baldbutts

My mate WAZZA (real name,but not really a real mate),thinks that he's cultured cos he sometimes drinks his E.B without a stubbie holder.He's got even more culture growing between his toes.He also thinks I'm refined as i own more than one pair of shoes without steel toe caps.

BB-culture in WA-you're 'avin a Gee rarf

TheCrone

Don't know what kind of music you're into, but according to visiting musicians, the Perth Blues Club, held at the Charles Hotel every Tues. is the best venue of its kind in Australia.
The Hyde Park hotel hosts the Perth Jazz Club every Monday night, while Friday night at the Jazz Cellar in Scarborough Beach Road is great if you like trad. jazz.

Simone

Ohh, where's the Charles Hotel then?


THere's also a little blues club in Northbridge: Blue to the Bone

TheCrone

Didn't know about the Northbridge one, Simone!
The Charles Hotel is on Charles Street, further north than the SBR intersection. The music starts at 8pm, but go early, it's always packed.

Simone

Oh, that's quite close to us then!
That's North Perth then.

Thanks!

The Northbridge one is more on the outside of the central bit, a little bit west of the main bit with the restaurants etc. James or Francis st.

Vegemite Kids

So its not opera, jazz, live music, art, good food, art house, cinema, theatre, museums ... therefore what constitutes Culture in your books then? Are you both Ballet buffs ?




PS. before you say it PommieLeague, Rugby League doesnt count as culture any more than footy, union, soccer or snooker do !

boom_meringue

well you've all (or most of you) rebuilt my faith in moving to Oz. Looks like we can have a bit more than just sunshine and the outdoor life when we get there. I've just got to find a decent job when we arrive so I can fund it!

Anyone want a decent Unix consultant arriving in August?

Simone

Right, we haven't had museums yet(not that I hardly go to museums anyway, but still.), and other 'old stuff'.
WA museum(near the central trainstation), including the Old Gaol, built in 1856:
http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/default....heet=perth.css

Branches of WA Museum (and Albany, Gerladton and Kal)
Maritime Museaum in Fremantle
http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/default.asp?et=2&ei=37
Consists of 3 parts, the old shipwreck gallery, the new museaum, and submarine.

Fremantle History Museum:
http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/default....heet=perth.css


Fremantle Motor Museum:
http://www.fremantlemotormuseum.net/

The Kalamunda History Village
http://www.westernaustralia.com/en/s...htm?ID=9002624
(went to this often when I lived in Kalamunda as a kid. They have holiday programmes).


Perth Observatory, Bickley (Hills)
http://www.wa.gov.au/perthobs/

The RAAF Ass. Aviation Heritage Museum of WA, Bull Creek
http://www.raafawa.org.au/

The Miller Bakehouse Museum, Palmyra
http://www.westernaustralia.com/en/s...htm?ID=9001763

Old Guildford Courthouse
http://www.swanvalley.com.au/att/h&h.html
And lots of other things in Guildford.

The Army Museum of Western Australia, Fremantle
http://www.armymuseumwa.com.au/

The Round House, Fremantle
http://www.freofocus.com/things2c/html/roundhouse.cfm

Fremantle Prison
http://www.fremantleprison.com.au/

World of Energy
http://www.westernpower.com.au/html/...ation_woe.html

Francis Burt Law Education Centre and Museum, Perth(city)
http://francisburt.lawsocietywa.asn.au/
Perth's oldest public building, 1836

History House Museum & Birtwistle Local Studies Library and Machinery and tractor museums, all Armadale:
http://www.visitarmadale.com.au/museums.php

Museum of Childhood, Edith Cowan Uni, Claremont
http://www.ecu.edu.au/ses/museum/index.html

Berndt Museum of Anthropology, UWA, Nedlands
http://www.berndt.uwa.edu.au/Berndt/about.lasso

All museums at the uni's:
http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/mcm/aumis/wa.html

Gloucester Lodge Museum in Yanchep National Park (that also has a lot of aboriginal culture stuff):
http://www.calm.wa.gov.au/national_p...onal_park.html

Rail Transport Museum, Bassendean:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~ramjet1/arhs/museum.htm

Wireless Hill Park and Telecommunications Museum, Ardross
Sat and Sun : 2pm - 5pm

Belmont Historical Museum
http://www.traveldownunder.com.au/We...cal_Museum.asp

WA Sport Museum, Challenge Stadium, Mount Claremont
http://www1.challengestadium.wa.gov.au/

Motor Museum, and LOTS of other stuff at Whiteman Park (up near Malaga etc)
http://www.whitemanpark.com.au/attractions/trams.asp

Rockingham Historical Society & Museum
http://members.iinet.net.au/~ramsden/museum.html

The Constitutional Centre of Western Australia (near King's park)
http://www.ccentre.wa.gov.au/html/abo01.htm

The Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle
http://www.awaag.org.au/moores.htm


And then there's all the stuff in towns like Toodyay, York, Northam, Beverely and down south.



Some other old stuff:

Stirk Cottage, Kalamunda

some old buildings in between sky scrapers on St Georges tce (Old Perth Boys school is one, The Deanery another. Council House)

The Perth Mint (also museum I guess)

Barracks Archway

Churches

His Majesty's Theatre

Supreme Court and gardens

The Old observatory

Old Courthouse (part of WA Art Gallery)


Museum on Rottnest too.

Lots of nice old buildings in Fremantle too(old customs house, home to Bizircus )


O'Connor Museum at Mundaring Weir



argh, that'll be enough for one night! I could go on for hours(not all off the top of my head though!!)

Simone

Bump!

Can't have my museum list going to waste in the archives

TheCrone

Agreed, Simone!
Think you should also post it on Bridiej's forum, too!

Paylia

Agreed - good list and worth keeping bumped up!

Soi Oz

You can do both at the same time! http://www.moonlight.com.au

Basically, you can sit in King's Park on a summer evening, bring your own gourmet dinner from home, a few bottles of wine, a blanket and watch a movie under the stars.... Life doesn't get much better, especially if you bring a bunch of good friends along.

My tips: Buy a beanbag and bring a blanket..

boom_meringue

sounds fantastic, I will let you know how it measures up in 3 weeks time!

Soi Oz

Err, the weather's not THAT good. Its winter in Oz you know! You'll have to wait 'till December (But January / February are best).

boom_meringue

bugger, are you telling me that I will be swapping the crappy weather here (drove 100 miles last night through thick fog and drizzle) for crappy weather there?