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A younger crowd has made the Doubleview Bowling Club their local hangout spot.

Why WA’s bowls clubs are fast becoming the trendy spot for under-30s

Perth’s youth reckon they have cracked the code for the perfect weekend sesh – and it’s at the local bowlo.

  • Indigo Lemay-Conway

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A sign at Cellarbrations on Canning Highway telling customers that the store is closing down in April.

‘A lot of people are sad’: Freo businesses struggle over bridge woes

Businesses either side of the Fremantle Traffic Bridge closure are feeling the heat after motorists avoid the area due to traffic fears.

  • Indigo Lemay-Conway
Prawns and octopus.
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Testing the waters: a prototype for the modern WA seafood restaurant

Testing the waters: a prototype for the modern WA seafood restaurant

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Old Bridge Cellars owner Jay Beeson.

Wine proposal among plans to keep North Freo businesses alive during bridge shut

Old Bridge Cellars owner Jay Beeson has pulled out all the stops to keep his business ticking during the closure, including improving online and delivery offerings, and installing bike racks to encourage cyclists.

  • Hamish Hastie
Blak Dingo quiz nights with Ilona McGuire. By Cole Baxter

Three Things I Love: Community leader shares her top Perth experiences

She’s an artist and leader whose job it is to create special and positive Perth experiences. Here are the people, places and things she can’t live without.

  • Emma Young
Off Lancelin Island.

Three Things I Love: Young Volunteer of the Year makes time for stunning WA sights

She’s a nurse and student by day, and an ambulance officer by night, wanting to “give back.” But she’ll always make time for these Perth and WA experiences.

  • Emma Young
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Business leaders say high house prices and skyrocketing rents are affecting where people choose to work and making it harder to find talent, according to KPMG.

The big gains behind Perth’s best-performing suburbs

Perth’s property market is turning heads, with some suburbs soaring by more than half a million dollars. Meanwhile, others are seeing values plunge by $100,000.

  • Sarah Brookes
Ivy Prempeh.

Three Things I Love: ‘FIFO’ model reveals her favourite parts of Perth

Her day job involves frequent-flying – to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. But she’s got strong reasons to stay living in the west, and she shares them here.

  • Emma Young
Chrissie Maus.

Three Things I Love: She lives and breathes great Perth experiences. Here are her go-tos

Her day job is creating, championing and marketing Perth’s most memorable experiences and locations. Now she lifts the lid on the ones she can’t live without.

  • Emma Young
A render of the Serai apartment complex with an inset image of Vanessa’s home in Alice Springs.

‘I’d rather watch the gardener mow the lawn’: Empty-nesters snap up Perth’s luxe apartments

Perth’s cashed up older community is splashing cash on the ultimate downsize, freeing themselves from the shackles of property maintenance.

  • Sarah Brookes