Perth, WA
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- Retro0
Hmmm, wierd that the site aint working for you.
Maybe a direct link to the forums will do it?
http://www.port80.asn.au/forums
Anyway, Port-80 is pretty much where most/all the Perth Designers/Developers(that care) chat
- AlsoKnownAs0
still not working.
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browser "can't find the server"
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i'll try from home tonight. hopefully it will work there. it sounds like a good site for me to check out.
- stewart0
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- AlsoKnownAs0
Huh?
Of course I searched for Perth first, and the last useful discussion was exactly a year ago.
- stewart0
i mean, why start a new one when you already have a "Perth, WA" thread started
ah, whatever
- AlsoKnownAs0
"Officer, I can explain"
:)
Just to have a nice fresh thread really. I didn't want to turn off the potential info-donors I was appealing to with a long, meandering thread. Uh oh, too late.
- stewart0
hm
- dan100200z0
yes i'm a perthian, I moved from UK too, about 2 years ago, you will love it in Perth, great beaches, nice weather..
Pristine..Not sure if there is any work going around actually I'll have to check up.
Peace out.
- AlsoKnownAs0
Yeah Dan, I'm so looking forward to it.
Are you a working designer? Web? Print?
- ********0
I am from Perth, and all I can say is, stay the fuck away from the place...you'll find the work boring, unappreciated and under-paid.
- vespa0
Tim! what happened...?!
(AlsoKnownAs i'm from perth too - lovely place, not as much or varied work as london tho)
- ********0
Not meaning to be harsh, but in reality Perth is not the place where you would want to be, it's far to hard to eek out good work. Virtually impossible in some respects.
However, it's great in other ways.
- AlsoKnownAs0
(Nice work Tim)
Haha, I know exactly what you mean (having grown up in a small, beautiful but sleepy city myself), so I do appreciate the warning.
... but I'm going anyway. I'm not going for the glamour or "cutting edge", so I'm under no illusions.
- ********0
Well there is one company I have head about called Sumo, which a Perth friend mentioned as it was started by a couple of friends of his.
Oddly, there is a thread on australian infront...you may need to do a search for it, but it deals with the eternal question: 'is there work in Perth?'.....might be worth a look-up.
But once again. Don't go!
6 months in when the beaches and golf courses have worn off, you'll find the small mindedness, the parochialism, the constant presence of the cops, and the ever-present nanny state, will crush your spirit link an ant.
- AlsoKnownAs0
Vespa, thanks for the note.
That is a worry, but I'm prepared for that.
There's got to be something going on though, right?
- ********0
Lucky dog!~
- AlsoKnownAs0
I'll look out for Sumo. Good name.
I think places like Perth are worse if you've grow up in them, so to continue living there doesn't feel like a choice. I won't feel trapped (I hope) because being there is part of a larger context for me, do you know what I mean?
- vespa0
don't be too discouraged AlsoKnownAs, people warned me about coming to London but i knew it was what i wanted and i was right - no doubt you are right about what you want out of life too. one thing i do love about perth is the do it yourself mentality - if there isn't anything good going on, start something up yourself!
Hey tim isn't Sumo melbourne based? i've heard Nat Brunov's company is doing pretty well in Perth, but can't remember what it's called - can you remember?
- ********0
I see what you mean. But good luck with it anyway. Who knows, I may be calling you for a job in a few years.
- ********0
Apparently run by a couple named Martin Grant and Erin Prosser