Star rises on a wing and a lair LIVING within commuting distance of work has taken on a whole new meaning in Perth. Sitting in gridlocked traffic or waiting endlessly for public transport can ensure the journey home takes more than an hour for many living in the eastern cities, but in the western capital, a new breed of worker is signing up to an hour-and-a-half door to door. . The office door, however, is at the mines of the remote outback - Karratha, Geraldton, Newman, Tom Price - while home is the affordably priced suburbs in regions such as Belmont, Victoria Park and Bayswater, near Perth airport