Whether covered with colorful graffiti or submerged in moss and bushy vines, Australia's most charming abandoned places smell of desolate decay. As landmarks, they almost disappeared in the devastation of time. Let's follow the WebUrbanist website into these abandoned rail stops, theme parks, shelters and factories.
Atlantic Ocean Park, Yangchep, Western Australia
Atlantis Marine Park, Yanchep, Western Australia
The giant statue of King Neptune still overlooks the closed Ocean Park, which has been closed for nearly 25 years. Atlantis Ocean Park opened in Yanchep, Western Australia, in 1981, hosting an exhibition of wildlife at aquariums such as dolphins and sea lions. Penguins and seals. But in the late 1980s, the rules governing the size of dolphin captivity became change, and the cost of raising dolphins was too expensive for owners. All nine dolphins were released into the wild, but three of them were sent back to another ocean park when they failed to adapt to the wild and thrived.
Since then, the property has been unattended and naturally eroded much of the rubble. There are no fences in the park, so anyone can take pictures and enjoy the beauty of the sea. The public petition reinstates the park, but the owner plans to develop the park for residential and commercial purposes.
Aladar Psychiatric Hospital, Mount Alarro, Victoria
Aradale Mental Hospital, Ararat, Victoria
Aladar Psychiatric Hospital was built in 1863 to meet the needs of Victoria's surging mentally ill population. The hospital is designed as a town with its own gardens, markets, orchards, vineyards, pig farms and other livestock, as well as hundreds of health care workers. The Victoria complex was built on the hill until 1993, when thousands of patients lived in 18 wards. Until 2001, when the facility near the hospital was renovated, there were many women living in the building. Soon after, the hospital was closed.
Today, travel societies like Aladar's ghost tour lead curious visitors to the complex, including the morgue.
So what's going on with so many so-called "lunatics" in Victoria? People who suffered from Down's syndrome, epilepsy and autism were identified as insane throughout the world during that period. At times, people with postpartum depression, homosexual love, and people with promiscuous behavior are also considered "crazy."
Train Station, Helensburg, New South Wales
Helensburgh Train Station, New South Wales
Sometimes the most visible wasteland is often overgrown and almost completely hidden. This is the case at train Station in Helensburg, New South Wales. Since 1915, when a new station was built 200 metres north of it, people have been allowed to rot at the train station in Helensburg. The stone walls are littered with rust, rotting wood, and luxuriant ferns, mosses and ivy. There is no doubt that it has an irresistible appeal to the photographer.
New South Wales, Dryfield, Rozer Tramways Factory, New South Wales
Rozelle Tram Depot, Glebe, New South Wales
For 40 years (1918-1958), the Rozel Tramcar Factory in dry Land was once Sydney's second-largest tram maintenance plant. It also has the world's most complex tram system at the time. Six internally damaged 1930s trams were still on the in-plant platform decades later. Although they have been abandoned, this huge concrete building and steel facility is now a real work of modern urban art. They are covered by bright colors and graffiti layers and layers of graffiti. Until the year 2000, trams were close to intact, and if not for the deliberate destruction of public property that had begun since 2000, these trams could always have been
A beautiful historical relic. The whole tram factory has been purchased by a developer who intends to build it into a medium-density residential area.
St. John's orphanage, Gulburn, New South Wales
St. John’s Orphanage, Goulburn, New South Wales
The dilapidated window curtains were still fluttering inexplicably, reinforcing the wraith-like feeling of the ruins. The home, which used to be 100 orphans between the ages of 5 and 16, was founded in 1905 and expanded several times before it was closed in 1976. Unlike other abandoned sites of this size, St. John's orphanage was badly damaged for a long time without security or guards, and most of the glass was smashed. But now there is a caretaker, so you are not allowed to enter the St. John's orphanage now. But due to haunted legend, the ghost travel society led tour groups around the orphanage.
Perth, Kangha wooden Toy Factory
Kanga Wooden Toy Factory, Perth
The abandoned factory used to produce wooden toys that children all over the world dreamed of. In 2012, urban explorer and photographer Nate explored the factory, comparing the experience to walking in Detroit, one of the most abandoned parts of a depressed American city. The toy factory was almost full of graffiti, and if there had been any toys left after the factory shut down, it was long gone.
Perth, South Freeman Power Station
South Fremantle Power Station, Perth
The same photographer (Nate) took a tour of Perth's more impressive wasteland, the South Freeman Power Station. It was built in 1946 to meet the ever-increasing demand for electricity. During its heyday more than 250 people were employed. But not long after, advanced technology abandoned it. After it was abandoned in 1985, the South Freeman Power Station now has only one shell left, not even a piece of glass. It is a shelter for the homeless in cold weather and the site of many murder cases. The power station attracts these urban explorers who are not afraid of suspicious residents, horrific rumors and sensational ghost stories.
