
CSTAFF RECCOSD
What we’re eating
Sal and Amy popped down to Applecross to check out the new Bar Olé spot a little while back.
“The snacks were spectacular with a special shout out to the smokey lamb empanadas, which we nearly didn't get – thank god we were course corrected. The river views and a sangria or two didn't hurt either.”