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Two things worth noting for the upper house (the big form):
1) Parties no longer get to say where your preferences go, whether you vote above or below the line. The only preferences that flow on are the ones you specifically mark. If you vote only a single "1" above the line, no preferences from you will flow on at all if that party doesn't get in.
2) The minimum number of preferences above the line is 1. The minimum below the line is 20.

(and for the vast majority of you who are not in Western Australia, enjoy some not-especially-depressing political info with no effect on your life)

I'm pondering showing up to Swancon for a day, paying the day membership but not actually going in, just hanging around outside where there's fresh air and chatting (masked and socially distanced) with anyone else outside. The Rise has lots of park around it, and if it's raining there's some covered outdoor sections.

Anyone else going? I'm currently leaning towards Sunday in case I feel brave and awake enough to go to the World Building for First Nations Super Heroes with Scott Wilson at 9am, but am open to Saturday if there'll be more people there. I definitely won't have the energy for both days, there's moderate odds I won't have energy for either of them, or will end up only having energy on the opposite day to the one I was planning on. But it would be nice to say hello if our stars align!

I don't have a wheelchair right now, so the plan is to be dropped off near where I'm going to sit, and then stay in basically one spot for an hour or two, then ring for Cam to come pick me up. I thought about hiring a chair but that's a lot of money for something I might not even have the energy for. It's just occurred to me that sitting on hard ground for so long would get uncomfortable, hmm. Maybe I'll bring a cushion??

Since WA Fresh has sadly stopped again.

I just did an order with The People's Produce and it was pretty good! No minimum order, cheap delivery, wide range of suburbs, good quality https://www.thepeoplesproduce.com.au/

Note that this is not the same as The People's Market, which has donated to an anti-abortion charity but does have a large range of stuff http://www.thepeoplesmarketperth.com.au

I also considered TAL fruit and veg, which has a $50 minimum order https://talfruitandveg.com.au/online-store/

and Morley Fruit and Veg https://www.morleywholesale.com.au/

https://vaccinatewa.health.wa.gov.au/s/login/

I think you have to be one of:
Quarantine & Border Workers, Frontline Health Care Workers, Other Health Care Workers, Aged Care and disability care residents, Elderly adults aged 70 and over, Critical and high risk workers, Younger adults with an underlying medical condition including those with a disability

I found it all a bit confusing tbh, but I got an appointment.

I have a bunch of questions I can't figure out the answers to, mostly I can find general guides online but need local people to help answer them with specific answers for Perth/Australia. But general advice would be helpful too.
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I also try to avoid soy, coconut, and vegetable gums. Most are also gluten free, but that's not something I watch out for myself.

The first three are available internationally, for the rest you may need to be in Australia. Most are at Coles/Woolies.
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Thought I should mention it while I remember. (Also I just gave my self a minor burn and need a distraction, sorry if this is a bit badly worded as a result)

There's no big reason, mainly I've been finding it more of a strain on my health so we wanted to try not going and see if we regretted it. If I feel unexpectedly energetic I might take the train down for Saturday but I wouldn't count on it.

Hope you all have fun without us!

I am having to stop myself evangelising PEA to everyone I know with chronic pain, because I know how annoying that can be. But I am glad a friend told me about it, and it may be helpful for someone out there. So I'm going to put the info under a cut and you can read or not!
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To try:

• Ming Dynasty Chinese
  
• Hiss & Smoke Japanese
  
• Palsaik Korean
  
• Lido Vietnamese looks expensive
  
• Zushi Zone
  
• Zushi Bento Only open before 5
  

Places we actually go:

• New Place Japanese
  
• Kaze Bento
  
• 8fry Korean
  
• Poppo Korean and Japanese
  
• Pizzarella Very customisable pizzas!
  
• Little China Girl
  Wing Soon Chinese Restaurant
  
• Golden Star BBQ Seafood Chinese Restaurant bad soup, middling sweet and sour pork
  
• NewRoz kebabs
  
• ribs and burgers
  
• GYU - EN Japanese BBQ Cam finds them too plain
  

Middling Japanese

• Sakaba Japanese
  
• Shimizu
  
• Kabuki Bento Good tataki, bad katsudon
  
• Restaurant 1903
  
• Mr Oro Custom sushi, deep fried chicken teriyaki
  Tak'e Sushi Cam liked, had ok greasy plainish beef teriyaki
  

Tried, disliked:

• DON'T USE MENULOG, THEY ARE TOO SLOW.
  
• Southern Star Vietnamese* expensive, spicy, greasy. Tasted ok.
  
• Osaka Sushi Cheap and mediocre. Not inedible though.
  
• Yama Sushi: mediocre, unexpectedly spicy.
  
• Happy Fortune Chinese Gives me reflux
  
• Tonku Sushi Yokine Greasy
  
• Itoshii Japanese: Greasy and expensive
  
• Bariuma Greasy
  
• Seoul Delish: spicy
  

Looks good/Used to like but they stopped delivering here:

• Fuku Sushi
  
• Aladdin's Pizza and Kebabs Too far :(
  
• Yummy House Chinese Restaurant A bit pricey but very nice. Doesn't deliver to us any more ;_;
  
• Taka's Japanese
  

OLD VERSION:

So after vaguely noticing the rise of Ubereats I decided to investigate the options for food delivery in Perth again, and lo! They have improved enough that there are now options I can eat available in my area!

The sites I have found and how they looked for my fairly central suburb:

• Menulog Moderate range, what I ended up using.
  
• Eatnow Similar to Menulog, but website was a little less helpful regarding opening times.
  
• Ubereats Largest range. But part of Uber and thus evil.
  
• Deliveroo Range has recently increased
  

I ended up picking Taiwanese Cafe which has a nice range of food I can eat as well as some stuff Cameron likes. And Taiwanese desserts!! I LOVE TAIWANESE DESSERTS and have had trouble finding anywhere easy to get them. The food was overall pretty good: the red bean and pearls dessert wasn't the best I've had but still satisfying, the popcorn chicken was super tasty, the teriyaki chicken bento perfectly nice, and the egg pancake a little greasy but ok. The only genuinely mediocre dish was the spring rolls.

The menulog ordering process was very painless, and the delivery guy had my number for when he got lost (our set of units has a very confusing numbering system) You're in trouble if you want ingredient lists etc, but that's true of most delivery.

Untried:

• Cay Dua Vietnamese Restaurant*
  
• Hongkies Hong Kong Kitchen Closed Tues
  
  
• WEST PERTH CARVERY
  
• Abra Kebabra
  
• Chuan Yue Garden Chinese Restaurant
  
• Ming's BBQ House - Northbridge
  
• ChopChop BBQ
  

Tried, liked:

• Shunking Chinese Restaurant* black pepper a bit spicy
  
• Golden Star BBQ Seafood Chinese Restaurant* Can be a little spicy
  
• New Place Japanese Kitchen*
  
• Taiwanese Cafe
  
• Parklane Chinese Adequate and cheap with large servings.
  
• Wah Sun Chinese Restaurant* Closed Tues
  
• Pizza on Beaufort nice burgers