Well after a wild week had some very wholesome community fun on the weekend — first visiting Northbridge Common’s Take5 Laneway Exhibition on Saturday. Long story short Northbridge’s Town Team gave out a bunch of disposable cameras last year and asked locals to take a few pics and pass it on, and Saturday’s exhibition was the end result. The pics were great but the laneway party with the Northbridge community getting together and enjoying a couple of drinks, some snacks and tunes while checking them out was the real winner.
Then onto a sold out screening at Luna of Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie — and unfortunately it would be impossible to long story short that one. So I’ll just say the movies are back, and watching them in a packed theatre on the big screen is something that endlessly scrolling through five different streaming services you’re paying way too much for will never be able to replicate.
Make 2026 the year of taking in good quality content with your community! Just like, we hope, a couple of things you’ll find below…
Troy Mutton, Editor-In-Chief, Perth is OK!
EAT & DRINK
The best restaurants around Dunsborough
The south west is a world-class destination for food and wine – as well as the spectacular beaches, forests and scenery – but sometimes it helps to be reminded of the culinary delights that are on offer.
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NEWS
Freo Piazza gets a Big Trash Animal by renowned Portuguese street artist
Starting last weekend, world-renowned street artist Bordalo II is in town – installing one of his iconic Big Trash Animals at the Fremantle Piazza.
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Built for families, fans and the future, the WACA Ground is back!
After years of planning and transformation, the WACA Ground is on the brink of its next chapter, re-emerging as a modern, multi-use precinct designed not just for elite sport, but for everyday Perth life.
NEWS
Good Sammy unveils $5.7m Canning Vale transformation
Good Sammy officially opened its new head office and training centre last week, designed to expand inclusive employment and training opportunities for Western Australians with a disability.
SPORTS
Construction commences on new 14-hole short course at The Vines Resort
The new layout will offer a genuine golf experience in around two hours and 20 minutes — ideal for time-poor players, families and social groups who don’t always have half a day to spare.
TODAY/TONIGHT
Flavours on 9th at Inglewood Community Hub
While the much-loved Monday Night Markets team takes a well-earned break, something new has arrived to treat your taste buds. Flavours on 9th is a new weekly street food market featuring a rotating lineup of some of Perth’s finest food trucks from 5-9pm.
FORGOTTEN PERTH
From Bond to the Birnies: East Perth Watch House offers haunting insight into city’s notorious past
During its 40 years of operation, the East Perth Watch House hosted some of Western Australia’s most notorious detainees.
From 1975 until its closure midway through 2013, the facility saw an array of Western Australians pass through its heavily-guarded sally port. From weekend drunk and disorderly arrests to the state’s most hardened criminals, anyone arrested in the Perth metropolitan area likely found themselves an unwitting guest of the Watch House.
The list of detainees is as notable as it is long. Alan Bond was processed and remanded at the Watch House in 1990 after his arrest for violating corporate laws while former Premier, Brian Burke, spent time in the facility’s holding cells when he was arrested in 1992 for travel routs. David and Catherine Birnie, who murdered four women and attempted to kill a fifth at their Willagee home in 1986, were held at the Watch House prior to their various court appearances.
Image Credit: Sally Hall
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The week ahead
Today: Max 31, sunny
Tuesday: Min 18 / Max 36, sunny
Wednesday: Min 25 / Max 34, mostly sunny
Thursday: Min 19 / Max 33, cloud clearing
Friday: Min 20 / Max 34, sunny