Perth / Western Australia
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Local News/lifestyle:
https://www.theurbanlist.com/perth
https://perthvoiceinteractive.com/
https://margaretriver.wine/news/
https://postnewspapers.com.au/read-the-post/
https://fremantleshippingnews.com.au/
https://www.thebelltowertimes.com/14-ways-to-have-a-breathtaking-day-out-in-joondalup/
https://particle.scitech.org.au/
https://www.margaretrivermail.com.au/
https://heraldonlinejournal.com/
https://www.businessnews.com.au/ (subscriber)
University/TAFE news:
https://www.notredame.edu.au/news
https://www.northmetrotafe.wa.edu.au/news-and-events
https://www.ecu.edu.au/newsroom/overview
https://pelicanmagazine.com.au/
https://www.murdoch.edu.au/news
https://www.curtin.edu.au/news/
https://westernindependent.com.au/
Noteworthy West Australians blogs/other
https://www.brendansodyssey.com/youtube-videos
https://freoview.wordpress.com/
https://theconversation.com/profiles/flavio-macau-998456/articles
https://theconversation.com/profiles/hannah-mcglade-340927/articles
Government/LGA:
https://www.wa.gov.au/government/announcements
https://www.dbca.wa.gov.au/get-involved/newsletters/bushland-news
https://www.vincent.wa.gov.au/
https://www.stirling.wa.gov.au/your-city/news
https://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/announcements
https://slwa.wa.gov.au/whats-new
https://perth.wa.gov.au/news-and-updates
https://visit.museum.wa.gov.au/boolabardip/exhibitions
https://inherit.dplh.wa.gov.au/Public/
https://www.emergency.wa.gov.au/
WA Podcasts:
https://www.businessnews.com.au/podcasts
https://particle.scitech.org.au/explore/podcasts/
National sites that occasionally have WA specific articles:
https://www.railexpress.com.au/
https://www.theguardian.com/au
https://theconversation.com/au
https://www.oznativeplants.com/index.html
ABC WA:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/wa
https://www.abc.net.au/esperance
https://www.abc.net.au/goldfields
https://www.abc.net.au/greatsouthern
https://www.abc.net.au/kimberley
https://www.abc.net.au/wheatbelt
https://www.abc.net.au/pilbara
https://www.abc.net.au/southwestwa
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I never encountered them outside about a 500m radius of the zoo, but yes - they were very common in the zoo itself. In fact, I was surprised to find they were gone when I first visited the zoo after moving back to Perth about 7 years ago. I'm fairly certain they were still around in 2007.
The squirrels and the butterfly house being missing were the main things I remember from my first visit with the kids in 2017.
People always used to say that Perth never changes, but it really changed a great deal in those 10 years.
I's told the butterfly house got removed because the zookeepers found the butterflys were actually demonstrating really stressed behaviours when people walked through, but i don't know how true that is.
FAQ Perth Zoo Perth Zooโs Butterfly House was built as a temporary exhibit with limited funds and operated from 1995 to 2001. It stood where African Painted Dog exhibit now spreads.
What?? I thought it was there longer than that.
This makes more sense (expensive to run) than butterflies being stressed. Melbourne Zoo has a butterfly house as well, and it shows no sign of going away.
The butterflies themselves land on people and get photographed all the time. They don't seem to be shy at all.