Yeah, suck on that Maylands. Written by Harold Robbins by the way. Kind of an unofficial sequel to The Carpetbaggers.
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KARDINYA … It’s only ahead of KOONDOOLA alphabetically.Both are Ghettos
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No one walks in Koondoola. Everyone drives. No better indicator of poverty
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What ghetto has houses selling for upwards of $1 million? Sign me up.
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South Hedland.
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You are signed. See you at The Kardy. It’s no Sizzler but…
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We recommend the Kardy Tav for your one stop xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxp. Its a grubby TAB masquerading as a seedy pub.
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“The Kardinya Tavern, known by the locals as “The Kardy”, has been owned and operated, presently with three generations, for over 20 years.”
Either all three generations are currently owning and operating the place or Kardinya has an amazing Mayfly-like rate of births and deaths.
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I don’t know why they would boast about it. It really is an unpleasant place.
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Slim Jim and the Phats used to rock out while bogans grazed on the ghastly salad bar.
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http://www.thekardy.com/index.php/bistro-menu
I recommend the Grilled Northern Territory Barramundi , fresh from the bay.
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I’ll be in Kardinya today. Might drop in.
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Fire-bombing Murdoch ‘Old Turd’ Uni again?
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Keep going down the road a little and you’ll find this polished turd: http://www.southstreetalehouse.com/events.html
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Oh the muggings. How I miss you.
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Better Kardinya than Lazarus.
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Having grown up in Kardinya, I was keen to have a read of this.
Disappointingly they left out, some may say covered up, one of the big scandals to hit Kardinya.
The now abandoned SUPA IGA shop was originally quite controversial. It was built in the 80’s (obviously) as a roller skating rink – Skateworld. There was quite a sizeable protest from the local community (read: mums) that the skate rink would lead their children astray and presumably we’d lose a generation of youngsters to this dangerous underground sport…or something. There were petitions and megaphones and pleas to think of the children but big business got it’s way and up it went (for some reason no ever complained about the people who used to hand out Free Skate Hire coupons outside the primary school).
It was built with an undergound carpark but the locals worked out that you could hear the music down there and it was a pretty good surface for skating, so Skateworld management cracked down on the free loaders and locked it up with in a few weeks of it opening.
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But they have a bikie hq now don’t they?
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That’s in the industrial area they tacked on a few years ago. It’s about 4 streets and you can only get there by going through Willagee.
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I skated for the Kalamunda Rollarama Speed Team at Kardinya Skateworld. Even had a ‘Kardinya Skateworld’ badge sewn onto my 3-stripe skate jacket.
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If Kardinya has a Cuban themed small bar that would trump Maylands.
Hopefully this will mean The West Australian newspaper will lay of my suburb.
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Is stock rd in Kardy? Would make a great rival for 8th Ave.
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Stock Rd is closer to Freo, your’e maybe thinking North Lake?
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correct Shazza
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I would be keen to read this book. As a Coolbellup kid I wandered around the site works for Kardinya pulling up surveyors stakes. Obvs I didnt have a long lasting impact, though I reckon a few lots are misaligned
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Love this suburb, lived here my whole life for 21 years. However, recently it’s been less safe than gosnells. Lots of weirdos everywhere, which is not good when you like taking a stroll in the early morning. That bikie gang… is that in o’connor? Because they won’t stop dragging their utes…it’s literally a daily occurrence now. Plus there are a few indigenous kids that ride their motorbikes through the park nearby, which scares the shit out of you when they come from behind. Oh and that dancing tranny at the kardy park bus stop I saw the other day – dancing to nothing and clearly on some “good pingas.”
It’s depressing as hell seeing Kardinya decay. Used to be nothing but friendly working class tradies and their families. I blame the meth crisis.
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I was born there in the 1940’s when it was paradise. Alan Bond and his cheap development is what turned it into a shit hole.
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Kardinya is the archetypal example of the 1980s Suburban Dream. Fair sized blocks, 80s orange brick homes, many with pools, for all the aforementioned “friendly working class tradies and their families”. Gorgeous parkland absolutely everywhere, many featuring pine trees from the old plantations. That energy still exists here. Check out ‘Under the Sun’ at the Kardinya Park shops for some retro gift ideas, go have a steak at the Kardy, then walk it off at Morris Buzacott Reserve. Cruise the streets after the sun goes down listening to the Spotify playlist ‘80s Saturday Nights in Kardinya‘ to go back to those loud post-disco parties this suburb brimmed with in the mid 80s. Life is good in Kardinya. I’d pay good money for a copy of this book.
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The author of the book ‘Kardinya Rising’ is Chris Soutar et al., first published in 2012. She has a FB too I believe. I found a copy through Elizabeth’s Bookshops – any local works have records on their website if available. I had been checking for the last 12 months only to get lucky last week with a mint-condition copy, for $25. It is a must-read for anyone with an interest in this suburb. Skateworld Kardinya was built in 1979, opened in 1980 and closed in 1986, being replaced by a supermarket. I remember the Farmer Jack’s but also have early memories of a Bi-Lo before it in the late 80s – am I right? I often wonder what it would be like to rollerskate through Aldi with a shopping basket listening to Go West. I purchased the Westpix 1981 photo of Skateworld and commissioned an oil painting of it.
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Wow. What is the painting like?
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It’s amazing. I actually used X/Grok AI’s new image editing function, to first colourise it, then turn it into an oil painting, finishing the sign off with photoshop. https://i.postimg.cc/7PGwfkdy/canvas1.jpg I have the full size image of the painting as well. There’s a colour photo of the Midland Skateworld’s sign on the net, and it’s white with red font, so I assumed it was at Kardinya’s also. For anyone interested in creating nostalgic promotional products (hoodies etc) 40 years after the fact, the 80’s Skateworld font is called ‘Kaapeli BOLD’. I just need to perfectly re-create the female/male skater figures either side.
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