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

Live and Die in LA

I don’t know. I would have gone Christian Women, I think. Christian Ladies sounds a bit like lamingtons will be involved somehow. Also, haven’t we had enough examples of poor kerning already on TWOP? The sign may have come straight … Continue reading →

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Brownian Motion

There have been a couple of comments on Bentley’s Brownlie Towers, built in 1969. I went up to see how the extensive renovations are going. Mixed results by the look of it. It’s not just the building that needs work. … Continue reading →

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In Spite of Spite

Have to thank The West Australian this week. Despite my occasional slagging off, they still ran The Worst of Perth as blog of the week on Wednesday. Everyone needs a little worst in their day.

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Panther in My Heart

Thanks to Slanderer for reminding me about films made in Perth. I should have remembered, because I was involved in a few of the tax write-off stinkers made in Perth in the late 1980’s myself. Day of The Panther was … Continue reading →

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Cup Half Empty

Finally found one. If you’ve still got a Home of The America’s Cup numberplate – that will be the least of your problems. The cup was lost in 1987. The stockmarket crashed later that year, ending 1980’s excess early for … Continue reading →

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Map of Tassie

There was a time when people would take considerable time, effort and care to bend a coathanger into the shape of Australia when their antennas got snapped off. This one more like a bad map of Tassie (or something). Another … Continue reading →

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Learning Inspiration Pleasure Leisure Library

It’s not often you see this style of concrete not totally cracked and broken. Fremantle. Written on the windows are the words in the title.

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Shed with a View

A nice pic from An Anonymous Perthon. Anon didn’t know what category to put it in, but I think we can slip this place in XXXXXXX Rd Embleton into worst house and worst architecture don’t you think? Anon was struggling … Continue reading →

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Two Perth Walls

Two walls, Maylands and Inglewood.

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They Always Jump

Guest Post from Cimbali. Another good one. Cimbali says… Thought you might like this girl who is contemplating suicide on Greenmount Hill – not far from Chippers Leap. She is just a couple of kilometers up Gt Eastern Hwy from … Continue reading →

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