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Subiaco Hotel
The Subi’s a local favourite and the institution of choice for a morning coffee with the papers or a pre-footy beer. It’s popular, too, for a Sunday sundowner or an afternoon of quiet beverages and people-watching.
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Hula Bula Bar
You'll feel like you're back on Gilligan's Island in this tiny Polynesian-themed bar, decked out in bamboo, palm leaves and tikis.
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Bakery
Popular indie gigs almost every weekend.
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Luna
Monday twin-features ($10) and a bar.
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Moon Cafe
Low-key late-night jazz bar.
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Boulder Town Hall
Head over to Boulder for a couple of hours to check out the 1908 Goatcher Theatre Curtain in the 1907 Boulder Town Hall. Englishman Philip W Goatcher, one of the great theatrical scene artists of the Victorian era, painted the trompe l’œil curtain, which creates an extraordinary illusion of 3-D space. It’s dropped from 10am to 3pm Tuesday to Thursday, and on the third Sunday of each month from 9.30am to 12.30pm.
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Mojo's
Good old Mojo's is one of Freo's longstanding live-music pubs – a real stalwart. Local and national bands and DJs play at this small venue, and there's a sociable beer garden out the back.
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La Bog
This often jam-packed Irish pub is in Northbridge's backpacker heartland. It may be a package Irish franchise (there's one in Fremantle as well) but it's still a reasonable and popular place to sit and sip on a Guinness amongst friends. Live bands offer a fun night of dancing and the 06:00 close means you can grab an early-morn nightcap.
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Matso’s Broome Brewery
There’s no better spot in Broome to kick back with a beer than Matso’s wide verandahs overlooking Roebuck Bay. The wonderful award-winning beers are brewed on site – the Monsoonal Blonde is sensational – and there’s live music on Sundays in the courtyard from 4pm to 7pm, and occasional DJs and bands on weekend nights.
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Harvey Dickson's Country Music Centre
The fantastically over-the-top Harvey Dickson’s Country Music Centre comes complete with a life-sized Elvis, an Elvis room and three 13.5m-tall guitar-playing men. It hosts regular rodeos and big-name country music events, as well as the WA Country Music Festival in February.
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Funk Club
Like the man says, 'Funk is its own reward'. On Friday nights, the Funk Club is full of colour and fun. Recently relocated from Leederville to much-loved live music venue the Rosemount Hotel, the Funk Club's happy punters bop away for hours here, kicking off their weekend with a bang.
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Hyde Park Hotel
The Hydie does indie and rock bands some evenings, comedy on others. The Perth Jazz Society (www.perthjazzsociety.com) meets here every Monday night to play swing and modern jazz. The Jazz Club of WA, which plays traditional jazz and Dixieland, meets here on Tuesday nights.
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Fly by Night Musicians Club
Variety is the key at Fly by Night, a longstanding not-for-profit club run by musos for musos. It's been the launching pad for many a local band.
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Sail & Anchor
Built in 1854, this Fremantle landmark has been impressively restored to recall much of its former glory. Downstairs is big and beer-focused; it's more sedate upstairs, where there's a verandah, and singer-songwriter night on Wednesday.
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Subiaco Oval
During the Australian Football League season it’s hard to get footy fans to talk about anything but the two local teams – the Fremantle Dockers and the West Coast Eagles. There’s a great atmosphere during the games at Subiaco Oval.
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Norfolk Hotel
Slow down to the Freo pace and take your time over one of the many beers on tap at this 1887 pub. The limestone courtyard, with the sun streaking in through the elms and eucalypts, is downright soporific sometimes.
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Brass Monkey
This massive pub, built in 1897, boasts several different areas and vibes. Take your pick: sit up on a stool at the bar, lean back in the relaxed beer garden or hunker down on a sofa by the fire. The food’s good, too.
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Wild West Saloon
For an anthropological experience, the front bar at the Exchange Hotel provides a window into some locals’ lives at all hours of the day, with skimpies, TV sports and mine workers furiously refuelling.
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Left Bank
This Edwardian riverside inn, up from the East St jetty and overlooking the water, is patronised by lively young ’uns in the downstairs cafe and bar; upstairs is a more sedate dining room.
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Velvet Lounge
Out the back of the Flying Scotsman is this small, red-velvet-clad lounge playing everything from hip hop to ska.
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Diver's Tavern
Don't miss the popular Wednesday jams and Sunday session.
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Sun Pictures
Aside from watching a Cable Beach sunset, Broome’s other requisite experience is catching a film at historic Sun Pictures, the world’s oldest operating picture gardens.
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ZeeBar
This stylish bar and bistro near Cable Beach mixes up tasty cocktails (matched by good tapas) and hosts live music and DJs on Friday and Saturday nights plus trivia nights on Tuesdays.
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Roebuck Bay Hotel
The 'Roey' is a Broome institution, with different bars offering sports, live music, DJs and cocktails until the wee hours. It also does a range of accommodation and has a great kitchen.
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Luxe
With retro wood panelling, big sexy lounge chairs and red-velvet curtains, Luxe is knowingly hip. Like any serious bar, it’s also armed with turntables and a specialist cocktail bar.
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