As temperatures start to climb into the higher numbers , Its time to pack up  the drinks,. munchies, get into the car and head to the seaside !!

Now there is a good reason to do it as well, Commit your Sunday to SLAM Festival, the biggest “beach volleyball event” this side of the equator! The party has finally landed at Scarborough Beach in WA, after traveling around the country all summer long and they are still full of energy to soak up the WA sun n sand.

Slam Festival event details

What: The biggest beach volleyball festival in the southern hemisphere!

Where: Scarborough beach

When: Sunday 15th January

12 – 5.30pm: volleyball competition

5.30pm – 8pm: music festival

Get your own Team  and have a fun day

To be a part of the festival yourself, round up your mates to form a team, sign up online and head to the beach on the day. And don’t think you have to be a pro – there are amateur games and loads of prizes to give away!

This Sunday’s festival will also feature a buzz-worthy line-up of Australian talent, including The Potbelleez, Boom! Bap! Pow!, Hook n Sling and Kaz James. So head down early and have a slamming time until the sun goes down.

Today is the opening of the new Coventry square markets in Morley. Not all shops will be open today  but the markets are open  with many retailers  and restaurants open for business.”Coventry square” is located right across the already existing Morley galleria supermarket  and has just brought in competition to the neighbourhood. This is going to be more like a open market complementing many retail stores that are not available at the galleria supermarket  so it will be a good addition  for the nearby suburbs  with  two big supermarkets in the area.

The front of the new “Coventry square markets” in Morley

Location of Coventry Square supermarkets

GET DIRECTIONS

Coventry Square Markets
243-253 Walter Road
Morley, Western Australia

The markets will be a nice veritable mix of restaurants, cafes and specialty shops. Sorrento Quay at Hillary’s Boat Harbour is one of Western Australia’s most recognizable tourist precincts developed by the same developers of this markets the Strzelecki group ( strzeleckigroup.com.au ).

Five seasons  fresh vegetable shop in Coventry square markets

The markets is  only a short 7 km northeast of Perth’s CBD and has ample parking space.

According to the website “The “Coventry square market” area is divided into a number of sections all with their own unique theme. The fresh produce mall includes fruit and vegetables, delicatessen products, a wine market, seafood, poultry, and meat. The general markets division includes home wares, cottage industries, jewelers and perfume, small bulky good outlets and much much more.The cafe strip at the front of the markets is where all the eateries are located. This area is the focus for all the restaurants, cafes and eateries.”

Coventry square markets – The missing ingredient vegetable shop

This site where the markets are currently  was previously part of the Coventry Group Ltd and has the company located over here  – a company and  distributor of industrial products – fasteners, fluid hydraulics and cabinet and furniture hardware as well as a manufacturer and distributor of gaskets and was earlier Appointed by the Ford Motor Co. (Aust) Ltd to be an official distributor of genuine Ford parts within Western Australia.

You can visit the  markets websie at http://www.coventrysquare.com.au for more details

Tablets and smartphones have taken over our lives and it is likely that many more will adopt this new technology  come this festive season as more and more people get comfortable with the touch screen technology  and prices of tablets get down  even further making them more affordable.

While many think of the iPad as synonymous with the word "tablet" plenty of shoppers will be looking for a more affordable tablet to give this year with heaps of new customised software versions coming out with new android software.

Some of the New tablets  that are hot in the market  pictured below , check out  this website “Pc tablets and reviews”  for more detailed specs on some of these tablets.

Sony tablet above

Apple ipad 2  above

Amazon kindle fire tablet above

Motorola xoom tablet

Samsung galaxy Tablet 10.1

Check out more specs for tablets here on this site

Harvey just the same morning shared a breakfast with Fremantle chairman Steve Harris yesterday and other footy players and coaches in a function and gave a speech about the future of the club only to get the news of his sacking alter in the evening..Ross Lyon is believed to have signed with the Dockers for five years.

Five AFL  clubs will have new coaches next year, with Adelaide, Melbourne, the Western Bulldogs and now St Kilda looking for new men.

Mark Harvey

Fremantle chief executive officer Steve Rosich said in  statement  that it had been an extremely difficult decision to end Harvey’s tenure at the club, which he had joined as an assistant coach in 2006.

Brownlow medallist and 6PR football commentator Brad Hardie, who spoke to Harvey moments after he was axed,said the triple Essendon premiership player was "distressed and not happy".

Ross Lyon

The AFL Coaches Association is disappointed that Mark Harvey was not given the opportunity to finish his coaching contract at Fremantle Football Club. AFLCA CEO Danny Frawley said today that clubs’ expectations on coaches are becoming onerous and unrealistic.

The views in this article are those of the author and not necessarily those of the AFL or its clubs

About 40,000 people took part in today’s event from The Esplande to City Beach, with about 1000 taking part in the marathon and about 2800 in the half marathon.

View of the city to surf crowds from the top of St George Bank

Runners raised more than $500,000 through the Activ Charity Challenge.
The largest single contribution of $33, 271 was raised by members of Karrakatta-based 7th Field Battery Royal Australian Artillery who pulled a 2.5 tonne howitzer along a 12km course from the Perth CBD to the coast (1hr 30 min).

Karrakatta-based 7th Field Battery Royal Australian Artillery who pulled a 2.5 tonne howitzer

Results for  the city to surf 2011 in perth

To view your results, visit www.perthnow.com.au. an click on the city to surf link(pic)  on the right hand bar or go directly here –> special-features/city-to-surf  or city-to-surf-results-2011 and follow  the links  to get results.

If you have your bib number handy , you will be able to search your results much quicker on the website. Just select what race you entered like the 4  or 8 or 12 km run or walk  and enter your “bib number”  and you should get your results and ranking as below.

12km Run

TOTAL TIME
01:38:19

Runners Leaving the city to surf start point from st Georges terrace, Perth

If you did your run  and finished it as well , you surely would have received  your free PowerAde at  the finish line as well as a medal with the city to surf logo   to show of  to your friends that you took part in the race and did your bit for charity.

The organizers  are also issuing certificates of completion of the race  to people who have taken part in the Perth city to surf race so dont forget to get yours if you have participated in the City to surf Perth race 2011.

Colorful Musicians Entertaining  the City to surf runners

STAR WINNERS of Perth City to Surf 2011

Kenyan Luka Chelimo won in 2hr 17min 3sec ahead of compatriots John Mutai Kipyator and Kiproo Lilan Kennedy.

Ethiopian Roman Gebre Gesesse won the women’s marathon in 2hr 36min 21sec.

Fourteen-year-old Angelique van Niekerk won the women’s 4km run to record an impressive victory in 14 min 51sec.

Ben Green took out the men’s 4km run in 12min 30sec

Links:

http://www.citytosurf.activ.asn.au/

The Sun-Herald City2Surf

Man dies after City to Surf

City to Surf 2010 – Running at William St, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010 …

Having seen Master chef Neil Perry in cooking shows on television, we certainly were looking forward to a great experience  visiting one of his restaurant chains “ROCKKPOOL BAR & GRILL”. The Long Passageway does definitely impress as soon as you push the big wooden door and enter  the restaurant from the Burswood Hotel reception area and so does  the interiors which definitely has a posh look.

But That was the only good things ( or memory) that  we came back with , unfortunately for us everything else was poor, the service and the  food. For our starters after mulling over the menu and the chili mussels and fried  calamari , we settled to get the traditional garlic prawns  and the sautéed mixed mushrooms ( which is actually is a side ) as  the starters. The sautéed mixed mushrooms were the best dish we tasted over here , even though  it  was a bit annoying that the waiter sounded reluctant to bring  in the mixed mushrooms as a starter and so we settled to get it  later with the mains. The garlic prawns were good , but i have tasted better and bigger garlic prawns at one of the other local restaurant i visit in perth called “DA VINCI” in north Perth.

The mains was the hard part  to decide  after  pondering over the good selection of steaks, Pasta and seafood we decided to go with lamb lion chops with mint jelly $ 38 & WOOD FIRED VEAL CUTLET . About a good 30 minutes later  while we were enjoying our starters and cocktails. the waiters arrived with  the Veal Cutlet and  told my other half  that her lamb lion cutlet was ready and placed it on her table. My other half then got sus and asked what my order was  and the waiter said that my order was also a veal cutlet. My partner repeated what we had ordered  and they suddenly looked a bit confused and  said they will reconfirm  what was ordered.

They came back in a minute and said they were sorry , but a wrong order was placed and both of them were veal cutlets , the head waiter came and informed us  that he was sorry and they were out of lamb lion chops and would she like to  order something else  and they would make it up to her with some complimentary dessert. Given that my veal cutlet had already arrived and we  possibly were looking at another long wait  for her new order to arrive ( being hungry as well by now) , she reluctantly agreed to have the veal cutlet.

That’s where my luck ran out now, luckily enough  the veal cutlet for my partner was rated “just ok” by her , but i got a veal cutlet that was totally burnt , I thought that i might be able to get some good parts in the veal cutlet .. but the burned charred meat ruined the whole flavor in my mouth  and i did not even go through the whole veal cutlet. I tried to hide my displeasure  as it after all was my partners birthday today  and didn’t want the day to get ruined.

I got my usual coffee for dessert  and my the waiter bought a small little cupcake ( to add insult to injury) as a complimentary dessert for her. I decided i rather drown in a pool than come back to this rockpool for a dinner.If any of you are looking for a good fine dining restaurant i would recommend “The Zafferanos” anyday  its good value for money and just a bit more friendly on you wallet  and still the best gourmet food ever with million dollar sea views.

Catch me at my blog www.sheldonsingh.com

More reviews:

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Technology is catching on fast and you don’t have to look very far to grab a good bargain these days. But a true bargain hunter will always  keep every option open and  scan all areas to get the best bargain. Even though most of the deals  are now more and more  getting online and to people via their new smartphones and emails , there are still some deals that can be got  from newspapers and  websites.

For Perth – Gumtree & Quokka classifieds

If you are  in Perth or for that  matter even Sydney and Melbourne  a website called GUMTREE is making its online presence felt more and more online  and definitely the listings are increasing. You can browse anything from a bottlebrush tree for sale to ancient working toy train.

Website :perth.gumtree.com.au

If you like to browse through pages and  search for deals in print you cant go past “the quokka” in Perth , its one of the most popular classifieds for sales from used cars ( very popular ) to  used furniture , electronics , smart phones, memorabilia pretty much anything that can be listed. The online website is not as popular as the newspaper itself  and the newspaper has more updated  listings

Website: www.quokka.com.au

one of the other popular websites that is also popular is thetradingpost.com.au

Online deals and coupon websites and mobile apps

Australia is now seeing a rapid growth with more than 40 ‘daily deals’ online web sites created within the last year.  With so many websites, you would have to search through a dozen or more sites and emails every day to find the right deal for you.

Like you, we love getting amazing offers we can get our hands on each day. But we found that there are too many to list , so we have short listed some of the more popular deals websites below

Best bargains Coupon sites – Mobile Deals apps

1. www.spreets.com.au
2. www.livingsocial.com.au
3. www.cudo.com.au
4. www.scoopon.com.au
5. www.catchoftheday.com.au

PICK UP FROM $7.95 ( offer valid for pick up pizza only on any large traditional pizza)

Domino’s Pizza
www.dominos.com.au

Offer terms & conditions
*$1 surcharge applies for each additional topping, half ‘n’ half pizzas and “Square Puff”. $2.95 surcharge applies for “The Edge”, “Cheese Burst” and “Gluten Free” pizzas. No half ‘n’ half or substitute toppings allowed on the Value Range pizzas or Pizza Subs. Premium Range pizzas $2.95 more than Traditional Range pizzas excluding Premium Prawn pizzas until 14/02/11. Minimum delivery order $20. Drivers only carry $20 in change. All offers not valid with any other coupon or offer. Only available at selected stores. 50 cents for extra cheese on Pizza Subs. Prices include GST. Pizza Subs only available 11am to 4pm.

Its just valid until 30th june  though so grab it now  and make use of it !!

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