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At Venn, Queen St. I really like this bar because it's quiet. Yes, I am that old now that not having to yell ranks as a reason to go somewhere. And it's a fantastic adaptation of an old space into a new space. Beautifully decorated. The shop at the front sells the most awesome stuff and it's all arranged by colour. Yes, I like this place a lot.

orange & brown

A few random things from around East Perth, next to the railway.

red & blue

The reindeers are actually on a ping pong table on the ground floor of 140 William St (I think they are calling it Globe Lane). You can hire equipment to play at the sushi shop. The flower mural is in a laneway off Murray Street.

pink, green & blue

Garage doors in East Perth.

blue & yellow

yellow, green & white

Hi, well instead of mouldy lemons I have a new vase/jug and some very sunny flowers! Much better! I think I'm just excited because I have a whole week off work next week. But also I have caught up on some stuff, got some other stuff out of the way, and am generally feeling less rushed. Summer is here with a blast, 36-37 expected for the next two days after a long spell of unseasonal rain. The end of the year, and xmas and all that is suddenly upon us too. A lot of people seem to be saying "where did the year go?" - do we say this every year, or does it really seem like this year flew by? I swear we just had xmas not that long ago, and now its here again!

green & white

yellow, green and red

I think it's called Chutney Mary's. On the corner of Rockeby Rd and Hay St, Subiaco.

free art

These photos are from the inaugural Free Art event in Hyde Park. If you want to know where the next one is, keep track of them via their facebook page. Everybody needs art. Especially if it's free.

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guildford hotel

I actually took these about two weeks ago, but since I had already posted quite a few in a row from Midland/Guildford I thought I'd save these in case you all got the impression I'd moved out there or something.

For those of you not from Perth, the Guildford Hotel burned down about two years ago but unfortunately did not burn down enough to justify its demolition, and it has sat there, with nothing happening except a half-arsed "sock protest" (it stinks, get it?) sprouting out the front.

Security is tight, as you can tell. There are pigeons on patrol. I kind of suspect leaving it open to the public like this is an attempt to hasten its demise, to encourage bourbon drinking Midland teenagers to come along and set fire to it again. Oh no, some stoned locals fell through the floorboards, it's a safety hazard, it must be demolished.

I will admit I ignored the glare of an orange safety cone to get these photos, but I told my friend who I was with at the time that I am doing it for the State of Western Australia - I am ignoring that orange cone so the people of our fair State can have a record of this embarrassing scene. A burnt out hotel that hasn't been touched in two years, and with signs out the front that say "redevelopment project: bringing beauty back to life". That's redevelopment, Midland style.

It wasn't a particularly outstanding hotel to start with, now it's a festering eyesore. The history of the place (read it here) contains such highlights as Henry E. Manning "wrote in early 1886, requesting two culverts be placed over the drain on the east side of the hotel" so you can't exactly argue it is worth keeping. I don't know the reasons why it hasn't been demolished, or refurbished, but the longer they leave it as it is, the closer to demolished it gets. Not a great loss to the State I suppose, but I suspect it would be nice for the other people who have businesses on that street to be able to get on with things without all those daft socks around.