Outdoor - Stray
STRAY is about random adventure and escape. STRAY is about pretending that Perth is Ferris Bueller's Day Off and that fun and money aren't mutually exclusive. STRAY is cheap hijinx, cheap dates and the outings you could be planning while you're actually watching Video Hits on a weekend at 11am.
SixThousand Laneway Markets
No matter how many mint acts are on the bill, there's always going to be "dead festival time". Not familiar with this concept? Well - you've just been blown away by Black Lips when you consult your crumpled timetable and note the next decent act is a lifetime (20mins) away. The intermediate period is called "dead festival time" and SixThousand is murdering it.
Verge surfing
A wise man once said retail is for suckers. We're inclined to agree. Perusing the verge collections, or ‘verge surfing' is without question the best source for indoor furniture, outdoor furniture, indie cool bikes and Franklin Mint crap. Aside from the free stuff, there's a thrill in the chase and a pride in showing off your best scores.
Vincent Wetlands Heritage Trail
When you're a kid, museums can be the absolute pits - getting dragged through dreary buildings and nagged at - "don't touch!", "shoosh!", "I never said it was going to be like the zoo!". All I wanted was to ride my BMX to a place where I could torment mini-fauna with a magnifying glass.
Adopting a dog
Ever since fleeing the family home all those years ago, I have felt something missing from my life. Spare cash? Certainly. Home cooked meals? That too. Aside from all that, a certain gentle presence has been lacking, in the shape of a Jack Russell Terrier. Those little bundles of unconditional love, who literally wet themselves when you open the door and to whom the prospect of going for a walk with you is brain-meltingly exciting.
DIY Upside Down Tomato Plant
There's nothing more timeless and/or satisfying than growing your own tomatoes (in the world of gastronomy anyway). However, unforgiving inner city backyards make growing stuff generally impossible (and who can be assed with hydroponics?). Until NOW! Armed with a spoon and some dirt, I channeled Don Burke and made myself a hanging tomato plant.
Mulberry Picking
You don't have to make a lame purple dedication website or belt out One Eyed, One Horned, Flying Purple People Eater at the office karaoke night to showcase purple pride. Here's a recipe based entirely on purple appreciation, that'll have you showing up Violet in no time.
1) Take one bottle of vodka.
An Artificial Picnic
What's this? It's an artificial lawn picnic! Let's get back to nature!
Sure it's green, but is it...green?
There is nothing quite like heading out for an artificial lawn picnic on a hot summer's day, laying down the picnic blanket onto the spikier-than-Johnny-Rotten phony turf and feeling that oh-so-real lawn gently massaging your ass like Sven's sandals massage your feet.
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