Food, Drink & Dining Out The Perth Thread - Part 3

[Chief]

Part 4 is here:

The Perth Thread - Part 4

Did you see that article in the local paper (not The West Aus) about a forum on the 15th to discuss ways to make crossing Charles st safer/better? I personally don't and have never (even as a child) had an issue with crossing it. Don’t even get me started. Yes it’s difficult to cross and I’m...

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[perthblue]

Oops, and of couse Brockway

 

[WCErevival]

Turn Kalgoorlie into Vegas

 

[Billy ray]

Monorail!

 

[JackOutback]

My more important car had to stop at the traffic lights, that's how they work. Cyclists don't have some special entitlement to a non stop journey that no one else has.

In my example above all the cyclist needs to do is stop to see if anyone is turning left, move into the island part then cross two lanes of traffic at the lights. Which is exactly what I would have done if I was on my bike.

I did say if he ran the lights, he’s a twat. I would either pull up to the left of the car in the left lane to turn at the lights or behind the car in the left lane to ensure some campaigner didn’t sideswipe me, then get as far left as possible. That all said, I avoid the busier roads, too many kents.

 

[JackOutback]

Perth needs a quokka sanctuary near elizabeth quay and a gondola to kings park

And an Aboriginal museum. Tourists would eat that stuff up. We should stop ignoring the fact one of (the?) oldest living culture comes from this country.

 

[twotooto]

Wowwee the Honourable Bill Ray Valentine has some pull

 

[Silent Alarm]

Struggling public servants? Ohhhh boo ****in hoo. Of all the sectors to bail out.

 

[Billy ray]

Struggling public servants? Ohhhh boo ****in hoo. Of all the sectors to bail out.

 

[Noobz0r]

Struggling public servants? Ohhhh boo ****in hoo. Of all the sectors to bail out.

Which would you prefer?

 

[Beerfish]

Which would you prefer?

The mining sector. They've been doing it tough for a few years now.

 

[Noobz0r]

The mining sector. They've been doing it tough for a few years now.

Creative writing industry could use a boost.

 

[Beerfish]

Creative writing industry could use a boost.

You mean meedja?

But seriously, I've heard it's sometimes quite difficult getting even a low 6 figure salary in the mining sector these days. Who's going to help all the jet ski dealerships going out of business? There are flow on effects to comsider here.

 

[Noobz0r]

You mean meedja?

But seriously, I've heard it's sometimes quite difficult getting even a low 6 figure salary in the mining sector these days. Who's going to help all the jet ski dealerships going out of business? There are flow on effects to comsider here.

My partner is in the industry, and unless you’re cooking or cleaning that is incorrect.

 

[Billy ray]

Satire guys...

 

[Scotland]

'Bloody FIFO workers making 100 grand!'
'You know working a 2:1 roster of 12 hour days that's about $35/hr? Doing a 20 day fortnight on 3:1 is less'
'Yeah but-'
'They are always hiring, do you want a job?'
'Well, no but-'

*not a FIFO worker
**FIFO workers tend to be whinging kents

 

[blueboy25]

The mining sector. They've been doing it tough for a few years now.

Banking sector needs a bit of help

 

[Off The Couch]

I’ve never done the figures but I sometimes wonder if they broke down the 12 hour days, time away from family whether the rates wouldn’t be much the same as if they were working in the city - anyone know?

 

[Scotland]

I just did that roughly above.

Median income is about $65k, average about $80k. So based on a 40 hour week x 52 weeks that's $31-39/hr. A lot of site workers don't get a rate much more than that and some get less. White collar FIFO workers are often worse off on an hourly basis compared to working a city job.

I know some that do it for the money, some that enjoy the routine and lifestyle of regular weeks off and some do it because they don't really have any other skills and experience. I also know people that do project construction work and move from job to job around the place. They do the longer rosters because that's where the money is.

There's a push towards even time rosters with people doing 8/6 or 7/7 or 4/3 so they are home more often but the reality is the less time you actually spend working the less a company will want to pay you. If you're working full 12 hour shifts (a lot of places do 10.5 or 11) then on those rosters you're only working 40-50 hours a week over the course of a full year whereas people on construction rosters (3:1, 4:1) are working a lot more. If working away means you're home every weekend (or second) and only doing as many hours as an office worker it's unrealistic to think that your salary is going to be massive.

 

[Beerfish]

Two leotard wearing dickheads riding double file well below the speed limit on Canning Highway this morning. Just get ****ed.

 

[Scotland]

Canning Hwy is old and pretty narrow in most sections.

The govt should invest in extending the cycle network for the cyclists to not use.

 

[Beerfish]

Was in Brisbane last November and they know how to do things there when it comes to non motorised traffic. By the river there's a lane for pedestrians and 2 lanes for cyclists, one in each direction. Works like a dream.

 

[Kram]

What's people's obsession with bagging and hating on cyclists? Barring holding me up for a few seconds on the very odd occasion are they really that much of a problem?

And no it's not because I ride them, I haven't even sat on any sort of bicycle in 10+ years.

 

[Scotland]

The leotard wearing fat middle aged men with $10,000 bikes that cycle 5km to get a coffee and a pastry are fun to laugh at, but that's about the end of it.

People hate them because of sections of road like this. Dual lane cycle path, shoulder then road and they will ride together (not in single file) on the road. And we now have to give them a metre when passing so if there's traffic in both lanes then the left lane can only move at cyclist pace. As soon as the good road dries up they're back on the cycle path, or on the footpath, or wherever they feel like at the time. Traffic signals? Pfft, don't apply. They actively put themselves in danger, annoy motorists and pedestrians for what exactly? So they can pretend they are in a peloton heading for the Champs-Elysees?



No one likes being held up in traffic but it's a part of life, deal with it. The problem is the cyclists create unnecessary problems because they can. Now I could drive my car in the middle of those two lanes at 30 km/h and create a jam, and people would be honking and flashing me to GTFO of the way - plus if a cop car happened to spot me I'd be fined for it and fair enough.

Extending the cycle network is one of the best things Perth has done in recent years. I just hope that these ****wits don't ruin it for the rest of us by making the govt decide to spend the money elsewhere because they don't think it is getting used enough.

 

[quotemokc]

I hate it when cyclists, despite having a cycle lane still ride as close to the car lane as possible.

 

[Beerfish]

I hate it when cyclists, despite having a cycle lane still ride as close to the car lane as possible.

Or even worse JUST outside the cycle lane. It's like they're allergic to it or something. What? A special part of the road JUST for me? **** off! I'm riding on the road with the cars because **** you that's why!