Category:Abandoned
Urbex and the Lure of Decay
Urban explorers, often called urbex, range across all demographics from all walks of life. From young to old, male or female, Urbex is attracted...
Whroo – Abandoned but not Forgotten
Seven km south of Rushworth and ten km south-west of the Waranga Basin reservoir lies the abandoned gold mining town of Whroo. The name...
J Ward Asylum for the Criminally Insane
J Ward in Beechworth is connected to Aradale but is also separate from it. Originally built as a goldfields prison in 1859, it was...
Aradale Lunatic Asylum’s Grim Past
Aradale Lunatic Asylum was a psychiatric hospital operating for 126 years in Ararat, Victoria. It has been abandoned since it closed in 1993. Aradale...
Bradmill & Light Painting
After August’s first highly successful and enjoyable light painting evening at Bradmill. Another was scheduled for October. In Yarraville, the old Bradmill Factory has...
The Maltings at Mittagong
The Maltings at Mittagong had been on my ‘decaying, decrepit places I must visit before they are razed to the ground’ list for some...
Urban Exploration
Urban exploration is one of my favourite pastimes when I have a camera in hand, and on a recent trip to NSW, I ticked...
Beechworth- Mayday Hills Asylum,
Beechworth sprung up in the 1800s with the discovery of gold, luring people worldwide. By 1852 around 8,000 miners lived in Beechworth. Similarly to...
Larundel Asylum
I love everything old, decrepit, falling down, rusty and abandoned, and Larundel Mental Asylum, Bundoora, fits that bill perfectly. It housed around 750 patients at...