Author Archives: AHC McDonald

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About AHC McDonald

Comedian, artist, photographer and critic. From 2007 to 2017 ran the culture and satire site The Worst of Perth

Welcome to Darch

I’ve never believed that the suburb of Darch actually existed, but apparently here’s proof that it does. Nicholas T captured the ghetto chic that is apparently the only charm of the place. Perth has an ever growing list of suburbs … Continue reading

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Premier

MyNing, who acheived fame with his bad photos of Paul Murray, now furthers his photographic  credentials with a bad photo of Colin Barnett. Inexplicably he also includes a shot of the back of the Premier’s head. His best side. Cunctatious … Continue reading

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Lamination Poisoning. Perth’s Passive Agressive Hub

Lamination poisoning (it’s a poison) A toxic wasteland (got a toxic wasteland) in your staff bog Overloaded (I’m overloaded), suffering (yeah!) Overloaded (overloaded) on microwave privileges Everything is black and white You are wrong and we are right First we’ll … Continue reading

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Hands across the lawn

In the crab infested burgh of Mandurah I saw this. I thought it would make a nice change from insinuating that every object longer than it is wide could be construed as a donger. Not this one fortunately. Not a … Continue reading

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You waxed what?!

Was some nostalgia tonight for the simpler times nearly 2 years ago when I used to censor the pics here. No Boozies, no map of Tassie. What was I thinking?  Also reminded how precient this blog was on that thread. … Continue reading

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Duct Sprut

When WAtching claims he has a masterpiece, I say “Hold the front page.” The veining is exquisitely done no? You wouldn’t get this quality in a Pompeii knock shop although the duck should have it on some kind of leash.

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Nicotine Snail

Tim saw this hopelessly addicted snail in Parliament Place West Perth sucking on a discarded cigarette. I guess it would be a Labor ciggie, (surely they smoke more, and need the excuse to go outside and talk to Brian Burke) … Continue reading

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Arboretum

The owners of this worst (which is so toxic now, even mosquitoes won’t breed in it) pointed me to this quaint worst in Bassendean, the Arboretum, where signs wishfully depict fantasy examples of WA plant habitats. Very sad. And even … Continue reading

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The Best of The Worst of Perth Twitter

Here’s the Best of the TWOP twitter newsfeed  lately. Current news alerts are in the sidebar, or subscribe to them all with The Worst of Perth rss news feed so you don’t miss any gold. Tony Abbott demonstrates his “drop … Continue reading

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Weekend Worstoff 93

“Shonquice”,  resident at Perth 6000 has a Nowegian friend who snapped this church in Karratha, one of the vilest towns in the country. Check out the lovely photo of derelict Perry Lakes on S’s blog too. David M sent in … Continue reading

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