This week, North Melbourne and Hawthorn fans will travel to the mystical city of Perth to watch their teams play.
As a Victorian footy writer, I’m the perfect person to provide a guide to Perth because like most Victorian footy writers I barely know it exists.
Just like the the majority of Eastern states’ media coverage of the Western Australian teams, my guide is light on insight and facts. Here’s what you need to know:
- ‘Perth’ is located in a country called ‘Western Australia’ so named because it is located to the west of Australia
- It is basically a giant open cut mine
- A coffee costs about $17 in Perth
- The big tourist attraction in Perth is the ‘Colin Sylvia basket’
- Western Australia is at war with sharks and has been for several years
- Apart from mining, other major industries include Little Creatures beer and… that’s it actually
- Residents of Perth are referred to as ‘Persians’
- Perth is one of the most isolated cities in the world. The movie Mad Max: Fury Road tells the story of a group of Western Bulldogs fans making their way to the 2006 Semi Final against West Coast.
- The most popular hobby in Perth is booing
- Never try to introduce a mining tax in Perth
- Unlike Melbourne, Perth has a pleasant climate with regular bouts of something called ‘sunshine’
- While AFL is the biggest sport, Perth is also the last place in Australia where the NBL is still relevant
- A large amount of residents in Perth have English or South African ancestry but are still nice people
- Perth is often referred to as the ‘Gateway to Rottnest Island’
So enjoy Perth, Hawks and Kangaroo fans and remember to get the proper vaccinations for cholera and typhoid.
COMMENTS
stevivor
Sep 22, 2015
Gaetano_Prestia TitusOReily So much awesome.
Gloves78
Sep 22, 2015
TitusOReily just don't wear your colours when walking at night
Bonjour_Pippy
Sep 22, 2015
TitusOReily Going to be the mother of all wars this weekend against the Persians not unlike the battle of Thermopyle!
FilmsWithCappie
Sep 22, 2015
Gaetano_Prestia TitusOReily yeah, that is basically 100% correct.
Gaetano_Prestia
Sep 22, 2015
FilmsWithCappie TitusOReily Oh wow you speak Engish? I thought Persians spoke a different language.
Gloves78
Sep 22, 2015
TitusOReily surely gang laws will have to come into play. Groups of 2-3 only please
FilmsWithCappie
Sep 22, 2015
Gaetano_Prestia TitusOReily I use Google Translate.
Gaetano_Prestia
Sep 22, 2015
FilmsWithCappie TitusOReily *taps head*
paul_yole
Sep 22, 2015
TitusOReily Where can you get a coffee for only $17?
Garbs_7
Sep 22, 2015
TitusOReily "The most popular hobby in Perth is booing" U0001f605
VOOK64
Sep 22, 2015
Gaetano_Prestia TitusOReily You forgot $20 pints mate.
Julia Gauci
Sep 22, 2015
Hahaha love it Sonia Gauci
Stephanakis Dimitriou
Sep 22, 2015
Billy Cechris now I'm prepared, I'll meet ya in Perth
Stej Bosnjak
Sep 22, 2015
Your guide to Melbourne is still the best ever article on The Flack
Geoff Schaefer
Sep 22, 2015
If a coffee costs $17 and my shirt only costs $15, does that mean I ruin my coffee if I spill coffee on my shirt?
Simone Stewart
Sep 22, 2015
Courtney Stewart Cameron Mcdevitt have a read, quite funny!
Josh Edwards
Sep 22, 2015
Lexington Gelmio So good
Jon Russo
Sep 22, 2015
Not bad haha
Jos Butcher
Sep 22, 2015
Just don't get too close to the quokkas... they will cut you.
Stephen Stahl
Sep 22, 2015
Hawks should know this, they were there two weeks ago
Felicity Gaylard
Sep 22, 2015
$17! U0001f602U0001f602U0001f602U0001f602U0001f602 Pretty much! I got excited at $6 for 1 x piece of dry cleaning today; as opposed to $14.50!
Daniel Kowal
Sep 22, 2015
Janine Milne - good factual read
Zack Hamence
Sep 22, 2015
Matty Brock you live over there how close is this?
steven_johno
Sep 22, 2015
TitusOReily Corrections
People from Perth are called Perthlings
An open cut mine WITH casino
Booing AND questioning an umpires parentage
portusprince
Sep 22, 2015
TitusOReily Add for the benefit of Hawthorn supporters: you can claim the flights, hotel and meals as work expenses, but not the tickets.
Jason Wedgwood
Sep 22, 2015
Whilst smiling for your selfie
Jason Wedgwood
Sep 22, 2015
Hes lying. Coffee costs $37... Awesome!
Will Gardner
Sep 22, 2015
Matt Sofoulis,Blake Hillier, Tenielle Kennedy, Chloe Forster, Christian Croce, Karl Kunze
LOL
Cathy Louch
Sep 22, 2015
Maryann Purcell lol
Attila Bary
Sep 22, 2015
lol Jack Dadaliaris
Warren Vickers
Sep 22, 2015
as a Persian myself i can confirm this to be 99.4% accurate
Kara Alsop-Clarke
Sep 22, 2015
It seems not everybody gets a driver in perth U0001f61c #lifestylesofthelouchs
Matty Brock
Sep 22, 2015
hahahahahaha that is pretty spot on Zack Hamence. A
Matty Brock
Sep 22, 2015
Fiona Thomson have a read of describing Perth lol
Ryan Tanner
Sep 22, 2015
Joanne, Robert, Shaun, this all sounds about right.
Darren Flash Nicolle
Sep 22, 2015
Adam Flockhart Nathan Duscher… thank god there's no final in Tassie!
Fiona Thomson
Sep 22, 2015
Hahahaha maybe an ALL WEST AUSSIE GF will put us on the map lol!!!!
John Francis McGeary
Sep 22, 2015
That's about right.
RayCapo79
Sep 22, 2015
TitusOReily hey, stop telling the world about our "Colin Sylvia basket"... There is room enough in it for Harley Bennel...
RayCapo79
Sep 22, 2015
TitusOReily You forgot the time difference. A friend came over last month. He left Melb at 7:45am, when he arrived in Perth it was 1982...
Mark Percey
Sep 22, 2015
You boys should come over for a visit Dean Winter Nick Foster. So much to see and do as Titus points out.
Dan Blackwell
Sep 22, 2015
Titus does well. He forgot to mention eve nightclub on a Friday night though
Merilvingien
Sep 22, 2015
TitusOReily you might be able to find a place where you'll get change from $15 for a coffee
Dean Morgan
Sep 22, 2015
Oh Titus, your best work yet!
Mark Lowry Mark Stewart Mark Peers Travis Hocart Kerryn Edwards Paul Coates Mackenzie Morgan Fergus Morgan John Howell
Kerryn Edwards
Sep 22, 2015
Gold
$17 coffee, that's cheap, he's obviously only buying single shots
Dean Morgan
Sep 22, 2015
Or has not been here for a few years
William Henry Ellison
Sep 22, 2015
Will Wood all accurate
Stephmc82
Sep 22, 2015
TitusOReily you may also refer to us as "Perthonalities"
TitusOReily
Sep 22, 2015
Stephmc82 I like that.
Leon Ragdoll
Sep 22, 2015
"A large amount of residents in Perth have English or South African ancestry but are still nice people".
Jack Dadaliaris
Sep 22, 2015
That's Perth lol
Rob Hob
Sep 22, 2015
I almost bought a coffee today but decided to use the money to go to Bali for one instead.
Dali Beerski
Sep 22, 2015
Don't forget your offering for Old Berty!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDhmdbVk0l4
Jonathon Shaw
Sep 22, 2015
Pretty accurate. Geez that CS article cracked me up!
Hayden Allen
Sep 22, 2015
Alex Jellis Scott Grey Kyle Leonard check this out
Therese Thistlethwaite
Sep 22, 2015
Hahahahahaha id be happy for everyone to stop coming over so I can enjoy some uncrowded beaches!
Go the Eagles!! U0001f424
Matthew Blashki
Sep 22, 2015
Euan McDonald-Madden GOLD!!
Courtney Stewart
Sep 22, 2015
The comment about a $17 coffee in Perth is pretty spot on haha
Lexington Gelmio
Sep 22, 2015
Haha nailed it. Should be a good weekend of footy!
Adam Viney
Sep 22, 2015
Haha all true, they forgot to mention current 20/20 champions, birth place of a half decent F1 driver and we dont drink coffee, its cheaper to fly to Bali for a Bintang :)
Tom Dunphy
Sep 22, 2015
No they weren't
Stephen Stahl
Sep 22, 2015
They played West Coast, not last weekend the weekend before
Matt Thomas
Sep 22, 2015
The largest city in the world! !
Robert Moore
Sep 22, 2015
Nah, coffee is $19
Frank Lauchlan
Sep 22, 2015
A significant amount of accuracy in this one....
Anthony Bons
Sep 22, 2015
Ross Drinkwater good summary of your new home?
Edi Winkler
Sep 22, 2015
They lost that war against the emus too:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War
Carly Gerreyn
Sep 22, 2015
Stephen, I what think Tom means they were scheduled to play in Perth two weeks ago but failed to show up
Ubud97
Sep 22, 2015
TitusOReily Ouch! The only gr8 thing to come out of Melb. in the last 10 yrs is the Krispy Kreme donut...and even that's got a whole in it.
Alex Quan
Sep 22, 2015
Jared Buratto ahahaha
Stephen Stahl
Sep 22, 2015
They played in the qualifying final, on the Friday night against West Coast
Frank Matera
Sep 22, 2015
You missed out on the Bell Tower!! The place where nobody in Perth has been to... but Wayne Carey and Kelli Stevens were seen coming out of.
Shaun Robeck
Sep 22, 2015
The bit about South Africans being nice people is also a lie...
Joel Mackenzie
Sep 22, 2015
Renee Narcis you might like this one!
Maryann Purcell
Sep 22, 2015
Ohhh thank you
David Harrison
Sep 22, 2015
Make sure you have plenty of money because Pints of beer aren't cheap
Ubud97
Sep 22, 2015
TitusOReily ouch!
Jackson Christopher Hunt
Sep 22, 2015
Black night is Friday night at eve
Ross Drinkwater
Sep 22, 2015
Need to go to old swan brewery, great feed good beer
Mark Jensen
Sep 22, 2015
He forgot to say you should also bring a pair of good "going out" thongs
Greg Mulholland
Sep 22, 2015
Haha Jason Kiely Scott Stickells
Penny Beitzel
Sep 22, 2015
Sharon - your response would rock.
Bree Turkington
Sep 22, 2015
Oh nooooow I get it...thats the result of cholera and typhoid epidemics! ;)
James Wiggin
Sep 22, 2015
Being a Melbourne born Persian who is also a Hawk fanatic, this article is very accurate. This should be the Perth Wikipedia page!
Kyle Leonard
Sep 22, 2015
This is all true hahaha
Brett Verney
Sep 22, 2015
Any Persian would know that if you shop around and don't mind a 25 min drive down the freeway, you can get a small coffee for as low as $9 sometimes.
Brett Verney
Sep 22, 2015
Or did you spill your shirt in your coffee?
Sharon Wade
Sep 22, 2015
Very little about my wit will rock today, been up since 3am! However it is basically an open cut mine and coffee costs about $27.00 so save up. Signed Shazza a "Persian" U0001f60a
James McHugh
Sep 22, 2015
Aaron Forward the mad max point haha
Luke Meers
Sep 22, 2015
Glenys Evans sounds about right?
Matthew Pope
Sep 22, 2015
To get a taxi in Perth, you just walk from wherever you are to the casino or airport.
Or hitch a ride from Ben Cousins.
Matthew Pope
Sep 22, 2015
"The attempts were not successful."
andream75
Sep 22, 2015
TitusOReily don't know whether to laugh or be offended #Both #goeagles
Humpty_J
Sep 22, 2015
TitusOReily I think those in the NBL heartland of North Queensland will be offended by your basketball reference.
whatevsAU
Sep 22, 2015
TitusOReily I'm a disappointment to my race. My first experience of Little Creatures was last week.
Rob Stoj
Sep 22, 2015
Christos Pavlidis JP Taylor - this sums up Perth nicely, right?
Eaglesinthewest
Sep 22, 2015
TitusOReily what about the cheap pints for $13 and the steak chips and salad for $45.
Glenys Evans
Sep 22, 2015
Spot on! Hope those "over East" (another Perth expression) enjoy their trip here.
bluemalu
Sep 22, 2015
TitusOReily For someone who barely knows Perth exists you did remarkably well with your guide. #GoHawks
Tara Lennon
Sep 22, 2015
Jaimito! You'll like the 4th point!!!
Zac Broderick
Sep 22, 2015
Read the mad max point Ian Watts Tim Watts Anthony Trent James Staples Craigo Dos Santos Cam Pallister
Tim Watts
Sep 22, 2015
Hahahah I like that
Matthew Grogan
Sep 22, 2015
Kelly LF JF would like this, Tony Ronaldson, Louise Grogan Erin O'Rourke Amy Amy Gallagher Steve Bickett hit the nail on the head...
Damian E
Sep 22, 2015
Anthony Raiti, good reading
Gerard 'Steve' Wilson
Sep 22, 2015
Haha this is great! Nicole Wilson Rob Cozier
Brainy Tim
Sep 22, 2015
Mark Phelan did you get a ticket?
Amy Gallagher
Sep 22, 2015
Haha this is gold and oh so true!!
Michael Maslin
Sep 22, 2015
This is too good Stephen Russell and Sean O'Sullivan. Even Matt Hansen 's beloved cats get a vague mention
Stephen Russell
Sep 22, 2015
haha quality stuff, loved the Cats comment and the Mad Max reference got a chuckle too!
Scott Verney
Sep 22, 2015
haha yeah $17 a coffee, about right.
Scott Verney
Sep 22, 2015
I am still surprised that it could actially be a Freo/Eagles final on the cards.
Scott Verney
Sep 22, 2015
But its ok, you can go to Bali for the price of two coffees and but 10 shirts for the price of three coffees.
Steve Bickett
Sep 22, 2015
Thanks for the tag mate. So true.
Sharon Greig
Sep 22, 2015
Stu got tickets for him and the boys to go here in Perth U0001f604
Euan McDonald-Madden
Sep 22, 2015
Brian Murphy so good
g_buoyup
Sep 22, 2015
As a Persian, I need to point out to any visitors from over there that WAFL Grand Finalists West Perth will be singing the Melbourne FC club song if they win on Sunday. So miss that Saturday midnight flight out for the experience. Culture is obviously transferable. And strangely, they haven't changed any of the words.
Brian Murphy
Sep 22, 2015
The mad max reference is gold!
Sean O'Sullivan
Sep 22, 2015
GOLD!!!! NBL.... seriously.... :)
Brett Verney
Sep 22, 2015
Haha this is the most rediculous thing ever. But absolutely hilarious nonetheless!!
Daniel Waugh
Sep 22, 2015
I've actually got Perf friends that go to the NBL U0001f602U0001f602U0001f602U0001f602Richie Tunbridge "gateway to Rottnest" U0001f602U0001f602U0001f602U0001f602
Robert Cooper
Sep 22, 2015
John John Fetherstonhaugh
Geoff Schaefer
Sep 22, 2015
That sounds good Scott. But are coffees expensive in Bali?
Sam West
Sep 22, 2015
Perth is where home and away characters go to die. Like the elephant graveyard
Sam West
Sep 22, 2015
Way to steal material
Anthony Raiti
Sep 22, 2015
He always is mate. Not that he's got much competition, but he is by far my favourite footy journo, even though technically he's a blogger
benandcamrhawks
Sep 22, 2015
TitusOReily Perth has been voted One of the world's most boring cities! #AFLFinals #facts
Sara Cappelletti
Sep 22, 2015
Loving this without reading it. Perth FTW
Lorna Wilkinson
Sep 23, 2015
Roos don't really need to bother - outcome will be same ....
Peter J Stuart
Sep 23, 2015
It will be a nice holiday for the three of them. Be nice
Mark Phelan
Sep 23, 2015
Not flight, too much, Susie had a seat at the ground for me
Deanne Herten
Sep 23, 2015
Rhiannon Gardner, did you read this before you left?
Sam West
Sep 23, 2015
Craig Henwood Russell Mark pitty Richmond and Carlton aren't in the prelim, but some insight for your next shooting trip west
CalSauer
Sep 23, 2015
RileyStuart1 TitusOReily the most popular hobby is booing U0001f602U0001f602U0001f602
RileyStuart1
Sep 23, 2015
CalSauer booing and eating at cocos
Claire Hanlon
Sep 23, 2015
Haha I only just read this! And I have never been more proud to be a 'Persian' (IS THAT EVEN A THING?!)
James Szauer
Sep 23, 2015
Now it is haha
Tara Carlon
Sep 23, 2015
Natalie Lauren some relevance for both of you here x
Natalie Woolfitt
Sep 23, 2015
Hahaha too true!
Natalie Woolfitt
Sep 23, 2015
I'm totes looking forward to showing you why NBL should still be relevant everywhere after you make your fury road crossing!
Ben Ng
Sep 23, 2015
Matt. Useful information for you this weekend mate ☺
Mick_EFC
Sep 23, 2015
I lived in Perth for a year, there was a lot of sand....nothing else of interest though.
Jamie Frost
Sep 24, 2015
Scott Ilgoutz worth a read!
Cat Warne
Sep 24, 2015
That's what you have a South African accent!!! U0001f602
Cat Warne
Sep 24, 2015
That is great I feel like I know a lot more about your country now. Nick Batchelor you should read this
Scott Ilgoutz
Sep 24, 2015
You know I wouldn't miss it! Was hilarious
James Richards
Dec 30, 2015
Thomas Moorhead. Whilst you're there.
Jason Ross
Dec 31, 2015
Jason Byrne, Jason Kaye... 'The big tourist attraction in Perth is the ‘Colin Sylvia basket'
Isaac Pearson
Dec 31, 2015
Harry Cutler Harry Chambers accurate
Thomas Moorhead
Dec 31, 2015
I'm actually going to Rottnest Island.
Nick Copperbottom
Dec 31, 2015
I thoroughly enjoyed this, I also enjoyed living in Victoria listening to everyone complain about flight prices to Perth.
Zoe French
Jan 04, 2016
Love it! U0001f602