Food, Drink & Dining Out The Perth Thread - Part 2

[Off The Couch]

Are you going to propose ioppolo

Bridgetown
Walpole
Pemberton
Denmark
Margaret River

And what is this “girlfriend” and “anniversary”

 

[Freo88]

Just reading an article in the news today about the Perth Airport's proposed new runway.

Which piqued my interest and lead me to research Perth Airport's consolidation plans. I am a bit confused by them though. Currently there are seemingly 4 terminals however their plan is wanting to consolidate all domestic and international services into T1?

A couple of questions that come to mind are:
- Practically how would this work to have both international and domestic operating out of the same terminal. Customs and immigration etc etc.
- What is happening to the other 3 terminals?
- Haven't Virgin and Qantas just redone their terminals, especially T3 for Qantas with their UK flight. Would all of that be for nothing when the consolidation takes place?

Thanks in advance.

 

[ioppolo]

Are you going to propose ioppolo

Bridgetown
Walpole
Pemberton
Denmark
Margaret River

And what is this “girlfriend” and “anniversary”

Not proposing, we've been together coming up five years, our 'anniversary' is the day we made it official I guess. We were 18 & 20 at the time

 

[ioppolo]

Denmark is nice but it's a solid 4 1/2 hour drive. You can get to Dunsborough/Busselton in 2 1/2 to 3.

Depends what you're looking for in a few days off really. I know of people that have had a weekend away in Bickley which is closer to the city than a lot of the North/South urban sprawl.

Bickley is something I wouldn't have considered if I didn't read this, but a quick google search of the accommodation out there shows some amazing views.

 

[Scotland]

I lose track of what's what whenever I go to the airport. Have to double check which terminal it says on the ticket.

The grand plan for what it's all going to look like when the rail link is done hasn't been sold very well to the public.

 

[Scotland]

Bickley is something I wouldn't have considered if I didn't read this, but a quick google search of the accommodation out there shows some amazing views.

Some lovely spots out there, just seems weird having grown up in that part of the world that people who go there for a weekend.

 

[PastiesPeake]

Bickley is a shit hole, avoid

 

[Silent Alarm]

Don't go to the great southern until about December. It is a cold miserable shithole with absolute nothing to do and nowhere to go up until about September and even after that I wouldn't trust it. Beautiful in summer and unlike other holiday towns in the world they never get that busy. If you like wet rain forests go Pemberton but honestly I'd head somewhere up north as you're a better chance of some blue skies. Denmark isn't even a good town for swimming in unless you know back beaches.

Apparently the whole area is like still water at the moment though: stagnant, there for the sake of it, and filthy. Then again I have an axe to grind and know those towns all too well...

Anyway. World Cup. Sunday. If the poms are there and get up where will be a massive night out? Inb4 Joondalup or some tavern in Clarkson.

 

[gaskin]

Joondalup or the Casino. I don't know how many would be out in the city on a Sunday night.

 

[blueboy25]

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Anyway. World Cup. Sunday. If the poms are there and get up where will be a massive night out? Inb4 Joondalup or some tavern in Clarkson.

Casino will be jam packed. I was at the Woodvale tavern on saturday night and it was heaving. Can just imagine what it will be like if they make it to the final.

 

[Smeg Head]

Don't go to the great southern until about December. It is a cold miserable shithole with absolute nothing to do and nowhere to go up until about September and even after that I wouldn't trust it. Beautiful in summer and unlike other holiday towns in the world they never get that busy. If you like wet rain forests go Pemberton but honestly I'd head somewhere up north as you're a better chance of some blue skies. Denmark isn't even a good town for swimming in unless you know back beaches.

Apparently the whole area is like still water at the moment though: stagnant, there for the sake of it, and filthy. Then again I have an axe to grind and know those towns all too well...

Anyway. World Cup. Sunday. If the poms are there and get up where will be a massive night out? Inb4 Joondalup or some tavern in Clarkson.

You drive out to Green's pool if you want to go swimming, but I wouldn't exactly call it aback beach.

 

[ioppolo]

Bickley is a shit hole, avoid

Care to elaborate?

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

Bickley is a shit hole, avoid

Whats wrong with Bickley ?

 

[Silent Alarm]

Yeah nah I don't think it's snobby to not want to go to the casino at 1am on a Sunday. Especially around a bunch of lagered up Brits. Don't really wanna be in the middle of nowhere/glassed.

Is the Inglewood Hotel still a good place? Went once or twice when I was studying in Perth and it always got a good crowd and wasn't too tavern-y.

 

[PastiesPeake]

Google top 10 attractions in Bickley.

These are the best places in WA.
1. Yallingup
2. Pemberton
3. Coral Bay
4. Margaret River
5. Rottnest
6. Dunsborough
7. Denmark
8. Augusta
9. Kalbarri
10. Karijini
....
91,589. Bickley

 

[Scotland]

https://www.perthnow.com.au/lifesty...auldron-among-recent-casualties-ng-b88892289z

Where your $30 meal price goes
Wages: $11.88
Property costs: $4.98
Food: $8.76
Sundry expenses (including credit card fees): $3.36
Profit: $1.02

I'd be interested to see how this was all worked out. Your property costs are largely fixed whether you have 3 staff on or 20.

If you have say half a dozen staff on at $25/hr then that's $150/hr you need to recoup. If you sell meals for $30 that cost $9 to make then you make a profit of $21/meal before expenses so would need to serve about 7 meals an hour to cover wages. Seems very doable. I go to a small cafe restaurant near me that during dinner service would have 6-8 people on and they would have a dozen tables filled for a couple of hours.

I've got a nagging suspicion that in a lot of these places the property costs are very high and/or the owners pay themselves a good wage out of the business first. But the standard response is that wages are too high and consumers are too fussy.

 

[ioppolo]

Google top 10 attractions in Bickley.

These are the best places in WA.
1. Yallingup
2. Pemberton
3. Coral Bay
4. Margaret River
5. Rottnest
6. Dunsborough
7. Denmark
8. Augusta
9. Kalbarri
10. Karijini
....
91,589. Bickley

Not everyone needs a tonne of attractions to enjoy a place. I love the peace and serenity of the perth hills and would live there in a heartbeat

 

[Smeg Head]

https://www.perthnow.com.au/lifesty...auldron-among-recent-casualties-ng-b88892289z



I'd be interested to see how this was all worked out. Your property costs are largely fixed whether you have 3 staff on or 20.

If you have say half a dozen staff on at $25/hr then that's $150/hr you need to recoup. If you sell meals for $30 that cost $9 to make then you make a profit of $21/meal before expenses so would need to serve about 7 meals an hour to cover wages. Seems very doable. I go to a small cafe restaurant near me that during dinner service would have 6-8 people on and they would have a dozen tables filled for a couple of hours.

I've got a nagging suspicion that in a lot of these places the property costs are very high and/or the owners pay themselves a good wage out of the business first. But the standard response is that wages are too high and consumers are too fussy.

Spot on, its not really wages its property costs.

 

[Noobz0r]

Yeah nah I don't think it's snobby to not want to go to the casino at 1am on a Sunday. Especially around a bunch of lagered up Brits. Don't really wanna be in the middle of nowhere/glassed.

Is the Inglewood Hotel still a good place? Went once or twice when I was studying in Perth and it always got a good crowd and wasn't too tavern-y.

One of the Premier League bars. Ie. Franklin's in Vic Park is Liverpools.

 

[gaskin]

One of the Premier League bars. Ie. Franklin's in Vic Park is Liverpools.

Liverpool aren't at Franklins anymore and haven't been for a while now.

 

[Reynolds Number]

Casino is a shithole. Avoid.

 

[Upgrayedd]

https://www.perthnow.com.au/lifesty...auldron-among-recent-casualties-ng-b88892289z



I'd be interested to see how this was all worked out. Your property costs are largely fixed whether you have 3 staff on or 20.

If you have say half a dozen staff on at $25/hr then that's $150/hr you need to recoup. If you sell meals for $30 that cost $9 to make then you make a profit of $21/meal before expenses so would need to serve about 7 meals an hour to cover wages. Seems very doable. I go to a small cafe restaurant near me that during dinner service would have 6-8 people on and they would have a dozen tables filled for a couple of hours.

I've got a nagging suspicion that in a lot of these places the property costs are very high and/or the owners pay themselves a good wage out of the business first. But the standard response is that wages are too high and consumers are too fussy.

As someone said, property costs the big one

rents ridiculous and places are happy to have empty buildings then drop rents.

Restraunt scene in Perth is hugely competitive, just opening a run of the mill place will get you killed. running a good restraunt isnt good enough either.

I work as a sales rep for a liquor wholesaler and some of the stop credit accounts/money owing to us its kind of scary. Had one go into administration which is on the hook for 5 grand. and im expecting another 2/3 which will be about that much as well go down soon

Example in north perth, anything on fitzgerald street your looking at about 40k Per year. so abut 3400 per week, PLUS other expenses, Tough game

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

Not everyone needs a tonne of attractions to enjoy a place. I love the peace and serenity of the perth hills and would live there in a heartbeat

Get a small block of land and you have heaps of room , could even have some animals

 

[Silent Alarm]

Casino is a shithole. Avoid.

Yeah really don't know how people go there, even for Rockspider or whatever the **** it's called

 

[Power Raid]

Some opinions Perth peeps.

The gf and I have our anniversary in a couple months. I want to go away somewhere quiet and relaxing for a few days. Anyone have any good suggestions?

Recently stayed in the most gorgeous place in the perth hills.

Outdoor spa, Champaign and nature.

Being only an hour out of the city, it was quick to get into holiday mode.