Good morning and special shoutout to the many polite readers last week who kindly pointed out I was a day ahead of myself on Friday and there was nothing spooky about it at all! Perhaps that’ll do for a while vis-à-vis lunch martinis.
Onwards, upwards etc. etc. and the show must go on today, Monday the 17th of August!
First up if you feel like daydreaming about holidays you’re not on and homes you can’t have, take a stroll through the rather impressive Cottesloe home below (it is very cool). From there you can check in on a GoFundMe which was setup by the Side Piece Deli community to help cover upcoming legal fees; meet a rather cute little squid discovered in the North Atlantic by a WA researcher; start planning your return to the Subi Night Market when it returns next month; and finally get a sneak peek at a new art installation opening in an empty Perth building soon.
Troy Mutton, Editor-in-Chief, Perth is OK!
HOMES
The charming coastal hacienda just metres from Cott Beach
In the hustle and bustle of life, let’s inject a little romance back into things!
And there ain’t much more romantic than a Mediterranean hideaway just moments from what is perhaps WA’s most iconic beach…
Located at 12 Torrens Street (just a couple of blocks back from North Cott SLSC), the three-level home has the bagged brick, terracotta Mission barrel tiles and arched shutters of a classic hacienda-style home – the turquoise blue of the latter evoking its coastal location.
THE LATEST FROM PERTH IS OK!
NEWS
Community rallies behind popular Swanbourne cafe facing Supreme Court battle
A GoFundMe has been launched by the community to help cover legal fees for Side Piece Deli as it prepares for an expensive Supreme Court battle brought by a neighbour.
SPONSORED
Sort your way through RAC Arena’s seriously stacked spring lineup
From international pop icons and hometown heroes to cinematic soundtracks, the Perth Wildcats season and serious nostalgia, there’s a little bit of everything heading coming up.
NEWS
Tiny, rare bobtail squid spotted in Arctic fjord by UWA researchers
A tiny, rare and very cute bobtail squid has been observed in its natural North Atlantic habitat for the first time ever by a team of researchers lead by Western Australian marine biologist Dr Paige Maroni.
WHAT’S ON
Saturdays, sunsets, snacks: Subi Night Markets return this September
Yeah, yeah – we’re pretty sick of seeing everyone’s Euro summer content, too. But joke’s on them, because Euro summer is about to come to us!
TODAY/TONIGHT
$20 Burger and Trivia Night at The Station in South Perth
Gather up your gang every Monday to test just how far your knowledge can go with the Dux Nuts Quiz pros. Registrations from 6pm and there’s prizes for gold and silver. AND you can fuel up with a $20 burger special.
EVENTS
You can stroll through an actual wheat field in an empty CBD building next month
A wheat field is about to pop up in one of the last places you’d expect to find one – inside a Perth CBD office building.
Opening this September, ‘there is nothing you need to do in here.’ is a four-week public art installation transforming an under-utilised office space at 1 Mill Street into an immersive landscape inspired by the WA Wheatbelt.
Visitors will be able to wander through hundreds of thousands of wheat stems beneath the building’s fluorescent office lighting, accompanied by an immersive soundscape designed to heighten the strange contrast between corporate Perth and the landscapes beyond it.
Created by newly established not-for-profit WHAC, the installation explores ideas around place, labour, memory, regional identity and our growing disconnection from nature.
And, according to WHAC founder Alex Miller, the absurdity of putting a wheat field inside an office building is exactly the point.
Willing Coffee by Sally Hall
CWEATHERD
The week ahead
Today: Max 20
Showers
Tuesday: Min 9 / Max 18
Shower or two
Wednesday: Min 9 / Max 19
Showers
Thursday: Min 7 / Max 20
Shower or two
Friday: Min 8 / Max 20
Possible shower