The Perth Thread

[blueboy25]

I don't remember Scarborough ever being interesting. The highlight was probably The Lookout, and that's a pretty low highlight.

The lookout and Club A in the mid to late 90's was great, went down hill real quick after that.

 

[blueboy25]

Unfortuantely WA doesn't have the surf club culture of the QLD and NSW where the surf club is a foacl point of the beach where your average punter can go for a beer and counter meal

Yes we have surf clubs here but the only people who seem to go there are the clubbies.

 

[UFO Tatsu]

Last time I went to Cottesloe Beach it sounded like about 80% of the people there swimming there were from overseas..

are you sure they were tourist? there are a lot of us here

 

[Off The Couch]

Unfortuantely WA doesn't have the surf club culture of the QLD and NSW where the surf club is a foacl point of the beach where your average punter can go for a beer and counter meal

Yes we have surf clubs here but the only people who seem to go there are the clubbies.

Like you said the clubbies utilise them but it's Also because they don't have the pokies or the population to be able to offer the services that are provided over East especially when the clubs are manned predominately by volunteers. SSLC have great facilities and it would be perfect for a Sunday session and they may do that if this new development gets the crowds back in. I also am not sure what the laws are surrounding the clubs in relation to alcohol and meals on this state as you would think Cottesloe club would already be doing something seeing as how much traffic that beach gets

 

[Shane Hird]

Does anyone fly anywhere especially for the beaches?

I didn't fly to Hamilton Island for Whitsunday beach, though I still visited the beach.

Right..

 

[Teriyakicat]

are you sure they were tourist? there are a lot of us here

I thought most Asians stayed away from the beach? Maybe not so much the teenagers- they have no problems, though many Asians are poor swimmers (forgive the generalisations- just my own observations over the years).

A lot of them are very sun-conscious- hence the parasols/umbrellas when they have to walk somewhere in the middle of the day.

 

[Kram]

are you sure they were tourist? there are a lot of us here

Ha you could tell they were tourists just by the way they were talking, mainly European and South African. Might have been just the area or day I was there or something, I don't go there often.

 

[blueboy25]

Ha you could tell they were tourists just by the way they were talking, mainly European and South African. Might have been just the area or day I was there or something, I don't go there often.

The best are the irish and brits who have a couple of beers and try and go for a swim at scarbs or trigg and end up being dragged back in by the lifesavers

 

[Off The Couch]

It never ceases to amaze me the lack of respect given to the ocean

 

[gaskin]

My new licence came today and the new design looks stupid.

 

[Shane Hird]

I traveled to that far-a-away suburb in the sand dunes called Butler the other day.

#### me what a barren ####hole of a place.

Just an endless sea of roof tops with yards devoid of any tree over 4 mtrs.

Any of you people live up there?

Do ya like it ?

 

[Forward Press]

I traveled to that far-a-away suburb in the sand dunes called Butler the other day.

#### me what a barren ####hole of a place.

Just an endless sea of roof tops with yards devoid of any tree over 4 mtrs.

Any of you people live up there?

Do ya like it ?

Used to work not very far from Butler. You're completely right.

Our suburbs are soulless and 'green areas' are just lawn and/or astroturf. But it's the Australian dream.

 

[Forward Press]

I thought most Asians stayed away from the beach? Maybe not so much the teenagers- they have no problems, though many Asians are poor swimmers (forgive the generalisations- just my own observations over the years).

A lot of them are very sun-conscious- hence the parasols/umbrellas when they have to walk somewhere in the middle of the day.

You're not wrong.

"Let me get this straight - it's 40 degrees outside and sunny, and you want to go outside? You're f***ing crazy."

 

[Teriyakicat]

You're not wrong.

"Let me get this straight - it's 40 degrees outside and sunny, and you want to go outside? You're f***ing crazy."

Lol
When I was in my early 20s, I used to save up my outdoor work for those 40 degree days. Could not WAIT to get out there- singlet, shorts, no hat. Didn't own sunscreen and I'm pretty sure the company I worked for didn't own any either.
Can remember this ad on the radio:

Can remember ignoring it as well


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[Teriyakicat]

I traveled to that far-a-away suburb in the sand dunes called Butler the other day.

#### me what a barren ####hole of a place.

Just an endless sea of roof tops with yards devoid of any tree over 4 mtrs.

Any of you people live up there?

Do ya like it ?

All the new 'burbs are starting to look like that
Same looking houses. Crap fake-looking trees.

As I drive down the older roads around Perth, I find myself entranced by the amazing salmon gums with their huge trunks, towering over us by the side of the road. (They're not so attractive when they start dropping branches- there's a reason why its relative, the ghost gums, are nicknamed "widow-makers", after all!)

 

[Teriyakicat]

It never ceases to amaze me the lack of respect given to the ocean

RE-laaaaaxxxx! It'll never happen!!

 

[The Speaker]

Are they actually planting trees in the newest suburbs? There was a trend a little while back of making them totally barren, but I figured they realised they would need leafage in about a decade after the houses were built...

 

[IAMJUNGLEMUFFIN]

It never ceases to amaze me the lack of respect given to the ocean

It's just that it's so easy to underestimate. You don't really get a sense of the current and undertow unless you're in the water

I grew up around water, and would consider myself more than competent in the water with swimming for clubs etc, but when I went to QLD 12 months ago I was hammered by the surf like nothing I've ever seen. The first 5-10 minutes I was in the water was just holding my ground, literally just ducking the surf, bobbing up for a breath and then back under again before I got ****ing smashed again and again and again.

Forget having a bladder full, If you're a tourist in that situation, or even just a sub par swimmer, then you're in major, major trouble. Gold help you if there's a rip.

 

[The Speaker]

And by trees I do not mean gum trees, which are (with a couple of exceptions) one of the worst things you could possibly hope to have as your greenery, along with the palm and other non-shady, falling branch tree types.

 

[Forward Press]

Are they actually planting trees in the newest suburbs? There was a trend a little while back of making them totally barren, but I figured they realised they would need leafage in about a decade after the houses were built...

Not in Butler, Yanchep etc. Barely any high vegetation. Artificial lakes surrounded by grass. Sterilised playgrounds with astroturf and sand. It all looks nice enough, but similar and zero character.

 

[The Speaker]

Not in Butler, Yanchep etc. Barely any high vegetation. Artificial lakes surrounded by grass. Sterilised playgrounds with astroturf and sand. It all looks nice enough, but similar and zero character.

no forward thinking

but the developers can make the money now and not worry about the result, so why bother

 

[IAMJUNGLEMUFFIN]

I traveled to that far-a-away suburb in the sand dunes called Butler the other day.

#### me what a barren ####hole of a place.

Just an endless sea of roof tops with yards devoid of any tree over 4 mtrs.

Any of you people live up there?

Do ya like it ?

All the new suburbs are like that, doesn't matter north or south. I don't know if it was ever a legitimate policy, but a lot of the more established suburbs would at least have a tree out the front of all the houses, as if it was mandatory for the council or something.

 

[Forward Press]

no forward thinking

but the developers can make the money now and not worry about the result, so why bother

You can't blame the developers for looking after their bottom line, you have to question why the State and local governments allow it to go ahead, though. Low density housing with the associated exorbitant infrastructure costs will hurt us in the long run.

 

[IAMJUNGLEMUFFIN]

I'm sure it's not number 1 on the list of priorities anyway when you're establishing a new suburb. Once they've got their infrastructure and rate payers set up, I'm sure the councils will shift their focus to more cosmetic things.

 

[Teriyakicat]

Are they actually planting trees in the newest suburbs? There was a trend a little while back of making them totally barren, but I figured they realised they would need leafage in about a decade after the houses were built...

I'm not sure what the councils are doing- there seems to be a huge amount of those deciduous plane trees (?) getting planted in median strips- with their filthy rubbish leaves causing huge amounts of leaf litter during autumn, and I have seen several re-designed roads where beautiful flowering gums of all coloured blooms have been planted. They don't grow very tall, though.