Poet, writer and facilitator with a talent for making connections. I’m good at finding all sorts of weird and wonderful things and helping others do the same.
The legendary Woodstock festival may have been 50 years ago but its spirit lives on in music festivals around the world.... [more]
According to LiveScience, in 2016 robots performed eye surgery and solved Rubik's Cubes. Drones and driverless cars also... [more]
Want to get out of your comfort zone? Need an excuse to try something completely different? Of course you can find plent... [more]
Western Australia is known for its beautiful pristine beaches, but how clean are they really? In a world full of non-deg... [more]
Scientists used to have an image problem. Often portrayed as white-coated oddballs with their hair standing on end, the... [more]
Are you a crafty person or a woodworker? If so, start clearing your calendar now as one of Perth's most popular annual e... [more]
Ah, winter. The skies are grey, it's cold and even the smallest tasks seem difficult. When daily life feels like a chall... [more]
Everyone has a favourite childhood movie they have watched so many times, they know it by heart. They dress up as th... [more]
Warm weather means fete season and one not to miss is the Spring Fair at All Saints Church in the Swan Valley. All Saint... [more]
East Fremantle Yacht Club (EFYC) is having a birthday party and everyone is invited. The club is celebrating turning 85 ... [more]
Picasso once said that all children were artists, but "the problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." This pro... [more]
The City of Perth has been without a cinema since the Piccadilly Theatre closed in 2013, but that's about to change with... [more]
The 2018 Telstra Perth Fashion Festival is back with a celebration of 20 years of past, present and future style. This f... [more]
Perth's popular winter arts celebration is back. In a fresh format, with exciting new venues, Perth Winter Fest 2018 run... [more]
A very special exhibition will open at the Kent Street Gallery on Friday 27 April. True Connections features the work of... [more]
The number 8 is considered very auspicious in Chinese culture. In Cantonese the pronunciation of 8 (ba) is similar to t... [more]
In 2007 the Town of Bassendean built a skate park in a corner of Steel Blue Oval. Professionally designed by a specialis... [more]
Christopher Wayne and Mike Tyler were working as professional magicians in their hometown of Brisbane when the movie Mag... [more]
Africa is the second-largest continent in the world and home to over 50 nations. People from many African countries have... [more]
With hundreds of shows, the 2018 Fringe World Festival is the biggest yet. But with so many to pick from, how to decide?... [more]
Insurance salesman Michael McCauley (Liam Neeson) is having a bad day. An ex-cop, he's made a successful career as an in... [more]
Imagine relaxing on a cool green lawn looking out over the ocean. You're enjoying a picnic, watching the sunset and list... [more]
Are you interested in health and wellbeing and helping others to achieve their best? If so, did you know that there are ... [more]
The Fringe World Festival is returning to Midland in 2018 with a brand new hub featuring a dozen different shows. The P... [more]
New year, new venue! The award-winning Noodle Palace returns for the 2018 Fringe World Festival in an expanded set-up at... [more]
Are you hanging out for festival season? Good news! This year, it's starting early at a brand new pop-up venue. From 1 D... [more]
Summer in Perth means outdoor entertainment with cinema and music taking over parks and city spaces. On Friday 3 Novembe... [more]
If you love local music put Sunday 5 November in your diary when WAMFest Live Sunday takes over BIC Reserve in Bassende... [more]
Many retired people say they're busier than now than ever before. If you've ever wondered why,Trinity School for Seniors... [more]
If you were hunting ghosts in Western Australia, where would you look? Most people would suggest old buildings with a cr... [more]
What do you do with a collection of award-winning ghostly tales? Read them around a campfire on a winter night! On Augu... [more]
It's easy to hibernate during the winter but possibly not the best thing for physical and mental health. Fortunately wit... [more]
Feeling depressed about the world situation? Stressed about work, school or health problems? Or maybe you're just feelin... [more]
Since 1980, the annual National Trust Heritage Festival has celebrated Australian heritage and culture. Now known as t... [more]
What do you get when you combine local shops, food trucks, a craft market and a farmer's market? The Kalamunda Night Mar... [more]
Midlandia is back! Formerly part of Fringe World, this popular event has been reimagined, reinvigorated and supersized a... [more]
Summertime in Perth is festival time and this year the season kicks off on 20 January with the Summerset Arts Festival. ... [more]
Every country seems to have a chain of inexpensive variety shops packed with stationary, pet supplies, chocolates, house... [more]
Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas in 1843. It was an instant succes... [more]
With the start of the warmer weather the very popular monthly market in Bassendean has once again moved from Sunday morn... [more]
Arch-villain. Bedazzled. Swagger. Fashionable. Ladybird. What do these words have in common? Believe or not, all of them... [more]
The Punjab region of India is located on the Pakistan border and as a result they share many customs. One of the best kn... [more]
This month the past will come alive in the eighth annual Perth Heritage Days festival. The theme of the festival is "The... [more]
In the year 1827 Captain James Stirling camped in a beautiful valley and imagined a new settlement. The land became the ... [more]
Trinity School for Seniors (TSFS) began in 1979 and now offers more than 100 courses each term to fulfil its mission of ... [more]
September in Perth means spring is here and with spring comes Western Australia's world-famous wildflowers. There's no n... [more]
The Winter Arts program continues to warm up the city with a variety of performances and events. One that is sometimes o... [more]
National Science Week is an annual celebration of science and technology. Events during the week are designed to be fam... [more]
"If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got." No one seems to know who first sai... [more]
Strange but true: food always tastes better outdoors. This is one reason for the success of Perth's many summertime hawk... [more]
It was the quirky little van that first caught my attention. The good coffee was a bonus.
I'd arrived early at the Mt... [more]
Summer may be over but there's no need to stay home and hibernate. Perth's annual Winter Arts Festival featuring music, ... [more]
The massive earth works and road closures required in the construction of Elizabeth Quay meant a rough few years for Bar... [more]
The Pint of Science Festival began in 2013 when two research scientists at Imperial College London, encouraged by atten... [more]
The annual Beaufort Street Festival is no more but Mt Lawley's main drag still offers plenty of action with a series of ... [more]
National Youth Week from April 8-17 is a celebration of the contributions and achievements of young Australians. For the... [more]
For almost 20 years, Perth's historic Old Treasury Building on the corner of Barrack Street and St Georges Terrace sat e... [more]
One of Perth's most popular free science events is back. On the evening of Saturday 12 March Curtin University Stadium a... [more]
Wouldn't it be nice if you could visit an award-winning bar, join in one of the latest dance crazes and raise money for ... [more]
Perth is a young city by world standards but it has history and traditions all its own. Now for the third year Heritage ... [more]
With so many Fringe World shows to choose from, how do you decide which to attend? One way is to go to a showcase produc... [more]
Planning a big night out at Fringe World? Kickstart the fun at the early evening Festival Spectacular show! From the mom... [more]
Midlandia is back! For the third year all the fun of the Fringe World Festival will be available in the eastern suburbs ... [more]