What to say eh? Red Castle finally goes. By JaneZ.
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The Worst of Perth 
Noooooooo…
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Sad day.
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Look at its sad little face and left arm raised in protest.
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Once you see its face and arm it can’t be unseen.
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was it knocked down by giants riding mammoths?
‘You know nothing, Jane Zed.’ and so forth
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Note to blog listeners , alternative tags for posts on the “Red Castle” are also “the red castle” , “red castle motel” and “”, in case you are worried about repeating yourself.
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Perhaps there are others but the work siren is just about to wreck my ship.
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Nothing, except maybe a C&B said the worst of perth more than the red castle. Good and bad, ugly and beautiful, threatened and destroyed, with nostalgia up the yin yang.
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From the March 5 post
“Note to protestors :the Turret of the Red Castle has been retained.
from http://tinyurl.com/mkqtaa7” as per JaneZ’s picture.
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Conservation Perth-style (see also; Arch, Barracks.)
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Sad to see it go. Yet they Heritage List the Homeswest dog boxes at the corner of Hay & Colin Streets in West Perth. Where’s the sanity?
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Wandana Flats haven’t burned recently
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I like them.
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Agreed. I used to visit Wandana regularly. I fashioned a Mockney accent and spoke lines from The Bill. But the red brick and stench of goon brought me back to Perf innit
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What you an’ awl? Leeev it out.
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So this is a deliberate demolition then? For a moment I thought Troy Buswell had decided to take a drive through Rivervale.
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Someone had only just left the revolving restaurant…
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I hear Colin Barnett is planning on taking Rob Johnson there for lunch.
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Jane Z mooned us!
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The local estate agent, who also bears a remarkable resemblance to ‘Lannie Mactiernan, told me the red castle site is going to host 140 wok-in-a-box housing units.
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As long as they’re all one-storey that’s fine by me.
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K-Mac right? She’s quite something.
There is apparently a natural spring on site that the developer has to preserve as well.
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I don’t think it would be very natural after the years of noxious substances being hosed out of the Castle!
Yes, MacDurry is definitely a character.
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And MacDurry she will be known as in our house hereafter.
I’d be kind of wary of moving into a shoebox next to the high voltage power station too, frankly.
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That spring sluiced away litres of vomit from the likes of Wattsie and Dr Peter Harries PhD. I hope those developers pay the respect it deserves.
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You could water some magic beans with it.
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Self-flushing urinal for the inevitable small bar.
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http://www.handlepg.com.au/project/lathlain-red-castle/
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Well that’s the first time The Red Castle will have had “5 star fitout” associated with it since about the time Wattsie was conceived.
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Do they throw in a dead hooker if you buy off-the-plan?
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Um. It seems to be higher than one storey.
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Josh Darch is a fifth generation member of the Darch family – after whom the northern suburb is named. His ancestry dates back to convict times and one of his prized possessions is an 1879 map of Perth showing his family’s original plot in Wanneroo.
‘I haven’t turned over a barista in more than a year,’ said Josh
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/your-perth/6pr-listeners-choose-glengarry-coffee-house-for-perths-best-coffee-20140612-zs4jj.html#ixzz34PJtdBfa
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fuck the best coffee and fuck the best pizza and pies too. What about the worst coffee? there’s the challenge. Out-of-town, the Leonora Roadhouse wins hands down coz they have 1) cornered the Pablo supply and 2) manage to treat even that fine resource with nary a semblance of intelligence. i wouldn’t have it any other way, of course, but what about in the big smoke? c’mon gentle readers, where’s the truly awful at?
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Perth’s war on Pubs continues. The good burghers saving the populous from evil vice – and making a squillion along the way. Good luck the Guilford (that’ll never happen)
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So what the fuck happened to all of the cockroaches? I am guessing they simply moved on with their belongings tied to a stick and slung over the shoulder whilst they trudged toward an uncertain future.
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Part of the goodwill.
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Crown Cas over the road. Obvious
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Standing proud.
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