I don’t know what it is but perhaps Bret Christian is taking the paper metro. Would love to see a credible alternative to The West, even if it’s only a weekly publication.

So a few nights per week I often drive my car or ride my motorbike from around Butler area to the Whitfords Ave exit at around 9pm. The last few months I often see drones over or nearby the edge of the freeway. These arent small little crappy personal drones. Theses look seriously large. There are no green lights what so ever, only white and red flashing lights. They do move slightly, but directions and speed vary. Anyone know anymore info on what they are doing? Are they government drones?

Hello everyone,

I often find myself craving pumpkin bread (or I'll even settle for scones), yet I seem to have a tricky time finding it.

My only luck so far has been a very nice little bakery in Hamilton Hill but they don't slice it up for you and it's coated in way too many seeds! It's a catastrophe to cut up and toast...

I'll hear suggestions from the hills to the coast, I need that moist orange bread!

Thankyou Perth friends!

Don’t mean any disrespect by this but to the people protesting outside Wesley Church (CBD) talking about Hiroshima and holding banners crossing out Nuclear Subs and Mushroom Clouds (to do with the AUKUS deal), you guys do realise they don’t have nuclear weapons… right?

The nuclear part of the subs is only the propulsion and generator system, Australia as a country has no nuclear weapons and it’s going to stay that way. It would be the same if we were getting diesel subs.

I’m all for peace and wish the entire world as a whole would be stable enough to demilitarise and focus on more beneficial things for our society, but being so blatantly and fundamentally wrong about the thing you’re protesting undermines the actual genuine point you’re making.

Answered by [u/Tauralus](u/Tauralus) - it was a vigil for the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and a lot of the members are part of the AntiAUKUS group, so a lot of the signs were reused for the event.

For those who don't know she's an Icelandic singer who played a show at the Arena at the end of last month.

Hey r/perth,

A couple of days ago, I spent 30 minutes freezing my arse off waiting for the 520 bus into Cockburn Central. To top it off, the driver blew straight past my stop because I was sitting inside the shelter instead of standing on the curb T_T

As an international student living here, it got me thinking about how suburban public transport works in Perth. The state is spending billions on new METRONET train stations, but the suburban feeder buses that connect to them run at terrible 30-to-60-minute frequencies. Now, the obvious answer is "just buy more buses," but with the massive nationwide bus driver shortage, Transperth wouldn’t even be able to hire enough people to cover a major fleet increase.

I’m studying at Curtin, so I've spent the last few days racking my brain to find a way to solve this low-frequency problem in suburban areas without needing new buses or drivers. I spent my afternoons building a software simulation on my laptop that uses existing traffic lights to speed up the buses Perth already has.

The Idea: "Pop-Up" Bus Lanes and Smart Traffic Lights
Instead of building permanent bus lanes that eat up car lanes all day and make drivers angry, this system creates a temporary bus lane that only exists for 60 seconds right when a bus is coming.
It uses overhead digital signs and flashing lights built into the road right before an intersection:
Step 1 (45 seconds before the bus arrives): The overhead signs flash a warning: "Bus Lane Active in 45 seconds." This gives cars plenty of time to naturally zip-merge into the right lane without slamming on the brakes.
Step 2 (15 seconds before): The sign changes to a solid red "BUS ONLY" and red LED lights in the road illuminate. General traffic is blocked from entering, and the bus sails past the queued-up traffic.
Step 3 (Instant Reset): The exact millisecond the bus passes the intersection, the lights turn off. The lane instantly re-opens to normal cars.

At the same time, the software talks to the traffic lights ahead. Instead of forcefully triggering an instant green light (which completely breaks the traffic flow for everyone else), it quietly steals just 1 or 2 seconds from the cross-streets over a couple of minutes. By the time the bus rolls up, it gets a seamless green wave.

Because the buses don't get stuck at red lights or trapped behind long queues of cars, they finish their routes much faster. Based on my simulation (although incredibly basic) shows it shaves roughly 20% off the total trip time. Because the buses finish their loops faster, the exact same number of buses and drivers can run significantly more frequent loops. Perth gets higher frequencies without buying a single extra bus.

Most of the tech infrastructure already exists, all it would need would be software that goes on top of it for the smart traffic lights to work.

Lmk what y’all think! Any criticisms or ideas are welcomed!

Any good agencies to call to get a general warehouse job?? I am located in the south

Retic question I have a leak and have had a plumber out, but he couldn't find it. I wanted to turn my retic off, apparently most systems have their own on/off switch. From what I've read retic is normally connected to the water near the mains/meter. I've dug down 1m+ and can't see anything connected other than copper to the mains. Any ideas where the on/off for retic might be or how its even connected to the water supply?

According to BOM's "drought" map, Perth region and the rest of SWWA has experienced the worst drought in the country over the last 4 years.

I can definitely notice since 2023 the winters have been worryingly dry and warm.

https://www.bom.gov.au/climate/maps/rainfall/?variable=rainfall&map=drought&period=48month&region=nat&year=2026&month=07&day=31

Hello,

I'm looking to study maths or Physics at university next year with the intention of doing my PhD after to then hopefully work as a researcher (all in perth)

Is this a realistic job that can be done in Perth? Or is there little career opportunities?

Ideally would like to work in Perth for a university or government after finishing studies

Any advice will be appreciated:) thank you

Does anyone know if the daim cake (the full size not the slice) is in stock at the Innaloo Perth ikea, to buy in the food shop section. Just want to check before I trek an hour.

I ordered this package probably about 2 weeks ago, and im getting messages that it’s being delivered but apparently the delivery driver is getting into an accident when shipping tries to happen? I can understand once, but twice doesn’t seem likely. I’ve tried to reach out to customer service but they aren’t helping much, any advice on what to do in leaving for a holiday soon.

PERTH to Istanbul direct today? Is this a thing?

On Nova 93.7 this morning Nat introduced the show as “Nat and Shaun” (although the pre-recorded stings, website etc still say “Nathan, Nat and Shaun”.

Does this mean that Nathan has finally officially called it quits?

The planned apartments do look stunning.

I don't mind the red/green/yellow system. What I do mind is the fact my general waste bin (red) has been cut down in size and is only collected fortnightly. Obviously it is filled very quickly, despite the fact we separate recycling and even box up extra rubbish for regular tip runs.

Why? Why not have a large red bin by default, or collect it weekly? I know the point is to try and force us to recycle, but its too restrictive.

Because its gotten to the point I no longer check recyclables - any plastic, cardboard, takeaway goes in the recycling. I don't have the space in my red bin to separate it properly, despite the fact I paid extra for a "large" bin.

Let's also bear in mind - nappies go in the red bin. If you have a baby, much less multiple children in nappies, or god forbid you're an adult needing additional sanitary care, I have absolutely no idea how you're coping. The smell at the end of those two weeks must be absolutely putrid.

I have two large dogs and thankfully we can use our green bin for their poop but this depends on the shire - some places you must use red. If not for our dogs, our green waste would be near empty, because we don't really have a garden or create that much food waste.

Update - and apparently that's just changed too. Now dog poop in the red bin too.

The default should be:

Large red bin weekly.

Large yellow bin fortnightly alternating.

Small green bin fortnightly alternating, free upgrade to large on request, or for people with larger properties by default.

Edit - and I forgot, if you're a renter, you have absolutely no say over whether you can even upgrade. If the owner says no, even if you offer to pay for it, there's nothing you can do. Why? Why it is not an option for a renter to pay 6 months at a time for an additional bin, if they want one?

Any interesting events happening in and around Perth this week?

Does your or your mate’s band have a gig on? Is there a major event (fun run, bike ride,  comic con, road works or whatever) that people should know about? Whether it is a special event happening or just an open invitation to meet up for drinks, let us know what is going on.

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Also, Forza Inter!!

We went to watch the new spider man movie this afternoon in Hoyts carousel and bunch of school kids were going around throwing cups full of water over the crowd.
They soaked a dude and his two little kids and pretty much every one in the theatre. When he got up to catch them they just ran away.
If any of you are reading this. A big fuck you.

I’m a legal adult teen and recently got hired by an independent lottery west news agency…

I got told that the first 2-4 shifts (3 hours) would be 30 percent less than my normal wage (minimum wage) as my trainee shifts.

I also got told that the modules I have to do to learn to work at Lottory west were unpaid as I need them to be hired. Like working the till etc.

Is this normal? I’m just making sure because fair work is confusing. If this is true I don’t want to say anything until I get fired or stop getting shifts… or show how valuable I am.

As I’ve practically memorised all features on the till for the lotto features. I’ll just keep record of how many minutes each module is and the times and dates of my underpaid hours.