The Financial review by way of Pete F. 
And a possible reason. People returning from the 2008 Masters were spreading the word. “No fucking elephants, and we didn’t see unicorn one.” Thanks Ferdy and Adam G. 
Another reason? We have shops still selling videotapes and books. So last century. By Ljuke. 
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The Worst of Perth 
anything’s possible in Perth…
except finding a taxi after 11pm
add your own
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that Taxi Ride is being broadcast on Saturday on Channel7, or maybe 9. The one with all the adverts.
it’s to be presented by David Wirrapunda.
what? were Natalia and Basil unavailable? Not even Ernie Dingo? No professional broadcasters available so they had to make do with an amateur?
I expect some masterful shepherding across the back line
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Didn’t we ban Ernie from the State for allegedly using corporal punishment in a school?
Wirrapunda is probably just being groomed as the token, tame Traditional Owner so Nine or whoever can show diversity. That, or they might have actually found an eloquent footballer with an 18 charisma. I suspect the latter, adding some much needed authenticity.
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Ernie is fighting the slapping smackdown.
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It strikes me that God has parted the Swan river so the people can all escape to South Perth.
Possibly because of the of the anti-Semitic monkeys hanging off the buildings or just because they are being terrorised Father Christmas and flying pork chops day and night.
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What’s so anti-Semitic about the monkey ?
Wait, yes, I can see Moses and the Israelites fleeing down William Street to cross the Red Sea/Swan River.
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All monkeys are anti-Semitic. Didn’t you see Raiders of the Lost Arc.
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…Not unless the mud sitting at the bottom of the Swan claims them first!
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That poster is so worst I want to peruse a larger version almost as much as I don’t. In fairness, Perth does have cheap shelves, apparently.
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Adopting the native tunnel vision for a sec (required for even considering a trip to Perth) it becomes clear that the only real possibility is severe drought
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indeed
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Ljuke, that is some truly excellent worsting. Right under our noses.
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That particular Woolworths had TWO aisles with signs proclaiming “video tapes”.
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Hey some of us still buy video tapes
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And you’re pretty keen for them, apparently.
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If you haven’t got down to the sweet sounds of Riverview circa 1997, you haven’t lived my friend…
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Those church dudes take cool radical fun to the xtreme, man.
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Clap-your-hands to-the-Lord
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why did I get a richie-rich flashback then?
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I just keep thinking about that video tape we watched on the weekend, JJ – the one promoting Mundaring as an exciting tourism destination. The nudist part was good anyway.
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The nudists were a total shock! The rest was good too. Mundaring really is such a thriving, vibrant retreat from the pressures of city living. Remind me to show you the Tonia Todman decoupage rock tape sometime (you need PVA glue and a rock)
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Those unicorns they’re just crazy.
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Now it all makes sense.
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The buildit an they will come crowd have turned out to be false profits. There is a big secret about Dullsville : it is a long way away from the next available tourist mine.
Tourists require energy to get here , the average one weighing over 100kgs, and the price of energy is going up not down. The vibrancy fix they get here is outweighed by the loss of cash.
People fly here either for family matters or work.
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We have shops still selling videotapes and books.
Not on Sundays we don’t.
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and that’s the way i want it to stay.
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You’re in the right place then. It fades the curtins.
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yeah an speakin of Curtins , business school that is, they reckon there is no return per kg on dollar invested in tourists or in the case of Oprah Winfrey per ton.
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actually, i think it upsets the cows’ milking patterns.
but i’ll keep an eye on the curtains, thanks for the tip.
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Perhaps She Ra should use this — Perth circa 1954 :-)
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That was wonderful Frank.
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I agree – note the pronounciation of Mundaring – typical Eastern Stater :-)
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No beach shot? I loved the lack of chain saws.
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And note Forrest Place when it wasn’t a Mall, as well as London Court :-)
and the biggest development – Kwinana :-)
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That does seem and odd omission, TLA, (notwithstanding the quick shot at Kwinana around 1:35, and the dunes in front of the South Fremantle Power Station), in an otherwise great film. I particularly liked the Moderne Gifte Shoppe, and the pram hanging off the back of the MTT bus, possibly as I spent some of my best years in an identical wicker one. Thanks, Frank.
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You could still hang your pram on the back til the 80s I seem to remember, but you had to get it off yourself.
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It was a Metro Bus – the MTT didn’t start til the late 50’s – early 60’s.
Think they stopped hanging prams after an incident where from memory they hung one with the child still in it.
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Thanks again, Frank. I thought the Metro might have been short for Metropolitan Transport Trust, but apparently it was the Metropolitan Omnibus Company.
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Reminds me of the most tortured acronym I’ve come across:
Australian Capital Territory Internal Omnibus Network (ACTION). Better or worst than South Lake Union Transit, in Seattle?
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You cant go past the Curtin University of New Technolgy, Bento.
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*can’t
*Technology
Must be Friday arvo.
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thanks frank, i really enjoyed it.
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Fantastic. Rain, overflowing weirs, droppies and a spare carpark at UWA. You don’t see that today.
Loved the pram on the back of the bus @6.30, “For all the work they get done the people don’t seem to be in a hurry.”
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Yup!
For all the workplace improvements and labour saving devices, we seem to be chasing our arses even faster, and in ever decreasing circles.
The “rush” hours on the W.C.H’way at Scarb. Bch. Road are fine examples of the total futility of so much of our ‘vibrancy’.
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So, other than prams on the back of the bus, what’s changed?
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We have chainsaws to cut down the forest.
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No metrosexuals.
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You got killed for that in them days.
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Chainsaws, metrosexuals, death… there’s a great idea for a movie.
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Yep. Run over by an aptly named bus.
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The bus drivers aren’t so polite, and there are no trams in perth tho they will be back.
1.2 million people have been added in a thin strip extending 200 kms along the coast.
Nice shot of the Northam flour mill by the way from Broome Terrace.
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Fewer Metrocentric Twats (©Rolly 2008).
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But more put on english accents.
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Indeed.
Today’s younger set seem to have considerable difficulty coping with even an Australianised version of the language.
Often, the chatter at the bus stop seems to be a mixture of Bollywood and New York, very little of which is intelligible to a native English speaker.
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Has anyone else experienced this execrable phenomenon?
‘Hiyeh, y’orright’
– the classic English greeting redolent of verdant fields and biennial changes of the frying oil
followed by ‘maight’ in a bogan accent so thick you could cut it with the side of a pie?
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Weld Club, 16.30 18th August 2010
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Oh. That was 10 long minutes of my day well spent.
So little has changed. Cars are uglier, clothes are skimpier, and we still can’t thing of things to show visitors to Perth other than Kings Park.
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Nice one Frank. Reminds me yet again of what a ridiculously stupid idea it was to fill in Mounts Bay with a freeway system.
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… and the men wore suits everwhere, the women dresses, & schoolkids went barefoot.
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Hi Worsters. You seemed to have enjoyed Postcard From Perth so much I’ve put another Perth feature up for you all.
Sort of what Scorsese’s Taxi Driver would have been like if set in Perth, without De Niro and no violence or teenage prostitution.
I’ve never been to Perth but thanks to your great blog I feel like I’ve seen the best (of the worst).
Enjoy!
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Hasn’t changed a bit.
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Just so much to enjoy. Great carspotting, smoking, optional seat belts, the Pagoda, two dollar notes, flame trees, Gest, Cottees Big Boy, Lan-choo, Viscount, Peters Ice Cream health food of a nation, parking in No Parking zones, and for a quadriplegic, Ted’s pretty good with his arms. Thanks again, FA.
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Yep, just like I said, hasn’t changed a bit.
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Those bridesmaids. Phwoar.
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But it’s a Skip Wedding – no self respecting Wog Wedding would use BLACK Taxis :-)
And as for lifting Ted, just as well he’s using a manual wheelchairt – if it were an Electric one he’s be restricted to one those modified busses with a ramp.
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their dresses are schmicko
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Your Channel is awesome, FA. Some genuine classics , and these two are hilarious. Do please keep ’em coming.
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Thanks Snuff
We have barely scratched the surface of a collection of 5000 films. We will be putting them up pretty regularly so please keep watching. We have quite a few Perth and WA related items too. Not that you are parochial or anything but it’s always nice to see a bit of the old home town from back in the day.
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You’re most welcome, FA. As it happens, I’ve lived in every state and territory in Australia except Tassie so it’s all good, but I particularly enjoy old films from WA as my childhood was spent there. Thanks again, and I look forward to your future uploads.
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Took that first punter from Alday St St James, along the new Kwinana Freeway, St Georges Terrace eastbound and then drops in on Kings Park Drive West Perth?
All for $1.50 + 50c tip!
More money for beers at the Broken Hill Tavern.
Needs more cowbell.
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And the reason why we need more Multipurpose Cabs in the City – and no – they aren’t just to carry 12 drunk bogans into Northbridge on a Saturday Night
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A pie for lunch, lager at the Broken Hill for knock off & spin home along Bourbon St What a life these gentlemen of the road lead.
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Another 10 minutes well spent. And a $2 bill sighting!
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the $2 was the best note. Beautiful.
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Marvellous.
These days any pick-up in St James or Rivervale would be asked to pay in advance.
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And they wouldn’t be wearing those fucking clean and pressed suits. You’d be lucky if they had pants on.
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