The Perth YouTuber telling WA stories you've never heard of
A Perth YouTuber is growing a strong following online with his videos dedicated to exploring WA's surprising, quirky and forgotten history.
Brendan, behind Brendan's Odyssey, produces original videos uncovering abandoned sites, once popular but now dilapidated WA attractions and unknown facts about the State.
He started the account two years ago but things really picked up for the local creator when he made a video on the Perth Entertainment Centre, which has accumulated more than 120,000 views and counting since 2024.
'I sort of just got lucky with the algorithm, I released two videos around the same time that both blew up,' Brendan said.
'One was about the remains of the tram network that used to be around Perth and also a video about the Perth Entertainment Centre. Brendan said his list of story ideas is constantly growing. Credit: @brendansodyssey.
'Those two videos sort of took off and that really helped build an audience.'
It can take Brendan weeks to make a video from start to finish since he works full time and uses his weekends for researching, urban exploring, filming and editing, although he typically works on a few projects at a time.
He launched his YouTube channel after seeing adventure and history creators around the world making fascinating content, which inspired him to point the lens at WA's special sites and characters.
'There's a lot of untold (WA) stories out there, which a lot of them are only in text form,' Brendan said.
'I want to tell the stories, I feel like Perth gets forgotten a bit in the scheme of Australia, you know, we're pretty isolated from everyone else.' The local creator dedicates his free time to producing the videos. Credit: @brendansodyssey
According to his statistics, most of Brendan's audience is from WA, which has led to many exciting story suggestions.
One of those being his video, Was this the WORLD's smallest bank?, on an unusually tiny building that operated as a brand of the Agricultural Bank in Shackleton, which is about 200km east of Perth.
He also received dozens of requests for a video on Atlantis Marine Park, an abandoned theme park in Two Rocks, which he explored the remains of.
One of Brendan's favourite videos to make was on Carmel Mullally, who spent 50 years fending off attempts to buy her home, a workers cottage, in the Fremantle Port.
'When the whole harbour got redeveloped in the 1960s, she basically refused to leave,' Brendan said.
'Her entire street was demolished but she stayed there up until nearly her death in 2022.
'But her cottage still exists and has been heritage listed.
'She is definitely one of the cooler characters I've come across in a video.'
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A Perth YouTuber is growing a strong following online with his videos dedicated to exploring WA's surprising, quirky and forgotten history. Brendan, behind Brendan's Odyssey, produces original videos uncovering abandoned sites, once popular but now dilapidated WA attractions and unknown facts about the State. He started the account two years ago but things really picked up for the local creator when he made a video on the Perth Entertainment Centre, which has accumulated more than 120,000 views and counting since 2024. 'I sort of just got lucky with the algorithm, I released two videos around the same time that both blew up,' Brendan said. 'One was about the remains of the tram network that used to be around Perth and also a video about the Perth Entertainment Centre. Brendan said his list of story ideas is constantly growing. Credit: @brendansodyssey. 'Those two videos sort of took off and that really helped build an audience.' It can take Brendan weeks to make a video from start to finish since he works full time and uses his weekends for researching, urban exploring, filming and editing, although he typically works on a few projects at a time. He launched his YouTube channel after seeing adventure and history creators around the world making fascinating content, which inspired him to point the lens at WA's special sites and characters. 'There's a lot of untold (WA) stories out there, which a lot of them are only in text form,' Brendan said. 'I want to tell the stories, I feel like Perth gets forgotten a bit in the scheme of Australia, you know, we're pretty isolated from everyone else.' The local creator dedicates his free time to producing the videos. Credit: @brendansodyssey According to his statistics, most of Brendan's audience is from WA, which has led to many exciting story suggestions. One of those being his video, Was this the WORLD's smallest bank?, on an unusually tiny building that operated as a brand of the Agricultural Bank in Shackleton, which is about 200km east of Perth. He also received dozens of requests for a video on Atlantis Marine Park, an abandoned theme park in Two Rocks, which he explored the remains of. One of Brendan's favourite videos to make was on Carmel Mullally, who spent 50 years fending off attempts to buy her home, a workers cottage, in the Fremantle Port. 'When the whole harbour got redeveloped in the 1960s, she basically refused to leave,' Brendan said. 'Her entire street was demolished but she stayed there up until nearly her death in 2022. 'But her cottage still exists and has been heritage listed. 'She is definitely one of the cooler characters I've come across in a video.'
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