- News
Firies rescue stick-in-the-mud
Emergency Services responded to a triple zero call about a man at the lake who was stuck waist-deep in the mud.
A fire crew was called out to Lake Claremont this week after a man got stuck in the mud. Local Corinne Ivey was on her daily walk around the now dried out wetlands when she came upon the scene near Stirling Road at 11am on Tuesday.
- Community
Dolphin lands in North Freo
The playground features the main 2.7m-long dolphin, riding on the crest of a climbing-frame wave.
Reports of a dolphin stranded at Leighton Beach Reserve need not raise alarm – the climbable cetacean is a key feature of North Fremantle’s newest playground. The playground, located near the Orange Box Cafe, was opened last week and immediately became a drawcard for kids.
- TimeOut
Best foot forward with Cheryl
Cheryl fell in love with a small, traditional sandal shop in Milan, making colourful sandals with Swarovski crystals.
When an Italian shoemaker called “Papa” Antonino told Cheryl Botha, “You come, you work, we teach you,” she thought he might be joking. But she decided to risk it and take him up on the offer. Cheryl, from Mt Claremont, had quit her corporate job in Perth and gone to Milan to study fashion and luxury goods.
- Property
Connection to film history
Lionel asked his two daughters, Kerry and Jan, what they thought about their house being used for the film, and they said: “Why not?”
Lionel Sangster got the surprise of his life in 2003 when an ABC TV production crew knocked on the front door of his Floreat home. The team of six had been scouring the western suburbs looking for the perfect house to film The Shark Net, a three-part miniseries based on Robert Drewe’s book about growing up in the 1950s and 60s.
- Sport
Malaysia to do it for king and empire
The Commonwealth Games Federation has offered Malaysia the chance to host the games, with a $190million cheque added to sweeten the deal.
The Commonwealth Games are dead. Or they will be unless that renowned sporting juggernaut Malaysia is willing to host the 23rd edition of the international athletics carnival. The games have lasted almost a century but are battling to survive into a second.
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Headlines around the western suburbs this week...
Subiaco
E-permits ruin Subi visits
Subiaco residents continue to demand a return to paper-based parking permits despite tweaks to make the maligned new e-permit system easier to use.
Lloyd Gorman
Port Beach
Raves rattle Polar Bears
Drug and alcohol-fuelled rave parties are making life hell for the Port Beach Polar Bears swimming club. They have demanded authorities put a stop to them.
Emma Bladen
Cottesloe
Our egg lands ashore again
An ancient giant egg from the island of Madagascar on its own voyage across the Indian Ocean to WA, inspired a sculpture that has intrigued visitors to Cottesloe beach.
Jane Wishaw
Mosman Park
'Doubled rent’ derails warden
A rent hike of 100% has cost Mosman Park Primary School its crossing warden, a school parent said. And now the school community fears for the safety of children.
Emma Bladen
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