Such a great setlist, amazing artists, massive crew, band, and performers, made for a spectacular evening.

A technical difficulty early on but rectified super fast (Loire blew some fuses with her voice power). Utterly flawless performance by all members and it was such a delight to see Lisa Gerrard sing live too.

Why is there barely any public toilets in Perth, when I'm in the city the public toilet is always far away or takes a bit of time to find, We should build more

Goosebumps when everyone towards the end gave standing ovation to the man himself. Incredible show.

My daughter and I have recently gotten into RC cars, specifically the smaller 1/18 scale 4WD ones.

We’re looking for some good spots around Perth to take them for a drive. Ideally somewhere with rocks, dirt trails, little hills and obstacles to crawl over.

Does anyone know of any good spots? We’re south of the river but happy to travel for somewhere decent.

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Cheers!

EDIT SUPER SRS: May have been generative AI used in report too... Another commenter highlighted this but their post removed. This is really serious if true. Any smartie pants wish to verify? I have commented photo

I feel UWA should not benefit from all the hard work Curtin has put in.

A merger might be in UWA's best interests, but is it really in WA's best interests?

I can certainly see how a merger would benefit UWA. What I'm far less convinced of is whether it would benefit the state, students, or the other universities involved and certainly not Curtin which is genuinely a great institution.

In my opinion, UWA has suffered from increasingly short-sighted management over the past two decades, perhaps longer. That's not to suggest it's a bad university. Quite the opposite. I think UWA remains a great institution with incredibly strong foundations, a rich history and enormous potential. However, I also think it has relied far too heavily on its historical prestige and its reputation as the university to attend in Perth, rather than consistently adapting to an increasingly competitive higher education market.

Meanwhile, Curtin has spent decades improving its offerings, industry connections, facilities and student experience. In areas such as engineering, business and increasingly even law, Curtin has become a genuinely competitive, and often preferable, alternative. Anecdotally, many people I speak to regard Curtin's teaching, student experience and even graduate employment prospects as superior in certain disciplines.

And frankly, if Curtin eventually overtakes UWA as Perth's leading university through better management, innovation and student choice, why shouldn't it?

One of UWA's biggest strategic mistakes, in my view, was its shift towards the broad undergraduate degree model, requiring postgraduate qualifications for entry into many professions.

Consider engineering. Why would a prospective student choose a five-year pathway at UWA when they could obtain a professionally accredited engineering qualification at Curtin in four years, potentially with stronger industry exposure along the way?

UWA appeared to be banking on students accepting additional time and expense for the prestige of its name. I think that was a serious miscalculation.

The same applies to broadening units. I actually support the underlying philosophy of a well-rounded education. But when students are required to spend a substantial portion of their degree studying subjects unrelated to their intended profession, while students at competing universities can qualify sooner, you have to question whether the model genuinely serves students' interests.

There's a reason people joke about having to study something like African drumming instead of another unit relevant to their profession. The criticism isn't necessarily of those subjects themselves, but of a system that can make an already expensive and lengthy qualification even longer.

To me, these are fundamentally problems arising from UWA's own strategic decisions. And rather than addressing them, amalgamation risks rewarding those decisions at the expense of institutions that have worked hard to establish their own identities and competitive advantages.

Why should Curtin potentially have to sacrifice its independence, institutional identity or successful educational model to accommodate UWA's shortcomings?

Universities should be competing to provide better education, stronger employment outcomes and a better student experience. Students should ultimately determine which institutions succeed through their choices.

I'd much rather see UWA invest in itself, reconsider its course structures, improve the student experience, strengthen its industry connections and genuinely recommit to educational excellence.

UWA doesn't need to absorb its competitors to become a great university again. It needs to demonstrate why students should choose it over those competitors. And ultimately, what is best for UWA is not necessarily what is best for Western Australia.

I set the date back to 2007. Can see the old blockbuster where the pet shop now is

Hey Perth! Some friends and I want to sample a selection of Conti rolls. A few of us are going to each trek to different places, pick one up and bring them back to work for lunch. We'll slice up the Contis so we can have a taste of each one (and maybe have a cheeky rating score)

My question is, where should we go to sample the best Contis, preferably south of the river? We are currently thinking Gilberts, Bread top and Rustico. Are there any others we should consider?

We are calling it the "Festival dei Conti"!

Welcome to the Perth Book Club!

Book Club will be held at 10am every Tuesday.

What is this?

This is a place to share what you are reading or perhaps look for suggestions for new material. Have a favourite author you want to talk about? Looking forward to an upcoming release? All are welcome here.

These threads are posted every Tuesday and various times (depending on when I'm free).

Book Swap

Are you looking to buy/sell/swap/give some books? Please feel free to list them here in this thread. Do you see something you want that someone is offering? Send them a Private Message so that you can organise the details.

Do Audiobooks count?

Absolutely! This isn't a place for purity of written material, this is a place to share.

What about manga/comics/visual novels?

More than welcome here. If it's something you're reading/listening to and you want to talk about it, you're home.

Spoilers

It should go without saying that no one wants a book spoiled. Please put anything that could be a spoiler inside a spoiler tag. If you aren't sure if it is a spoiler or not, act like it is.

please add in any local fruit trees you know of! tis the season :)

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?ie=UTF&msa=0&mid=1hcFBk-emLKK3XAZZlYXasUbVek8&ll=-31.931854564754317%2C115.87910475562369&z=14

Sorry about the crap pic but an A series has been spotted inside the new Bellevue Railcar Depot (Next to Alstom where the C series are being built).

Wont be long I don't think until they start relocating the A series here from Claisebrook.

Hi guys,
my toilet got blocked on Saturday. After trying to fix it myself, I reported it to the agent as urgent. They created a work order but later said their plumber wasn’t available until Monday and told me that I have to sort it myself and ask us not to use the toilet until then. After I argued, they gave us access to a vacant unit in the same building to use its toilet temporarily.
Their plumber still didn’t attend on Monday, so they arranged another company. They came today and cleared the blockage by plunging it. They told my wife it was just toilet papers and mentioned this had happened before and was fixed the same way means they have visited before. 🙄 And the funny thing is there was a plunger already when I moved in 😄
The agent had already emailed me saying that if the blockage was caused by excessive toilet paper, paper products, or any foreign material, I may have to pay the plumber’s cost.
We only started renting the property in July 2026 WA. If the plumber’s report simply says the blockage was caused by toilet paper, can the agent reasonably make us pay?
Would this normally be considered tenant misuse?

TIA

as in title. local crow behaving strangely. it’s family is keeping a close eye on it so I don’t want to get to close.

Drove past this a few times over the last few weeks and assumed I was misreading it. I’ve just stopped by it and it does indeed say maga, did they mean mega?

Seems fucking wild but all roads lead back to FMG (fuck me guys!!!)

Hi I’m moving to Perth in January. I’m just wondering if there are any sea pools like the icebergs in Sydney around?

Hi everyone! 😊

I’d love to hear about your experiences, or your child’s experiences, with GATE programs at schools in Western Australia, other than Perth Modern School.

Did you find the program enjoyable, challenging and beneficial for learning, or was it stressful and overwhelming? What was the learning environment like, and do you feel the program was a positive experience overall?

I’d really appreciate hearing both the positive and negative experiences, as I’m trying to get a better understanding of what these programs are like in practice.

Thanks so much in advance for sharing! 😊

Apology for the title, spelt Potters incorrectly.

Been a while since I've seen one of these come through. As usual, no information on the flyer connecting them to the event.

If you don't know potters house google them.

Thanks for listening reading my TED presentation

Shocked to discover how many "independent" vet clinics are actually secretly owned by corporates. I try to avoid chains like Vetwest or Greencross but was shocked to discover my local "independent" vet (who hasn't changed branding) has been bought out by a corporation. I did some digging after I felt they were becoming more focussed on finances than previously.

Some clinics I could find being run by corporates behind the scenes (alphabetical order):

Brighton Vet

Cannington Vets

Claremont Vet

Drovers Vet

Foothills Animal Hospital

GoVets Greenwood

Kingsley Vet

Kudah Vet

Kwinana Vet Hospital

Morley Vetcentre

Spearwood Vet

Swan Valley Vet

Vital Vet

Let's try our best to support independent business and prevent more industries becoming monopolised by corporations!

I'm guessing there was a fire that broke out in the rubbish truck and the driver pulled in here to dump the contents.

A fire engine pulled up just after I took this video. It was out 20 minutes later.