Did you know Perth had a burger joint with rollerskating chicks serving the cars with said burgers? Finally getting round to scanning my 80s and 90s medium format negs. This place, Smokey’s burgers was across the road from Ellingtons, sort of, where now beret wearing fifth flatters trade snarl with curled lip. Was a pasta place before, equally money losing. After decades a new building finally going up on the site. Stirling Street/Beaufort Street. Apart from Smokey’s, amazing how little Stirling Street has changed over the decades. I don’t know when I took this. Guessing 1986.
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Nice topiary.
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Reminds me of this
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Fuck it, this: http://dark.pozadia.org/images/wallpapers/75421323/Dark/Dark%20Knight%20Rises.jpg
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Is that where the new Mcdonalds is going to be?
Is the 2nd one Stirling st? You’re right, it hasn’t changed. I hope you have lots more, these are categorically not worst.
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Don’t know about McDonalds not sure. Some new office type place being constructed now.For many years has been vacant block with graffiti saying Feck in large letters.
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Yeah the block will have a Maccas on the Beaufort st side and an apartment block on the Stirling st side.
The website for ‘Metropol on Parry’ conveniently crops out the Maccas from all imagery:
http://www.metropolonparry.com.au/
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Someday I will do some Banksy-style Father Ted stencil art on that wall.
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Next to the new McDonald’s, I think. The Stirling/Parry interesection if I’m right, whereas the McDonald’s is the Beaufort/Parry intersection.
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Yes. This place went right through from Arrondissement to Stirling. Right opposite Park.
The block still shows on street view as does the hacked tree.
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That particular form of topiary is delightfully Worst. A personal favourite.
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Wasnt there a car hire place on Stirling/Newcastle that had Fred Flintstone characters on the facade?
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On the roof weren’t they?
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humping
yes
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Apropros of nothing, I heard an interview with Gerry on 100.9 FM Noongar Radio yesterday in regards to the upcoming CHOGM protest. I’d say a worthy cause, if only there was some specified cause of worth – I’m not sure that the “you got it, I’m against it” (as TLA so adroitly put it) banner really helps anyone.
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Actually obscurely relevant to today’s post. I remember the Smokey’s building, though I doubt it was still doing business back in the days when I was stumbling out of (or, sadly enough, into) the Lone Star at 6am. Across the road from both is the park which, according to my research, was the park nearest to the Aborigine “exclusion zone” in force throughout much of the Perth CBD in the first half of the last century, and thus (and to this day it seems) a logical meeting point for Noongars. There is an Aboriginal welfare centre almost directly across the road on Beaufort Street.
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http://www.oneperth.com.au/2011/01/02/nyoongar-name-change-for-weld-square/
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$140,000 for a toilet?!!
And I put it to you that Central Australia is hardly Nyoongar land (if that’s where the design inspiration is coming from).
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Buckeled can answer those questions RubyRuby. As to self cleaning toilets it is my experience that you find a ten foot long turd hanging out of the bowl in one of those.
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Cheap.
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TioD, NF#1.
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Thanks Snuff. I’ll be ordering a bumper sticker pronto.
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You can only get one if you are seen by them as “other like-minded people like ourselves”. At least, I got the impression that there was some kind of vetting process going on.
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Sterilisation might be a good kind of “vet”-ing
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If you see those munted squiggles as Southern Cross/Commnwealth stars, you’re in.
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Heh, creeping through youropenbook the other day I came on this gem: !Listen up Governmental agencies the fukn kwinana freeway needs to be 4 lanes either that or stop letting the boats in! Except with more brain hurt spelling / phonetics.
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That’s intolerable!
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Why is it Black and White?
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Perth Noir, arse-hat. And you remind me of Mariah Carey (NO OFFENCE)
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Pariah Carey
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You remind me of Cornell Sanders, I eat alot of KFC B.T.W and think it can kick mcdonalds like hell, Anyway do you know the KFC’s 12 secret herbs and spices, I dont either
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Cornell Sanders?
I prefer Henry Jacks
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….or Henry’s Jocks.
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And he’s a Real Aussie – Celebrates Australia Day Too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQSkjHysqKk
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TLA was very wise to not publish my previous comment.
No offence.
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I didn’t? Which one?
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onanism causes colour blindness
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This has always made me snigger. There’s one in South Freo.
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Performance you can rely on.
Indeed.
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chortle
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You chaps need to take yourselves in hand. Eh? What?
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Glop
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Spruut!
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Of fuck off will you.
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Old skool tree pruning FTW.
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I always referred to them as amputrees. Groan. Nice old skool double apostrophe abuse.
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I hate those box trees. How many of those nuts have pierced my feet or even thongs as a child?
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Your almost prehensile toes weren’t shellacked by salt-crusted calluses then.
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Nice pics, especially the 2nd one with bonus background view of Australia’s Second Tallest Sewer VentTM.
However slightly unfair to say Stirling St hasn’t changed – if I’m not mistaken those houses/utes have now been replaced with the strange office building fronted with large freestanding numbers festooned with quokka (?) statues.
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As covered about 4 years ago.
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WORSTNEWSFLASH
Drive (SATTLER) promo: today marks 30 years of Howard Sattler being on the radio.
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As always, looking forward to the Slough of Despene on Friday.
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I quite like most of these, though the Smith’s seem to have a franchise in Mingeopolis.
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#4 Lifesaver Fountain by Niki de Saint Phalle
is in Dulsburg, Germany.
Did it really need that much vibrancy?
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It looks like Lannie
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I like the dodge truck in the background.
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Maccas branding now highly visible on Beaufort outlet. Hash browns and litter ahoy!
I’d like to think that Smokey’s made tasty burgers, but the need for rollerskating gimmicks probably warned of average fare.
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There was also some kind of pasta place there.
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I hope they initiate a no berets policy for Ellingtons punters.
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Bah. I bought my beret especially for Ellingtons outings.
Now I need a good milliner to rectify the fit – the angle has moved from off-Beat to an existential maudlinism. Can’t let it slide all the way to angsty…
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I suppose you could put it in your pocket when you nip over to Maccas for a flatted fifth meal.
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What else is a 25 minute walking bass solo good for?
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Yes, the band take turns going out for McDonalds during the solo.
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Slipped so far over it’s now called Reginald?
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if the beret slides too far it’s in danger of becoming a Dexy’s:
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Or worse, a Hair Jordan.
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How does this work, Snuff-Sensai?
Do you know this stuff is out there? Do you decide it should be out there and pursue it? Or does your very thought process cause, in a quantum way (yes, that’s a bullshit usage of a science word – just suck it up), for this all to spontaneously come into existence?!
Still want to be your Paduwan when I am worthy…
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If it’s a choice between top-notch WAAPA jazz graduates At the Ellington, or a shitty cover band at The Paddo, colour me bereted.
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I went for the WAAPA grads, I stayed for the beret wearing ops.
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James Ellroy was always mentioning carhops on skates, whoring tricks and lamenting ooshta and a lack of vibrancy
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Well you guys really dont know what you are talking about. It was the best burgers in Perth and the place to go after a good night out Bon fires and great atmosphere
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