Change inevitable, but so is yearning for past

The West Australian’s recent series on the fifty years since 1965 put me in a reflective mood. I wasn’t here in 1965, many of us weren’t. There are a growing number of people who have come from overseas or interstate and chosen Perth as their home rather than being ‘born and bred’ here yet that doesn’t mean we don’t love it any less, we just have different views on it.

I grew up in Sydney and not just any part of Sydney but its most treasured jewel, the Eastern Suburbs. Famous for its coast line of trailing surf nooks including Bondi Beach and the glorious Sydney Harbour with its many coves that are home to some of the most expensive real estate in the country.