Exploring the abandoned, derelict and forgotten of Adelaide, South Australia and beyond
All things must die. The inevitability that we all face is true of buildings and places as much as it is people. Nowhere does that hit home more than within abandoned medical facilities such as aged care homes. These places of care and love are also places of pain and deep sorrow. Often, people end […]
Read More Urban Exploration – God’s Waiting RoomTwenty years ago, one was able to walk from Pulteney Street to Gawler Place without seeing daylight by entering Renaissance Arcade in The Mansions building, heading down the escalator into the basement of John Martins, into the food court of The Gallerie Arcade and then up the stairs into Gawler Place. Of course, this all […]
Read More Urban Exploration – Adelaide’s Forgotten Arcade: The GallerieFor 115 years the Adelaide Central Market tower has stood unused. An integral feature of the Adelaide Central Market design, the tower has no documented record of use. If you live in Adelaide, you will likely have passed this building hundreds of times. But did you ever look up and wonder about the tower? Rumour […]
Read More Urban Exploration – Adelaide Central Market TowerFairyland. Most Adelaide people have some memory of it. If you spent your childhood in Adelaide in the ’70s and ‘80s, then there’s a pretty good chance you visited Fairyland Village in Lobethal at least once. Fairyland opened in 1973 – the brainchild of a German family who wanted to recreate something similar to parks […]
Read More Urban Exploration – Fairyland VillageUrban Exploration: Adelaide’s abandoned Chapman’s factory – a former abattoir/slaughterhouse and bacon factory.
Read More Urban Exploration: Exploring The Chapmans FactoryA large part of what I find appealing about urbex is that feeling when stepping beyond those locked gates and thresholds that most never cross. It’s about the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of and experience something usually reserved for a chosen few. And sometimes it’s a chance to step back in time; to […]
Read More Urban Exploration – The Daily GrindAbove the streets of Adelaide sits a long forgotten and now abandoned Chinese Restaurant. I vaguely remember this still being open in the very early 90s but I knew that it had been closed for at least twenty years ago. Of course I needed to see what remained of my hazy memories! So, on an […]
Read More Urban Exploration – Hidden DragonIt’s amazing what lies beyond inconspicuous doorways. Places thousands of people walk past on a daily basis without a second thought. Such was the case with Joyland. Several months ago, a fleeting opportunity presented itself and I was invited to explore the remnants of a 1960s era Adelaide store. The first area of the building […]
Read More Urban Exploration: JoylandAs technology advances we leave the old ways of doing things behind. Sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worst. Either way, for the most part, old technology is simply ripped out, sent away for scrap and quickly forgotten. Occasionally though, it’s possible to stumble into one of these abandoned technological relics. What I enjoy […]
Read More Urban Exploration: The ExchangeI love the locations where it appears the previous occupant just got up one day and never came back. There’s a special mystique to these places – feelings of fascination, mystery, fear and intrigue mixed with a sense of intrusion. And so it was with this house. I’d driven past this place a hundred […]
Read More Urban Exploration: The Ghosts of Christmas Past
AUTOPSY OF ADELAIDE 