Alcoa Aluminium Sculpture Award recipient signals hope on the horizon at Sculpture by the Sea
Alcoa Australia President Michael Gollschewski with Ben Jones, Tony Jones and Angela McHarrie at MJ+J Studios Fremantle studio. Photo credit: Jess Wyld.
PERTH
.- The recipient of this years Alcoa Aluminium Sculpture Award at Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe is being seen as a shining light of hope during the turbulent times associated with the coronavirus pandemic.
The sculpture, Lite House, by Perth-based art collective MJ+J Studio is a 3m-tall structure made from aluminium and LED lighting. It will sit on the groyne on Cottesloe Beach during this years exhibition providing a sparkling beacon after sundown.
The streets of Perth have been turned into a ghost town as 2 million residents adjust to life under a lockdown which medical chiefs warn could last more than five days.
Pictures from the city show the normally bustling Cottesloe Beach empty despite temperatures soaring to 36C on Monday, the first full day of stay-at-home orders.
Street malls and shopping centres usually full of shoppers have been left deserted, with most businesses forced to shut during the harsh five-day lockdown enforced after a security guard at a quarantine hotel contracted Covid.
Residents have seemingly answered the call put out by Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan to do your duty: stay home unless it s for one of the four approved reasons .
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Mandatory quarantine has had an “amazing” effect in Western Australia, where life has been largely back to normal for six months.
On
Newstalk Breakfast this morning, Cork native Nicola Healy offered a snapshot of what could have been for Ireland if borders were closed last summer.
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“It has been pretty good,” she said. “We are out, we are able to socialise, meet our friends, go out to shops and have people over to the house and stuff, so yeah, it is a lot different to home at the moment,” she said.
Buon Appetito! Best Italian Eats In Perth
January 16, 2021
If pasta and pizza is life – then we have the list of best Italian eats in Perth for you.
Move over spaghetti and meatballs (though we don’t mind them every now and then too), we’ve tracked down some seriously great Italian restaurants here in Perth for you to try.
Whether it’s pizza, pasta or beautiful regional dishes that have your pick, you won’t be disappointed with these venues.
Buon appetite!
Lulu La Delizia
Subiaco’s prized hotspot Lulu La Delizia is a small and oh so charming eatery and wine bar that specialises in the premium fresh pasta and the delights of Friuli and the Venetian spice route.