The Perth Thread

[Teriyakicat]

We haven't had confirmation that kfc1 is actually driving us down yet - perhaps I can hire a mini van and we can all go down.

Anyone else??

 

[Illinois Nazi]

I drove back through Bunbury at 2am earlier this week... If I'd known, I could have stopped off for some quality home appliances.

 

[Teriyakicat]

I drove back through Bunbury at 2am earlier this week... If I'd known, I could have stopped off for some quality home appliances.

and if WE'd known that you were driving through, we could've saved ourselves a trip!

Sigh. Guess there'd still be Macca's to look forward to

 

[Brown Bottle]

I bet it's pretty bloody empty at 10pm.

I remember going to Target in Freo one Friday night about 10 years ago. My family and I were the only people in the shop, apart from the employees, and that was at about 6-7pm!

You'd do your dough if it's the Burwood Kmart. I used to pop in there at all hours when we had babies and it was always busy. I'd go there at 3am and there'd be 60 cars in the carpark and people pushing around trollies with toddlers in them. Crazy.

 

[Teriyakicat]

You'd do your dough if it's the Burwood Kmart. I used to pop in there at all hours when we had babies and it was always busy. I'd go there at 3am and there'd be 60 cars in the carpark and people pushing around trollies with toddlers in them. Crazy.

You're joking!!???
Toddlers at 3am?? That's super-crazy!!

Then the parents wonder why the kids can't sleep!!

 

[Brown Bottle]

You're joking!!???
Toddlers at 3am?? That's super-crazy!!

Then the parents wonder why the kids can't sleep!!

It was Australia's first 24-hr trader. I can't explain it but it's worth a look. I used to be blown away by how many people were in there and the fact that they weren't all stoners loading up on Doritos

 

[Teriyakicat]

It was Australia's first 24-hr trader. I can't explain it but it's worth a look. I used to be blown away by how many people were in there and the fact that they weren't all stoners loading up on Doritos

haha- I guess it's a bit like Dudshed People seem to be always driving in and out of that place all hours of the night..

 

[gaskin]

Just got back from The Last Drop in Beeliar. I've been meaning to go there since it opened but never had the chance but I have to say it was quite good. The food was nice and the Pilsener beer they do wasn't too shabby either. The service was excellent too. I'd recommend it if you are in the area.

 

[Teriyakicat]

Just got back from The Last Drop in Beeliar. I've been meaning to go there since it opened but never had the chance but I have to say it was quite good. The food was nice and the Pilsener beer they do wasn't too shabby either. The service was excellent too. I'd recommend it if you are in the area.

That's good to know, gaskin. What main road is that near? I haven't been out that way for ages.

 

[gaskin]

That's good to know, gaskin. What main road is that near? I haven't been out that way for ages.

It's on the corner of Beeliar Drive and Hammond Road where the lights are.

 

[Smeg Head]

It's on the corner of Beeliar Drive and Hammond Road where the lights are.

That intersection just keeps getting better and better.

 

[kfc1]

Last Drop do great beers, wish their pubs were a bit easier to get to by PT tho so i could really indulge

 

[gaskin]

Last Drop do great beers, wish their pubs were a bit easier to get to by PT tho so i could really indulge

The one in Beeliar is. Catch the train or bus to Cockburn Central or Freo and then catch the 532, 530 or 531 and get off along Beeliar Drive and walk 2 minutes.

 

[Teriyakicat]

It's on the corner of Beeliar Drive and Hammond Road where the lights are.

AH, yeah, I know the place, I think. Haven't been there but have driven past a fair few times but not taken any notice.

 

[Teriyakicat]

That intersection just keeps getting better and better.

it's certainly made Hammond Rd very busy! I can't believe how many shops are hidden away back there now- I remember when it was all just paddocks then I used to take my son driving around there when the building first started. There were just open areas and all these nice little quiet roads.

 

[Smeg Head]

it's certainly made Hammond Rd very busy! I can't believe how many shops are hidden away back there now- I remember when it was all just paddocks then I used to take my son driving around there when the building first started. There were just open areas and all these nice little quiet roads.

Ha got a lot of quiet road driving practice down there too. What a shit intersection to get through before the lights but.

 

[Teriyakicat]

Ha got a lot of quiet road driving practice down there too. What a shit intersection to get through before the lights but.

We used to come north back up Hammond and go home via North Lake Rd to the other side of the freeway via Berrigan. Yeah, it was pretty shitty if you went the other way but I was lucky I didn't drive that way much. It'd be bad during school drop off and pick up times, especially, I expect?

 

[gaskin]

Around the start and finish times for Emmanuel you would be crazy to go anywhere near there.

 

[Smeg Head]

We used to come north back up Hammond and go home via North Lake Rd to the other side of the freeway via Berrigan. Yeah, it was pretty shitty if you went the other way but I was lucky I didn't drive that way much. It'd be bad during school drop off and pick up times, especially, I expect?

Yeah I wasn't out practicing while the moms on a mission where out.

 

[Van_Dyke]

Around the start and finish times for Emmanuel you would be crazy to go anywhere near there.

Could say that with most schools though.

 

[Teriyakicat]

Schools are OK to navigate around at peak time- just make sure you don't EVER have to turn right, for goodness sake!!

 

[gaskin]

Could say that with most schools though.

True but trying to pull out onto Beeliar Drive from Hammond was torture.

 

[Van_Dyke]

Schools are OK to navigate around at peak time- just make sure you don't EVER have to turn right, for goodness sake!!

If there are roadworks in the area as well Avoid.
I know Jackson Av near Winthrop Primary recently had some roadworks done few weeks back. If only I was still there.

 

[Teriyakicat]

Yeah I wasn't out practicing while the moms on a mission where out.

I had to take my youngest daughter out to Canning Vale instead, at the end of last year when she got her Ls. Far out- that place is really really tough to drive around as a new learner. There are frigging little lakes and dips and no sides to sloping roads that end up in ditches and everything (this is out in Piara Waters or around that way).

First day, driving along... there's a lake down alongside where we are driving and we're just about to turn left at the corner and something catches my daughter's eye...
OH LOOK!!! A DUCK!!!
BANG!!!! does sharp turn right into the gutter as she's going around the corner. AARGGGHHHH!!!


Okaaayyyy.... let's not go that way.. *turns her around*.......

bloody fluff head!!

 

[Teriyakicat]

True but trying to pull out onto Beeliar Drive from Hammond was torture.

I guess a lot of roads are easier because they are 40 kph near schools but the speed limit on Beeliar doesn't drop, does it?

My kids are at Corpus, on Murdoch Dr- and that goes down to 40kph for a good length.

If there are roadworks in the area as well Avoid.
I know Jackson Av near Winthrop Primary recently had some roadworks done few weeks back. If only I was still there.

Where have you moved to, Van Dyke?

Roadworks around South Street/Murdoch were absolute SHIT for a year or more when they were getting things done for the new hospital. MUCH MUCH better now, though.