Things to do in Perth (SAVE US!!)
Jul 30th 2005, 2:02 pm
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Re: Things to do in Perth (SAVE US!!)
Everywhere is boring if you make it, its what you make of doing things that make it not boring. At least the weather is decent most of the time in Aus as here in england you stay in, if not you pay an arm and a leg to do things , just took kids to cinema and a meal and of course they wanted popcorn it is nearly £40-£50 for a morning out and we still have the rest of the holidays, I hope the weather picks up as I am running out of money.
Good luck with finding things to do.
Good luck with finding things to do.
Jul 30th 2005, 2:48 pm
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Re: Things to do in Perth (SAVE US!!)
Originally Posted by Jennie
Everywhere is boring if you make it, its what you make of doing things that make it not boring. At least the weather is decent most of the time in Aus as here in england you stay in, if not you pay an arm and a leg to do things , just took kids to cinema and a meal and of course they wanted popcorn it is nearly £40-£50 for a morning out and we still have the rest of the holidays, I hope the weather picks up as I am running out of money.
Good luck with finding things to do.
Good luck with finding things to do.
Perth can certainly be boring, but theres a lot of stuff you can do that costs nothing.
For those with kids and a sense of fun, you can have a great time for next to nowt.
Jul 30th 2005, 11:05 pm
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Re: Things to do in Perth (SAVE US!!)
Originally Posted by Stormz
Dave & Kelly.... sorry to tell you, but it`s been pissing it down here for most of the past 2 months. Which is good for Perth (dams are always practically empty), but not for being outdoors.
http://www.watercorporation.com.au/dams/dams_rain.cfm
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Jul 31st 2005, 1:18 am
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Re: Things to do in Perth (SAVE US!!)
Originally Posted by Stormz
Dave & Kelly.... sorry to tell you, but it`s been pissing it down here for most of the past 2 months. Which is good for Perth (dams are always practically empty), but not for being outdoors.
Oh and Dave, deffo good enough for fishing, either that or my other half is having an affair :scared:
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Aug 1st 2005, 10:48 am
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Re: Things to do in Perth (SAVE US!!)
Originally Posted by renth
This July has been one of the driest for years, do you ever go outside, or even look out of your window?
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I guess it`s just been wet alot down here then, but obviously not as wet as June was.
Well, thanks for all your feedback, good and nasty. Will always have lots of things to do (in any country) when the kids grow up a bit (like another 5 years).
Aug 1st 2005, 11:33 am
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Re: Things to do in Perth (SAVE US!!)
Stormz
Please don't blame your kids for stopping you doing what you want to do, my youngest was born a year past Feb and yes initially it was a bit more difficult to do the things we were doing before and now he's 18 months there are a whole load of different things that are harder to do with him, but right now its about having fun with the kids, that can be done simply and cheaply and without going much further than 10 mins from my front door.
Before you know it your kids will be off enjoying themselves without you, enjoy them while you have them, don't resent them for cramping your style.
Plus you have the luxury of babysitters, most of us here don't.
Lynn
Please don't blame your kids for stopping you doing what you want to do, my youngest was born a year past Feb and yes initially it was a bit more difficult to do the things we were doing before and now he's 18 months there are a whole load of different things that are harder to do with him, but right now its about having fun with the kids, that can be done simply and cheaply and without going much further than 10 mins from my front door.
Before you know it your kids will be off enjoying themselves without you, enjoy them while you have them, don't resent them for cramping your style.
Plus you have the luxury of babysitters, most of us here don't.
Lynn
Aug 2nd 2005, 1:31 pm
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Re: Things to do in Perth (SAVE US!!)
Originally Posted by movetoperth.com
Stormz
Please don't blame your kids for stopping you doing what you want to do
Before you know it your kids will be off enjoying themselves without you, enjoy them while you have them, don't resent them for cramping your style.
Please don't blame your kids for stopping you doing what you want to do
Before you know it your kids will be off enjoying themselves without you, enjoy them while you have them, don't resent them for cramping your style.
- initially (read my first post), I was asking for feedback on interesting things to do/places to go in the Perth area that were baby friendly (and weren`t `shopping` related). I got some great feedback, mainly from Simone.
At no point (as far as I know), have I given the impression that I blame or resent my kids for ANYTHING. I want to do things that can INCLUDE them, that`s one of the main criteria. I think you have misinterpreted me, or I haven`t communicated well enough.
Apart from that, I agree with you entirely, and I encourage EVERYONE to have kids as they really are amazing......
This is Damaris Aubrey Fire Storm, now 14 months old (nearly 10 months old in the photo).
Aug 2nd 2005, 2:36 pm
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Re: Things to do in Perth (SAVE US!!)
Sorry if i picked you up wrong on that stormz, it wasn't intentional. i've found that here life in general is much more kid friendly, when someone invites you round for dinner, you are expected to bring the kids, or maybe it's just because most of our friends have kids i don't know. The only thing our little Indie hasnt done with us so far is come to the footy, but he will do before the season ends!!!
Your wee one is a real cutie
Lynn
Your wee one is a real cutie
Lynn
Aug 3rd 2005, 12:58 pm
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Re: Things to do in Perth (SAVE US!!)
Originally Posted by movetoperth.com
Sorry if i picked you up wrong on that stormz, it wasn't intentional.
Your wee one is a real cutie
Your wee one is a real cutie
Cheers, she is a real cutie... and will have a little sister in about 6 weeks
When I get the chance I`m going to do a website of entertainment in/around Perth (with or without kids, with or without money). Compared to the UK or over East of course there`s little here, but I`ll dig up as much as I can....
Pity we don`t even have a Perth Entertainment Centre any more
Aug 3rd 2005, 1:25 pm
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Re: Things to do in Perth (SAVE US!!)
Dave & Kelly.... sorry to tell you, but it`s been pissing it down here for most of the past 2 months. Which is good for Perth (dams are always practically empty), but not for being outdoors.
I was in Perth in June (Fremantle and surrounds)...it rained three times while we were there. Not too bad really.
I was in Perth in June (Fremantle and surrounds)...it rained three times while we were there. Not too bad really.
Aug 5th 2005, 4:16 am
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Re: Things to do in Perth (SAVE US!!)
Originally Posted by Soi Oz
Try the Fremantle Gaol candlelight tour.... spooky!
A young lady on our tour looked through a cell peephole and saw a person in the cell, when her boyfriend, and I took turns to look we found it to have been painted over and totally opaque - spooky or what!
Sep 6th 2005, 1:19 pm
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What is the Elizabethan village pub? Is it just a pub?
Originally Posted by Stormz
First let me qualify (to those that don`t know me), that I was born in Perth. Just came back from 10 years in the UK, for the kids & grandparents sake.
AND..... I find Perth just as boring as it ever was. God knows why so many Poms want to actually live here. All the family here seem to do is go for coffees at `x` shopping centre every week (thursday nights and saturday mornings) and the cannington dog track on some tuesdays (or is it wednesdays?) for their buffet meal ($16 all you can eat... pretty good actually) and watch a poor defensless fluffy toy be chased by some skinny mutts. Oh, and for REAL excitement they visit Lesmurdie Dam and have an over-priced burger. Kings Park is great (once or twice), Beaches are great (once or twice), and pubs are lifeless (even the fake English one in the Elizabethan Village in Armadale). Most places of `fun` you`d only go to once (or twice when you get desperate)... like the Reptile Park in Armadale.
Actually, it`s true what that comedian said.... flying from the eastern states to Perth is like your own personal time machine... land in Perth and you`re back in 1984. The music they have on the radio is practically the same damn playlist that was playing in 1988 when I finished high school. Nearly everywhere looks exactly the same. No character at all to all those flat roofs of businesses and shops. All shopping centres have the (mainly) same stores (although the same is true of most English towns.. but at least the towns had character.... unlike `London Court`).
Didn`t mean this to become a rant... but we`re BORED!!!! We were bored after 2 weeks!
So, the challenge to you is: Where can you go in Perth that
(a) doesn`t cost an arm and a leg and
(b) is somewhere you`d actually like to visit more than twice.
Or have I already mentioned the most obvious places:
Lesmurdie Falls
any damn DAM
Adventure World
Underwater World
Hilary`s Boat Harbour
The (boring) Bell Tower
Fremantle Markets
Subiaco Markets (is there a trend here?)
Adventure World (when it`s open)
Kalamunda Water Slides (when it`s open)
The cinema.
The beach.
Elizabethan Village Pub.
Perth City Centre.
Or are you all just as bored as we are?
AND..... I find Perth just as boring as it ever was. God knows why so many Poms want to actually live here. All the family here seem to do is go for coffees at `x` shopping centre every week (thursday nights and saturday mornings) and the cannington dog track on some tuesdays (or is it wednesdays?) for their buffet meal ($16 all you can eat... pretty good actually) and watch a poor defensless fluffy toy be chased by some skinny mutts. Oh, and for REAL excitement they visit Lesmurdie Dam and have an over-priced burger. Kings Park is great (once or twice), Beaches are great (once or twice), and pubs are lifeless (even the fake English one in the Elizabethan Village in Armadale). Most places of `fun` you`d only go to once (or twice when you get desperate)... like the Reptile Park in Armadale.
Actually, it`s true what that comedian said.... flying from the eastern states to Perth is like your own personal time machine... land in Perth and you`re back in 1984. The music they have on the radio is practically the same damn playlist that was playing in 1988 when I finished high school. Nearly everywhere looks exactly the same. No character at all to all those flat roofs of businesses and shops. All shopping centres have the (mainly) same stores (although the same is true of most English towns.. but at least the towns had character.... unlike `London Court`).
Didn`t mean this to become a rant... but we`re BORED!!!! We were bored after 2 weeks!
So, the challenge to you is: Where can you go in Perth that
(a) doesn`t cost an arm and a leg and
(b) is somewhere you`d actually like to visit more than twice.
Or have I already mentioned the most obvious places:
Lesmurdie Falls
any damn DAM
Adventure World
Underwater World
Hilary`s Boat Harbour
The (boring) Bell Tower
Fremantle Markets
Subiaco Markets (is there a trend here?)
Adventure World (when it`s open)
Kalamunda Water Slides (when it`s open)
The cinema.
The beach.
Elizabethan Village Pub.
Perth City Centre.
Or are you all just as bored as we are?
Sep 6th 2005, 3:02 pm
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Re: Things to do in Perth (SAVE US!!)
There is a book called "Kids in Perth" that has lots of good stuff about things to do with children. Its worth a look..
Ali
Ali
Originally Posted by Stormz
np Lynn, I know what you`re like so knew it wasn`t intentional.
Cheers, she is a real cutie... and will have a little sister in about 6 weeks
When I get the chance I`m going to do a website of entertainment in/around Perth (with or without kids, with or without money). Compared to the UK or over East of course there`s little here, but I`ll dig up as much as I can....
Pity we don`t even have a Perth Entertainment Centre any more
Cheers, she is a real cutie... and will have a little sister in about 6 weeks
When I get the chance I`m going to do a website of entertainment in/around Perth (with or without kids, with or without money). Compared to the UK or over East of course there`s little here, but I`ll dig up as much as I can....
Pity we don`t even have a Perth Entertainment Centre any more
Sep 7th 2005, 2:37 am
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Re: Things to do in Perth (SAVE US!!)
Yeah I've got it but there's a serious omission - it doesn't mention dogs! I need a book called 'Things to Do with Kids and Dogs in Perth'. Could this be the opening in the market that I need?
Sep 7th 2005, 8:09 am
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EEEEk ! Don't they just play with each other and need no further amusement?
That was my cunning plan.....
Ali
That was my cunning plan.....
Ali
Originally Posted by bal56
Yeah I've got it but there's a serious omission - it doesn't mention dogs! I need a book called 'Things to Do with Kids and Dogs in Perth'. Could this be the opening in the market that I need?