Perth Walkabout March Monthly Wrap
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- Written by: Nita Teoh
The Perth Walkabout Monthly Wrap is published at the start of each month to provide a snapshot of articles that hit the headlines in the last 4 weeks.
Here is Perth Walkabout's Monthly Wrap for the month of March:
I travelled to Perth in 2009 as part of an Australian self-organised tour. I had been wanting to visit Down Under for too long, so I finally answered the call of my many friends I collected while travelling around the world. The idea of staying as long as I wished at my friends' houses, many of which were located in various parts of the country, thrilled me. It felt like I was embarking on a journey of continuous chilling out and staying in the good company of cool people.
West Coast Blues n Roots Festival...Coming Up!
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- Written by: Alex Taucher
West Coast Blues n Roots Festival: April 1st 2012
Headliners: John Fogerty, The Pogues, Crosby, Stills and Nash, The Specials, Buddy Guy, My Morning Jacket (and heaps more!)
In 2008, I attended my first blues and roots festival at the Fremantle Esplanade. My hippy friend Meg dragged me along, and I remember having an epic time – it was when the festival lasted two days and I spent both days making new friends, taking lots of photos, dancing to music, sitting under the pines and listening to the most relaxed music. It was amazing, and a great introduction to the world of live music.
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- Written by: Michael Dolen
This is the first installment of a two part series about credit cards in relation to your Perth vacation. In this post, Michael will be addressing some basic questions about using your credit card in Australia as well as offering some tips to save you money while using them.
Before visiting another country, one of the most important things you need to know about is how you will pay for things once you get there. If you’re coming from the US (where I live) you will find the following information extremely useful before you embark on your trip to Perth, or anywhere else in Australia for that matter.
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe Beach
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- Written by: Ann Paterson
Each year art comes to Perth’s Cottesloe Beach in the form of the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition, transforming the beachfront into a sculpture garden and showcasing the work of more than 70 local, national and international artists.
The original Sculpture by the Sea exhibition was held at Sydney’s Bondi Beach in 1997, expanding to Cottesloe in 2005 and Aarhus, Denmark, in 2009. It had its origins in the desire of founder David Handley to create a free public arts event, a goal he has certainly achieved.
The Perth community has embraced Sculpture by the Sea, with a record 215 000 people attending the exhibition in 2011, and big crowds attending this year. Visitors mingle with beach-goers, lifesavers and locals as they explore the sculptures.
Bunbury By the Beach
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- Written by: Johanna Castro
Less than two hours from Perth travelling south on the Kwinana Freeway is a place known as the City of Three Waters. Bunbury is surrounded by water, situated on a peninsula that’s circumferenced by the surf of the Indian Ocean, the calmer waters of Koombana Bay and the shallow waters of the Leshenault Estuary.
Tourists and travellers are often pleasantly surprised by Bunbury, finding that it’s very different to how they had probably imagined.
A City, A Port or a Tourist Destination?
It’s true that Bunbury can’t quite decide whether it’s an industrial city, a port or a tourist destination but it does offer the best of everything.
Galaxy Drive-In: Perth's Only Drive-In Theatre
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- Written by: Becky Jean
In a world where the iPhone has taken up residency in the hands of many, sometimes it's nice to just do things 'old school'.
Things in my world have really changed and progressed in the last ten to fifteen years. I feel like it was only yesterday that I was riding my bike around after school, and getting my fingers caught in the VCR. It also wasn't too long ago that I was bursting with excitement after purchasing three cassette tapes for ten dollars from the King Kong Clearance store. Out of interest, those tapes were 'Vengaboys', 'Craig David' and 'Robbie Williams Goes Swing'.
Things really can change dramatically in the time it takes to cook a pop tart, which is why it is nice to experience life like we used to.
Like for instance, the Drive-In Theatre. They used to be all the rage. You know, like the one Sandy and Danny went to in 'Grease'.
So it makes me happy to tell you that there is still one of these in existence in Perth. In fact, the only one.
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