Perth / Western Australia

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Long live the dominance of the name Oliver. Or is it a scourge? I know a couple Olivers, i could apply it either way, tbh.

For the actual numbers of each name see here

Quokkas are best known on Wadjemup-Rottnest Island although small groups live in the forests of Noongar Boodja, mostly around Jarrahdale, Dwellingup, Collie, Nannup, Northcliffe, Denmark, the Stirling Ranges, Green Ranges and Bald Island.

Wtf, i only knew about rottnest and like one other place down south.

With big-ticket items such as the AFL coming to Bunbury in 2025, Mr Miguel said the city would look at what other major projects it could introduce.

"We've spoken about a potential ocean pool, an art gallery, upgrades to Bicentennial Square, and a new hotel in the CBD," he said.

These are pretty small minded and/or transient projects. A city and population size like Bunbury should be thinking how to compete with Perth for actual industry share, not competing with Busselton or Margs for tourists.

Critical Minerals logistics and refining could be an area Bunbury is competitive, seeing as theres apparently reasonable quantity of Lithium down that way.

Maybe even set a course to get into battery manufacturing becoming a lithium battery specialist zone.

For those who may be going for an xmas light hunt.

Whats everyone's plans to swelter through the weekend?

Good Morning Perth!

My mother in-law and I are interested in getting solar with Batteries, but i am really not sure of the options are at the moment, at least from a cost and rebates perspective.

What are the current costs for your installs or quotes you have received?

Feel free to should out any good suppliers/installers you have worked with

Thanks!

They were also allowed to skirt the usual requirement to widen the adjacent Lyric Laneway. They would have had to widen it by 1.5m under the planning scheme, but were instead given concession for a minor 0.5m widening under the justification there was an electrical transformer in the way.

I understand the justification for this is a transformer which has since been moved, but i dont think the people of Maylands, businesses and ratepayers alike, understand what is so special about that town centre.

It is because that centre is reasonably pedestrian friendly and reasonably car unfriendly that Maylands is so attractive as a town centre. I mean its basically 200 metres either side of the railway station plus Eighth avenue, and its associated laneways, its a very walkable area, with a fair residential density in and around that area.

Demanding laneway widening is another step to undermine that strength Maylands has. It specifically creates a car sized environment, instead of a human scale environment. If anything the centre of Maylands should be enacting policies creating a human scale environment. That means smaller laneways are preferable.

Long story short, re-exempt them from the lane widening, on the grounds of creating a human scale Maylands.

I have to look for a christmas present for a nephew, and one of the thoughts was a poster of basketball players. Anyone know where there are places to buy them now?

I know there was a place at the royal show, but i am damned if i know where to go now.

There are online places, but shipping is about the same as the poster itself!

would love some options,

thanks!

An opposition case to the transfer of container ships from Freo to Westport by local leaders in Fremantle.

For the month of December 2024, the Perth/WA community is running a photo competition. The winning four photos being featured as the banner for a quarter of the year each is the glorious prize on offer!

Pictures must be taken by the user, and of something Western Australian, a centimetre over that border will be cause disqualification and shame! It can be as small or large as you like, a cool bug, Wave rock, a partial star picture, even a view of one of our bustling cities, or heaving rural towns. Quick reminder advertising isn’t allowed on Aussie-Zone, this of course applies here and the moderators will decide if an image crosses that line. So why not snap awhile while you Wait Awhile here in our beautiful State and enter this grande challenge.

The four winners will be selected by upvote only, downvote as much as you like, they have no power here! The highest upvoted will be selected, probably cut to size, and be displayed as the banner for a quarter of 2025. It’ll be assumed entrants agree to this use of the picture if you upload a photo on this thread.

Entrants can enter as many photos as they like. An entrant can win a maximum of two slots though. Their two highest upvoted will be taken. Our current banner will also be entered, as long as the current owner doesn’t mind.

The winners shall receive plaudits and praise on New Years Eve 2024, probably in the afternoon sometime. With the winner to be featured first whenever a moderator recovers enough from their hangover on New Years Day.

Bonus Competition An excellent ‘WA Christmas’ photo that is posted will be a bonus winner and immediately used as the banner for December 2024.

Geraldton doesn't have recycling, and Perth is rolling into 3 bins. Quite a gap in systems opening up. Not that, thats necessarily a bad thing, maybe theres an alternative more appropriate system for gero