The Perth Thread

[Beerfish]

Meekatharra pub - I've been to the Sandstone pub, does that count?

I reckon yeah. I was wondering if Kookynie pub counts.

 

[Righteo]

Which busport? The Esplanade is fine, and Wellington Street isn't even open.

Is it still called that? Caught the train to the Freo game and noticed that it had been replaced by "Elizabeth Quay" which actually makes sense. Not sure if that's just on the train line.

 

[Smeg Head]

Is it still called that? Caught the train to the Freo game and noticed that it had been replaced by "Elizabeth Quay" which actually makes sense. Not sure if that's just on the train line.

Both are renamed EQ

 

[Borry]

Kununurra is essentially NT.

 

[Beerfish]

Also, just on pubs, I had the good fortune to spend a couple of days at the Menzies pub on some bullshit personal development course when I was on the mines. It's a big old two storey pub with accommodation on the second level. Big old fireplaces, double/triple height ceilings. Real old school. It's right on the highway and Menzies is blink and you'll miss it on the way from Kal to Leonora. Probably 10 buildings if that. Was really a fantastic old building just in the middle of nowhere like a Mad Max film or something.

I had a google for it and came across this trip advisor review..

 

[The Speaker]

Is it still called that? Caught the train to the Freo game and noticed that it had been replaced by "Elizabeth Quay" which actually makes sense. Not sure if that's just on the train line.

I'm always going to call it the Esplanade.

 

[Always Ballin]

Perth lads.

 

[ioppolo]

Badgingarra. Non stop fun.

 

[Plugger35]

Also, just on pubs, I had the good fortune to spend a couple of days at the Menzies pub on some bullshit personal development course when I was on the mines. It's a big old two storey pub with accommodation on the second level. Big old fireplaces, double/triple height ceilings. Real old school. It's right on the highway and Menzies is blink and you'll miss it on the way from Kal to Leonora. Probably 10 buildings if that. Was really a fantastic old building just in the middle of nowhere like a Mad Max film or something.

I had a google for it and came across this trip advisor review..

This review doesn't sound too good.

We stayed there for a night and I was awake all night due to loose tin on the roof, afraid of rat bites as we could hear them scurrying around, we were also fearful that the place could burn down due to appalling state of the wiring with no alarms and poor fire exits.

 

[Off The Couch]

This review doesn't sound too good.

We stayed there for a night and I was awake all night due to loose tin on the roof, afraid of rat bites as we could hear them scurrying around, we were also fearful that the place could burn down due to appalling state of the wiring with no alarms and poor fire exits.

No sense of adventure

 

[ioppolo]

Menzies is like the only place in a 150km radius, can't expect much.

 

[Beerfish]

This review doesn't sound too good.

We stayed there for a night and I was awake all night due to loose tin on the roof, afraid of rat bites as we could hear them scurrying around, we were also fearful that the place could burn down due to appalling state of the wiring with no alarms and poor fire exits.

It was nothing like that when I was there. It was old and tired but it was comfy and the bar was well stocked. I guess I was there around 03 or 04. No doubt the place will be there until it falls over or burns down due to the wiring..

 

[Nothing]

The comment is that far removed from the rest that it seems like it was for the wrong establishment.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

It was nothing like that when I was there. It was old and tired but it was comfy and the bar was well stocked. I guess I was there around 03 or 04. No doubt the place will be there until it falls over or burns down due to the wiring..

Menzies has gone down a long way in the last couple of decades. Can't comment on how accurate that particular review is but the town itself is nearly dead.

Here's the local footy oval when I went through there in 2010:

 

[Beerfish]

Menzies has gone down a long way in the last couple of decades. Can't comment on how accurate that particular review is but the town itself is nearly dead.

Here's the local footy oval when I went through there in 2010:

No Menzies was like that 20 years ago. I used to go through there back in 95 when I was working in Leonora. It's probably been a blip on the landscape for the last 100+ years.

 

[Beerfish]

I miss Teriyakicat

 

[Van_Dyke]

I miss Teriyakicat

Don't we all?

 

[Scotland]

It's a shame that a town like Menzies that was once thriving is now not much above a ghost town but the reality is there isn't much reason for people to be there. The gold is gone, there's no other industry and it's in the middle of nowhere.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

I miss Teriyakicat

Likewise.

I've dedicated part of my sig to her in the hope she sees it and returns.

 

[Scotland]

Who are we missing?

Did he/she post much?

 

[Bacon Warrior]

Did he/she post much?

Only had like 45,000 posts in a year.

 

[Biggie]

Only had like 45,000 posts in a year.

In a year?

 

[gaskin]

In a year?

Pretty much. She was a gem TC.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

In a year.

 

[Smeg Head]

In a year.

60 years at your going rate IN :O