During June I took a trip to Australia to catch up with family and hang out in some abandoned spots I had badly missed out on every other holiday. Spending large portion of my time in Melbourne ( has to be my favourite city, with the street art and what the city has to offer). I was treated to a wide variety of Gothic inspired architecture. I found myself inside one of Melbourne's well known Psychiatric hospitals which shut its doors in 1999 for a community approach very similar to what we did here in NZ. Surrounded by a residential area and local shops, people just casually strolling around these tall abandoned structures as they headed home from work, this was one of the most bizarre things I had ever seen. They where such a eye sore to be living next to. Pending demolishing, the place looked like a scrap yard.
I also made my way that afternoon to the old Yorkshire brewery in Collingwood, built 1880, with a brick romanesque architecture for which made it a landmark. It is currently being converted into apartments.
I also made my way that afternoon to the old Yorkshire brewery in Collingwood, built 1880, with a brick romanesque architecture for which made it a landmark. It is currently being converted into apartments.
Hospital
Shrine dedicated to those who died. Mean while on my last day I was trying to squeeze in one last location (two to be honest but the hotel we caught the tram to had been demoed) so we headed down to the old Carlton Brewery. Just a few weeks earlier and a few of the old walls had collapsed and killed 2 passing pedestrians and putting a third in hospital. It was reported wind gusts of 115 kilometres per hour were which where believed to have caused the collapse.
While in Adelaide I caught up with the guys from Urban Exploration Adelaide, real awesome down to earth aussie bunch, who I had been conversing with online for awhile and it was nice of them to show me a few spots. Exploring a massive factory that was we'll known for graff and a historic old building in the city that easily dated back to 1900's with a gorgeous facade, they knew how to impress a kiwi. As it started to get dark we popped into a old folks home that was pretty wrecked, my day was complete! Before I flew out, my brother and I headed out to Murray Bridge where there's an abandoned amusement park, tonnes of slides, giant rocking giraffe, random puzzles (think ill let you guess the name) and even a maze. This place closed in 2007 due to sales and public liability issues, and is now to be developed into a retirement village.
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