Perth New Years Eve Fireworks

This year, there will be no fireworks for Perth as we count down the end of a decade and the beginning of 2010. The closest thing to fireworks will be in Northbridge with some "stage pyrotechnics" mentioned in the City of Perth program outline for NYE.

Perhaps the best thing to do this New Years Eve is take some time to consider what has happened in the past year and what is ahead in 2010. Happy New Year!

Christmas Shopping Hours for Perth City

Here are the shopping hours for Perth City. It will be similar to most shopping centres such as Carousel, Garden City, Galleria and Southlands.

Monday, 21 to Wednesday 23 December	8.00am to 9.00pm
Thursday, 24 December	8.00am to 6.00pm
Friday, 25 December - Christmas Day	Closed
Saturday, 26 December - Boxing Day	10.00am to 5.00pm
Sunday, 27 December	10.00am to 5.00pm
Monday, 28 to Wednesday 30 December	8.00am to 9.00pm
Thursday, 31 December	8.00am to 6.00pm
Friday, 1 January 2010 - New Year's Day	Closed

Have a Merry Christmas!

Which 24hr McDonalds in Perth will let you in?

Myaree and O'Conner McDonalds on Leach Highway and South Street are to become one of the first (if not the first?) suburban McDonalds stores to allow 24 hour access to their dining rooms. The City McDonalds store is open 24 hours (they dont have a drive thru) but if you have ever been there at 3am, you will know its not a pleasant experience with drunks and homeless people the common clientele. Many of the McDonalds around Perth advertise being open 24 hours but many only realise when they get there that this only applies to the drive thru. It is not uncommon to see late night revellers awkwardly walking through the drive through.

So finally, two true 24 hour McDonalds has opened in Perth! Also, to increase the efficiency, McDonalds Leach Highway will be installing a two-lane drive through service! Photo will be uploaded as soon as we check this out.

Free Iced Coffee from Wild Bean Cafe

BP petrol stations have made a change to the summer Wild Bean Cafe menu, offering iced coffees for the first time at all Wild Bean locations. To introduce this new product, they are giving free iced coffees to customers with this voucher below 

Not all BP petrol stations have Wild Bean Cafe so you will need to find one of the following locations:


WESTERN AUSTRALIA
BELMONT Great Eastern Hwy & Resolution Dve 6104
CARLISLE Archer & Orrong Rd 6101
CURRAMBINE Burns Beach Rd 6028
EAST PERTH East Parade & Brown St 6004
INNALOO 386 Scarborough Rd 6018
KARRINYUP Karrinyup & Burroughs 6018
KWINANA Gilmore Ave & Chisam St 6167
MANDURAH Pinjarra Rd 6210
MERRIWA Hester & Ridgewood 6030
MORLEY Wellington & Walter Rds 6062
MYAREE 246 Leach Hwy 6154
NORTH PERTH Scarborough Beach Rd & Charles St 6006
OCEAN REEF Prendiville Dve & Marmion Ave 6027
OSBORNE PARK Main & Royal Sts 6017
PADBURY Marmion & Warburton 6025
RIVERTON 339 High Rd 6148
ROCKINGHAM Simpson & Read St 6168
SCARBOROUGH Scarborough Beach Rd & West Coast Hwy 6019
SOUTH PERTH 9 Mends St 6151
SPEARWOOD Rockingham & Phoenix Rds 6163
SUCCESS Beeliar Dve & North Lake 6164
WARNBRO Warnbro Sound Ave & Haliburt 6169
WENBLEY 240 Cambridge St 6014

New Buffet Restaurant Opens in Burswood

Carvers All You Can Eat Buffet has opened inside Burswood Casino to take the strain off the Atrium Restaurant. As an introductory special for October, you can get a Rock Lobster for an extra $20 on top of your buffet meal. More details can be found at the Burswood or the Intercontinental Perth website. 


Lunch 
Mon-Sun 11.30am-3pm @ $19.95 


Dinner
Sun-Thurs 5.30pm-9.30pm @ $24.95

Fri-Sat 5.30pm-10pm @ $29.95

Which McDonalds affected by card skimming?

There have been many reports around Perth regarding the card skimming where people use wireless devices to skim cards as they pass through EFTPOS machines. Many of these incidences have been reported occurring at McDonalds restaurants. Whilst an email claiming to list various affected outlets goes around has been claimed to be a hoax, here is a list of places that skimming victims claim was where their account was compromised, based on comments in reply to a news article on PerthNow.

• McDonalds Midland
• McDonalds Belmont x2
• McDonalds Maylands
• McDonalds Livingston (Canning Vale) x5
• McDonalds Maddington x3
• McDonalds Mandurah
• McDonalds Tuart Hill
• McDonalds Morley
• McDonalds South Perth x3
• McDonalds Malaga or IGA
• McDonalds Berwick St
• McDonalds  Kelmscott
• McDonalds Cannington
• McDonalds  Jolimont

If you have been scammed, leave a comment below. Direct your friends to this list and we'll be able to get a better track on what's STILL happening. 

Gold Plates for Top Perth Restaurants

The Catering Institute of Australia WA Gold PlateAwards were handed out yesterday with Victoria Station at Burswood Entertainment Complex and Clarke's of North Perth winning both for their third consecutive year in their categories. Here are the list of winners:

Fine Dining
Friends Restaurant - East Perth

Licensed Dining City Metro
Matilda Bay Restaurant - Crawley

Licensed Dining – Country
Must Margaret River – Margaret River

Licensed Casual Dining City/Metro
Red Cabbage Food and Wine – South Perth

Licensed Casual Dining – Country
Lime 303 – Albany

Un-Licensed Dining
Clarkes of North Beach - North Beach

Restaurant Within a Tavern Country/City/Metro
The George – Perth CBD

Restaurant within a Winery Perth/Surrounds
Chesters of Heafod Glen – Upper Swan

Restaurant within a Winery – Country
Xanadu Wines – Margaret River

Mediterranean Casual Dining
Anna’s Café – Mosman Park

Café Unlicensed
The Prophet Cafe - East Victoria Park

Licensed Chinese and other Asian Cuisine
The Silk Road - Applecross

Licensed Thai Restaurant
Nahm Thai Restaurant - Perth

Licensed Indian Restaurant
Punjab Indian Restaurant - Innaloo

Unlicensed Asian Restaurant
Thai Orchid – South Perth

Seafood Dining
(A) Lure - Burswood

Free Standing Café – City/Metro Licensed
Jac’s Café and Pizzeria - Applecross

Free Standing Café – Country
Bunkers Beach Café - Dunsborough

Coffee Shop
Coode Street Café – Mt Lawley

Family Dining
Gnarabar – Margaret River

Steakhouse
Char Char Bull - Fremantle

Buffet Dining
Café Hyatt – East Perth

Buffet Asian
Koh?I?Noor – Padbury

New Restaurant
Must Margaret River – Margaret River

Tourist Restaurant City/Metros
Sandalford Winery - Caversham

Tourist Restaurant Country
Millbrook Winery – Jarrahdale

Restaurant with in a Training Establishment
Bentley Pines Restaurant Swan TAFE - Bentley

Venue Caterer
Perth Convention Exhibition Centre – Perth

Excellence in Health Award
Scusi Restaurant - Halls Head

Wine List of the Year
Friends Restaurant – East Perth

Premiers Award
Clarke's of North Beach


If you've been to one of these restaurants leave a comment about what you really think.

Curtin Uni New Sports Stadium - How much and when

2009 Curtin Stadium Sports Prices

Casual Hire

Casual Visits (Per Person / Per Hour) Between 6am – 5pm

	Students	Staff/ Alumni	Community
Casual Sports	$3.50	$4.00	$4.50

Casual Sports Include: Basketball and Netball

Casual Visits (Per Person / Per Hour) Between 5pm – 10pm & Weekends

	Students	Staff/ Alumni	Community
Casual Sports	$5.00	$5.50	$6.00

Casual Sports Include: Basketball and Netball

Court Hire (Per Hour) Between 6am – 5pm

	Students	Staff/ Alumni	Community
Tennis (Outdoor)	$9.00	$10.00	$11.00
Netball (Outdoor)	$12.00	$13.00	$14.00
Beach Volleyball	$24.00	$28.00	$32.00
Beach Soccer	$30.00	$35.00	$40.00
Netball (Indoor)	$30.00	$35.00	$40.00
Basketball	$30.00	$35.00	$40.00
Futsal (Soccer)	$30.00	$35.00	$40.00
Volleyball	$30.00	$35.00	$40.00
Badminton	$12.00	$13.00	$14.00
Table Tennis	$8.00	$9.00	$10.00

Indoor Hockey, Floorball and Handball please refer to Futsal (Indoor Soccer) Prices.

Clubs Prices only apply


Court Hire (Per Hour) Between 5pm – 10pm & Weekends

	Clubs	ALL
Tennis (Outdoor)	$10.00	$15.00
Netball (Outdoor)	$13.00	$18.00
Beach Volleyball	$28.00	$44.00
Beach Soccer	$35.00	$55.00
Netball (Indoor)	$35.00	$55.00
Basketball	$35.00	$55.00
Futsal (Soccer)	$35.00	$55.00
Volleyball	$35.00	$55.00
Badminton	$13.00	$15.00
Table Tennis	N/A	$10.00

Indoor Hockey, Floorball and Handball please refer to Futsal (Indoor Soccer) Prices.
Clubs Prices only apply to REGISTERED CURTIN SPORTS CLUBS

Competition Fees

Lunchtime Social Sports (Per Person / Per Hour) Between 6am – 5pm

	Students	Staff/ Alumni	Community
	$3.50	$4.00	$4.50

Indoor Evening Social Sports (Sports Hall)

	Standard Team  Nomination Fee	Student Team Nomination Fee	Match Fee
Basketball	$30.00	$20.00	$37.50
Beach Volleyball	$30.00	$20.00	$30.00 (4 a-side)
Dodgeball	$30.00	$20.00	$45.00
Floorball	$30.00	$20.00	$45.00
Netball	$30.00	$20.00	$52.50
Soccer	$30.00	$20.00	$37.50
Volleyball	$30.00	$20.00	$30.00

(Match Fee calculated at a maximum of $7.50 Per Person)

Outdoor Evening Social Sports (Tennis Courts & Edinburgh Oval)

	Standard Team  Nomination Fee	Student Team Nomination Fee	Match Fee
Netball	$30.00	$20.00	$38.50
Soccer	$30.00	$20.00	$27.50
Touch Rugby	$30.00	$20.00	$33.00
Ultimate Frisbee	$30.00	$20.00	$33.00

(Match Fee calculated at a maximum of $5.50 Per Person)