Once one of Adelaide‘s premier nightclubs (offering alternative music and live shows), it now sits flooded and in darkness. The people that used this space have moved on. Their lives, having played out here, are now a distant memory. You can’t rewind time, but as an Urban Explorer you can breathe a kind of life back into these places,… and show there is true beauty in decay.
Disused / Abandoned Buildings & Ruins
An insight into Adelaide’s Disused / Abandoned Buildings & Ruins…
Urban Exploring: Hagrid’s Hut
Hagrid’s Hut was built in the 19th century. Of stone construction it contains multiple internal levels — including one below ground.
Having sat disused for nearly half a century most people have forgotten Hagrid’s. Rodent feces litters the floor. Cobwebs entwine the wooden support beams. Machinery left as-is; serving as a reminder of what once was…
Urban Exploring: Inside Darling House
Nominated by the public as one of their favourite buildings in Adelaide in 2013, Darling House is not only historically and architecturally significant but has been the source of much intrigue since being left idle in 1997.
For the last 18 years Darling House has sat disused and un-maintained. Rising damp, water damage and wood rot have taken its toll on this once bustling establishment.
However, plans are afoot to restore the old building. Scheduled to be completed by the end of this year we eagerly await to see her rescued from its current dilapidated condition.
