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SACKS of grain and stainless steel fermenters jostle for room with brewing paraphernalia and ingredients at TWOC Brewing Supplies. The Bibra Lake shop opened 27 years ago, long before craft […]
SACKS of grain and stainless steel fermenters jostle for room with brewing paraphernalia and ingredients at TWOC Brewing Supplies. The Bibra Lake shop opened 27 years ago, long before craft […]
IT’S one small step for Bob’s Shoe Store, one giant leap for footwear as it moves to a new-look shop on Market Street. Owner Bob says they have been at […]
COLLECTING ethnic and unusual items has been a lifelong passion for Fran Welke, owner of Fremantle store Bellissimo Bower. A bit like the shop’s logo, the bowerbird, Ms Welke is […]
LAUGHTER mingles with the sound of instruments as I approach a midnight blue wall adorned with musical notes and flowers. I am at Penny Lane’s enchanting music workshop in the […]
THE smell of rich, freshly-ground flour greets us as we step into the new Panna Artisan Bakery and Patisserie in Palmyra. Small, but no ordinary bakery, it’s a gluten-free customer’s […]
MAKING dentures wasn’t in 17-year-old Mark Hanson’s sights when he left school. “I wanted to be a mechanic,” he says. But his dad had other ideas and arranged for his […]
TAXIDERMIST Teori Shannon arrives for our interview at a Fremantle cafe with tiny jars of embalmed animals. There’s a baby stimson’s python, deep-water hermit crab eggs and the tiny skeleton […]
SITTING in Anna Chandler’s Cottesloe home it’s hard to know whether to be more impressed by the ocean view, her commitment to preserving her rambling 100-year-old cottage or her beautifully […]
TIMBER Traders is on the aptly named Wood Street in semi-industrial Fremantle. Huge corrugated iron sheds are crammed with slabs of native timbers in varying hues and states of dress […]
THE ‘slow shopping’ movement is alive and well at Remedy in Fremantle. The shelves in the High Street store are crammed with beautiful home and giftwares, making a wander around […]