Derelict
Cities have constant decay and renewal. Here is a collection of our favourite derelict places.
Snap Industrial Laundry
Another Fitzroy landmark, the Snap Industrial Laundry, disappears.
Linh Son Buddhist Temple
This former Buddhist Temple is in complete ruins with only the gate still looking good. There is an interesting financial back-story.
APM Fairfield
APM Fairfield closed in 2011 and is being converted to housing sites.
St John of God primary school
The abandoned St John of God primary school in Greenhills had a challenging past.
Alien bus
This bar, operated by our friend Lixa Brandt, drops you from outer space into an Alien Bus. Enjoy the company, have a drink which will send you into space.
Morlynn Insulators
Morlynn Insulators was once a large factory producing materials needed for the power industry.
Hays International College
This once thriving Catholic college has fallen into ruin. The site is being looked at for development.
Docklands control tower
The view from the derelict Victoria Harbour Shipping Control Tower built in 1966 is magnificent.
Canterbury private nursing home
The once busy Canterbury private nursing home is now decommissioned and awaiting the bulldozers to arrive.
John Darling Mill
A huge flour mill that opened in 1926 is being redeveloped into offices.
AMI factory
The AMI factory was one of our first ventures, hence the sparsity of panoramas. An old factory in Docklands used to manufacture Toyotas.
Collingwood Technical School
The Collingwood Technical School opened in 1912 and closed in 1987. It is now identified as an arts hub.
Sailors & Soldiers Memorial Hall
The now derelict Collingwood Sailors & Soldiers Memorial Hall in Abbotsford was opened by Jacka in 1924.
California hotel
Yes, it really was called California Hotel (not “Hotel California”). Closed in 2008 the site has descended into ruin.
Bradmill
The derelict Bradmill cotton factory in Yarraville is a massive site now falling into ruin.
Box Hill brick works
This virtual tour is of the derelict factory called Box Hill Brickworks which was first opened in 1884.
Larundel mental asylum
Larundel, a former mental hospital, built in 1938 is being redeveloped into 550 new home sites.
Max New Textiles
Max New Textiles in Collingwood, long abandoned, was the site for some wild graffiti including a “Symbolic room”.
St Kilda vaults
The St Kilda vaults were formerly shops dating from the 1890s but made unusable by road widening in the 1970s.
VR Way & Works Workshops
A once busy Victoria Railways Workshop constructed in 1927 is now derelict and ready for demolition.
APM pump house
The APM Pumphouse at the old Alphington Paper Mill (APM) site turns into a drug den.