Visiting Kweelanner Admires The Beautiful West End-Style Architecture In Sydney Olympic Park

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A high-powered pineapplehead has made the trip down to Sydney this week for the first Origin game this year, where he has taken time to admire the West End-style architecture that is featured heavily around the Homebush Olympic district.

Bront Gellen, of Brisbane, was observed by The Advocate taking pictures of the rather mundane apartment blocks, as well as the famous Leaning Tower of Homebush, which locals refer to as the 'Opal Tower'.

"It's great, it looks just like the beautiful apartments in West End," he told our reporter.

"I just think they look fantastic. It's progress. You know, while all Queenslanders love a Queenslander, taking up half an acre in the heart of Brisbane's most vibrant area is a bit silly. Building these apartments, using the lowest bidder on the tender for each part, is the future."

Our reporter then helped Gellen take a picture of him pretending to hold up the Opal Tower, which attracted some unsavoury comments from some of the passing residents.

However, Gellen was quick to make some equally unsavoury comments back. Ones that are unfit to publish and very unbecoming of a gentleman of his age.

"I can't wait until they transform Victoria Park into a place like this. No more green grass and trees, and in it's place, a giant stadium that nobody likes and a residential district full of restaurants serving foreign muck and parks used as glorified dog toilets. No children because young people don't have them because they're too expensive, that they won't have enough money for themselves. No holidays, no luxuries. Just mortgage, daycare and groceries. Like we didn't have that type of existence as well. Kids these days can fuck right off with that," he added.

Our reporter, by this stage, was attempting to end the interview.

"And another thing."

More to come.