It was the site of Perth’s first international airport, but now a plan to connect Matilda Bay with a different type of transport – public ferries – is turning into all-out war over the city’s affluent western suburbs.
Book-ended by the Royal Perth Yacht Club and prestigious university rowing facilities, Matilda Bay has for decades been a tranquil playground for some of the city’s wealthiest families, its sweeping city views and sheltered waters a haven for rowing squads by day and mining billionaires by night.
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