NIGHT CLUBS IN PERTH GOOD/BAD ?? question from my 18yr old
 

Hi there all ,

We are going out to perth in March and my daughter is getting cold feet. She has only just turned 18 and has started get into the club scene with her mates:beer: (legally :D ) she wanted to know how many nightspots there were in perth , of even what the night life is going to be like. She will be coming over with us on her own and is giving me earache about having nobody to go out with her own age. Can you please give me some good news to tell her

thanks debs

Re: NIGHT CLUBS IN PERTH GOOD/BAD ?? question from my 18yr old
 

All good, my son starts his weekend on a Tuesday and has a rest on a Monday:)

Re: NIGHT CLUBS IN PERTH GOOD/BAD ?? question from my 18yr old
 

My advice is for her to get settled into a job or study here, take up a recreational activity or two and make friends via these paths first. Then she will have a group of friends to hangout with and go clubbing etc. Also a good idea for you and your husband to meet her friends so you can feel comfortable about who she is with. Maybe invite them over for dinner or that sort of thing.

I know she is 18 and a young adult, but the world we knew when we were 18 no longer exists in many ways.

Under NO circumstances should a single young woman go out late at night, by herself, in Perth (especially if she is new to the city and has not planned her evening and journey home. Taxi services can be thoroughly non-existent at times here, though there are new late night bus services from popular nitespot locations). Sorry but it's true. There have been far too many who never made it home.

Re: NIGHT CLUBS IN PERTH GOOD/BAD ?? question from my 18yr old
 

how many?!!! < shocked >

Re: NIGHT CLUBS IN PERTH GOOD/BAD ?? question from my 18yr old
 

I can't believe that the life of an 18 year old girl is any different in Perth than any other large town or city in the western world. And presumably deb-n-rob2006 have some experience with bringing their daughter up;)

Debnrob, if you do a search of posts by Simone, she lives in Perth, is early 20's and loves the nightlife. She often posts about all the different events happening. Hang on will find the latest one for you. Will edit when I find it. She also has a web site devoted to the nightlife (and day) for the young of Perth.

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=410322
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=413983
http://www.enjoyperth.net/

hope that's useful to you.

Re: NIGHT CLUBS IN PERTH GOOD/BAD ?? question from my 18yr old
 

Tell her to have a nosey through this lot;

http://www.streetsofperth.com.au/per...nightclubs.htm


Northbridge is the place to go for clubs and bars.

Freemantle and Subiaco are pretty lively at night too. Subicao is a little more upmarket and there are a few nice wine bars there.

Of course there's trouble, where in the world isn't there when pi**ed up youngies are out on the town but I'd have to say it's a hell of a lot safer than Birmingham city centre for drinking in!!;)

Re: NIGHT CLUBS IN PERTH GOOD/BAD ?? question from my 18yr old
 

Enough for it to be a concern, which is why I posted what I did. Claremont serial killer has not yet been found/charged and the women he killed that we know of were a 27yr old lawyer, a 23 yr old preschool teacher, and an 18 yr old office assistant, all of whom had grown up here and had friends they socialised with.

Then there's Lisa Brown 23, solo mum, Haley Dodd 17, and others. Perhaps the most prominent I spose was the Bernies who murdered 4 young women.

Re: NIGHT CLUBS IN PERTH GOOD/BAD ?? question from my 18yr old
 

What's the population of Perth?

I guess you're going to get murder in any society, sadly. The recent murders in the UK being a prime example of someone out of control.

Re: NIGHT CLUBS IN PERTH GOOD/BAD ?? question from my 18yr old
 

I'm not suggesting they have been in any way poor parents. I'm simply ensuring they know that Perth, like other places, has dangers and that they and their daughter need to be mindful of them. I thought my advice re-developing friends was sound as I certainly wouldn't want any daughter of mine going out alone late at night here. And that includes my 25yr old who does kickboxing!

Re: NIGHT CLUBS IN PERTH GOOD/BAD ?? question from my 18yr old
 

pop is about 1.3 million. Sadly perth has had a number of murders of young women since I have been here and more of course, prior to it. It seems out of proportion to other cities in OZ, but that's just my opinon. One murder anywhere, is one too many.

Re: NIGHT CLUBS IN PERTH GOOD/BAD ?? question from my 18yr old
 

1.4 million - much larger than any city in the UK (with the exception of London).

Re: NIGHT CLUBS IN PERTH GOOD/BAD ?? question from my 18yr old
 

I think you'll find that there have been more murders in Birmingham, which has a population of just 1 million.

Re: NIGHT CLUBS IN PERTH GOOD/BAD ?? question from my 18yr old
 

maybe, but I'm thinking there have been more murders of young women and girls in perth than in either adelaide or brissy (who have similar pop sizes).

Im not sure of the OP's location in UK nor the murder rate of young women in the city they live. I just know it seems a hell of a lot here in perth since I have been in OZ. Only the other week here a 16yr old girl (from UK) was allegedly murdered by two aussie girls she had befriended, which is why I offered the advice I did.

Re: NIGHT CLUBS IN PERTH GOOD/BAD ?? question from my 18yr old
 

I grew up in the meanstreets of aston,witton ,handsworth ,nechells before moving to sedate great barr ,but i got out of those ares because of the violence 20 odd years ago .
Somehow though i cant for the life of me understand why i feel safer walking in my own neighbourhood [aston,handsworth,nechells]than i do walking through the train station at perth .I guess it has something to do with age and what you grew up with and somehow one seems to know the ground in your own patch .After all i dont worry about gangs of rastas etc as i tend to know most of them or i know someone they know etc .
In regards to the population of 1 millon for birmingham you are bang on the money ,but i would suggest that the surrounding populations would at times come into birmingham and if taken into account the population of birmingham and its surroundings far exceeds perth .
Getting back to the thread ,my two lads opinion of northbridge is that it is a dump and once youve been there half a dozen times it gets tedious ,much the same as any nightclub areas in the world really .Heaps of drugs ,heaps of drunks ,heaps of fights,

Re: NIGHT CLUBS IN PERTH GOOD/BAD ?? question from my 18yr old
 

Yep. I haven't been out in Northbridge at night for a good 3 yrs easy. Nothing there worth seeing or doing more than a couple of times, and the violence there has become legendary. Was even a girl targeted a while back by two other girls and robbed and beaten up.