The Perth Thread

[Teriyakicat]

Heaps of dead towns in the Goldfields now

Yeah, it's sad, I reckon.
Though it's exactly what's happened throughout the history of the goldfields, isn't it?
I remember reading that places like Kanowna Belle had a population of over 10,000 in about 1900, Broad Arrow and Ora Banda, I think, had about 2,000 each.

 

[Teriyakicat]

I lived in Boulder for a while, had my first child in Kalgoorlie - not that she tells anyone that - worst 12 months of my life

haha- I had my first two in Kal

 

[HTPunter]

I don't have a caravan, and I'm not grey... yet. Closer to it than I want to be, mind.

Going to bed at 6pm shouldn't just be a winter thing. If we did it all year round there'd be no need for the shops to have to open and ruin our 1950s utopia.

If you can get to sleep at 6pm in a Perth summer I salute you.

 

[HTPunter]

Interesting with all this mining stuff - people have definitely gone and chased short-term success. Hopefully we can ease out of it but I don't like the possibilities this could have on a large number of families/communities.

 

[davo99]

Did anyone else's ABC signal just go wonky?

As in keeps dropping in and out?

 

[WCErevival]

My ABC has gone crappy but it may be my antenna plug has come out a bit

 

[The Speaker]

As in keeps dropping in and out?

At the end of the news the signal just dropped and no amount of antenna moving could fix it from having at least some of the digital version of 'static'. Every other station works fine.

 

[Off The Couch]

At the end of the news the signal just dropped and no amount of antenna moving could fix it from having at least some of the digital version of 'static'. Every other station works fine.

Have a no service message come up on mine - no problems with any other stations.

Seems those funding cuts are bigger than we thought

 

[Stronzo]

I can't believe they spent $1600 to hire Courtney Murphy. I had forgotten that idiot's name until I just read it.

He used to be a regular performer at a pub I worked at. He was a top bloke, and very funny.

 

[davo99]

Have a no service message come up on mine - no problems with any other stations.

Seems those funding cuts are bigger than we thought

Mine did that all night last night. We just re-connected the antenna and was eventually ok. Reassuring that this is a common issue though... Was about too get a new tv.

 

[WayneHarmes]

Hey all.

Really appreciated all the honest feedback from people a few weeks ago on good places to live in Perth. Another question I have right now is what is it with the North vs South rivalry? I've heard that it's a big thing in Perth about whether you live North or South of the river and am just curious as to what it means?

Apologies if I'm stoking the fire.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

It's not that big a thing really. It's just that if you have six fingers per hand and play the banjo, you live on the south side of the river.

 

[The_Reaper]

Hey all.

Really appreciated all the honest feedback from people a few weeks ago on good places to live in Perth. Another question I have right now is what is it with the North vs South rivalry? I've heard that it's a big thing in Perth about whether you live North or South of the river and am just curious as to what it means?

Apologies if I'm stoking the fire.

Good luck you if you're both an Eastern Stater and you live on the wrong side of the River.

 

[WCErevival]

My theory is you're fine so long as you stay approximately within 10 km of the city either way. Too far south or north is where the problems lie.

 

[Off The Couch]

Hey all.

Really appreciated all the honest feedback from people a few weeks ago on good places to live in Perth. Another question I have right now is what is it with the North vs South rivalry? I've heard that it's a big thing in Perth about whether you live North or South of the river and am just curious as to what it means?

Apologies if I'm stoking the fire.

It's there but it's not that big a deal - just don't go east

 

[Teriyakicat]

Hey all.

Really appreciated all the honest feedback from people a few weeks ago on good places to live in Perth. Another question I have right now is what is it with the North vs South rivalry? I've heard that it's a big thing in Perth about whether you live North or South of the river and am just curious as to what it means?

Apologies if I'm stoking the fire.

You can tell the northerners by their blank stares, the bolt through their neck, and how they reach into their pants to use their brain

 

[Teriyakicat]

It's not that big a thing really. It's just that if you have six fingers per hand and play the banjo, you live on the south side of the river.

Wish I was that talented

 

[Scotland]

My theory is you're fine so long as you stay approximately within 10 km of the city either way. Too far south or north is where the problems lie.

This. Same goes for too far East, also.

90% of the best areas in Perth are in the rectangular block City Beach East to the Freeway, South to Canning Hwy then West to Fremantle.

 

[Underdog]

This. Same goes for too far East, also.

90% of the best areas in Perth are in the rectangular block City Beach East to the Freeway, South to Canning Hwy then West to Fremantle.

TIL
Best = full of w*nkers

 

[Scotland]

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[ioppolo]

Northerners have no soul.

 

[blueboy25]

The southside are about 15 years behind the north. They are still celebrating getting a train line.

 

[ioppolo]

Ellenbrook are still begging for one.

 

[Teriyakicat]

The southside are about 15 years behind the north. They are still celebrating getting a train line.

No we're not!! That party finished last week!
We're still cleaning up- and I've got the photos to prove it!

 

[blueboy25]

No we're not!! That party finished last week!
We're still cleaning up- and I've got the photos to prove it!

Another quiet night in Rockingham I see