Victoria Park
The Perth suburbs about to join the million-dollar club
As demand outpaces housing supply, seven-figure price tags are becoming increasingly common across Perth suburbs.
- by Sarah Brookes
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Batavia Corner
The Victoria Park stalwart serving bold, faithful tastes of home to Perth’s Indonesian community
Cooking this good deserves a wider audience. Head to Victoria Park for great fried chicken, house-made noodles and airy chocolate and peanut pancakes.
- by Max Veenhuyzen
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Metronet
Why Saffioti is ‘100 per cent confident’ Armadale line will open on time
Three months after beginning Perth’s most lengthy and disruptive rail shutdown ever, the government remains confident of the opening date – and of people’s patience.
- by Hamish Hastie
Six of the best: A field guide to handmade noodles in East Victoria Park
Home to Indonesian chicken noodles, singular ramen prospects and one of the planet’s last bamboo pole noodle makers, East Vic Park has much to offer.
- by Max Veenhuyzen
The Metronet effect: How will Perth’s biggest public transport project impact house prices?
Metronet is the single largest investment in public transport Perth has seen, with 72 kilometres of new passenger rail and 23 new stations under way. So what will it mean for property prices in surrounding suburbs?
- by Sarah Brookes
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Yip
Bless the noodle whisperers: This Perth restaurant is one of the planet’s few serving bamboo pole noods
Go to Yip for outstanding handmade southern Chinese noodles: stay for outstanding roast meats, dumplings and a fiery noodle soup to be reckoned with.
- by Max Veenhuyzen
What is tonkatsu? The Japanese soul food at the heart of this new Victoria Park restaurant
Operating out of a cosy 32-seat dining room, a former Nobu chef is using heritage breed pigs and house-made panko to create fried pork cutlets of a higher order.
- by Max Veenhuyzen
The train gets you from Cannington to Perth in 17 minutes. The bus? Not so much
Around 13,000 commuters will be thrown into buses and cars when the Armadale line shuts down until mid-2025. WAtoday crunched the numbers to estimate their new commutes.
- by Sarah Brookes
18-month closure: Armadale line shutdown date announced
The line will be closed for 18 months with a third of commuters telling WAtoday they planned to drive into work during the disruption and pray for a car park.
- by Sarah Brookes
No pain, no gain? Metronet’s mind-boggling disruption to Perth commuters
Across Perth, Metronet is powering ahead. But with cost blowouts, rail shutdowns and added congestion on the roads has the public been sold a pup?
- by Sarah Brookes