Nickshinner,
Keep an eye on the meeting point forum for Perth meets. We do get together every few months (speaking of which it's probably time for another meet now).
REIWA is cool, but not all that accurate IMHO.
It's good to get general trends and for first pass research to narrow down the suburbs, but you'll probably be wanting a few calls to the VGO and real estate agents before you make any final decisions.
Re: East Perth
I can't say I agree with that. Have you seen those three on the corner as you look from the bridge going over the river from East Parade?
East Perth looks like a patchwork quilt at the moment. Not very attractive at all IMHO.