The abandoned factory we waited seven months for

The second site we visited on Sunday was one we started staking out last August. The first time we went there, two of our crew got in, only for a car to drive up to the main gate and gain access with a swipe card. We didn’t know who it was, so the two guys inside hid for about half an hour until it was safe to make a hasty exit. They reported that the place did indeed appear completely abandoned though. And untouched by taggers/vandals.

So we kept our eyes on it whilst busying ourselves with other adventures, and were about to return, when Psalm beat us to it. Damn that Psalm. He always gets to the good places first 😉

It was good to finally get a chance to explore the factory – it’s massive – but demolition has already commenced, and I’d say this place will be completely gone in a matter of weeks. I got a mini-workout getting in to and out of the place as well.

There were old living quarters upstairs: little bedrooms complete with built-in wardrobes, kitchenettes whose once-sunny shades of paint are now faded and peeling. It has those beautiful sawtooth roofs that a lot of Melbourne’s early factories had (and these types of buildings really should be preserved).

A different section of the factory yielded several more staircases, and we were delighted to find that there were in fact two more floors above. A large room at the top has a raised platform, what seems to have been a small stage – did the workers have social events here after hours perhaps? There is also a massive kitchen area, followed by a large, empty room decorated with ripped, golden brown curtains and layers of dust. This must have once been their cafeteria.

There were a couple of other cool things we found. I’m not giving those away though…

Here are some shots from the factory:

x Kitten of Doom

~ by Kitten of Doom on March 13, 2012.

Posted in Melbourne misc suburbs, Urban exploration
Tags: abandoned, derelict, factory, industrial, Melbourne, psalm, Urban exploration, urbex

18 Responses to “The abandoned factory we waited seven months for”

I love this site! So much to explore!!

Klara said this on March 13, 2012 at 10:56 pm | Reply
- Yea I spotted some of your tags.
  
  Kitten of Doom said this on March 13, 2012 at 11:05 pm | Reply
this place looks awesome, definitely worth the wait(?)

Chloe said this on March 14, 2012 at 1:05 pm | Reply
- Yep I’m glad I got to finally check it out before it goes for good.
  
  Kitten of Doom said this on March 15, 2012 at 8:12 am | Reply
you have really great content & stunning photos.

Art X Nullality said this on April 7, 2012 at 2:24 am | Reply
- Thanks!
  
  Kitten of Doom said this on April 7, 2012 at 8:23 pm | Reply
where is this located. i need a place to do shooting for my film. and this looks great and if you have better locations it would be great thanks

Bashir Farris Towdiee said this on November 26, 2012 at 7:30 am | Reply
- If you send me an email to iamthekittenofdoom(at)gmail(dot)com, detailing what sort of place you are looking for (i.e. what is your film about?) I’ll see if I can help you.
  
  Kitten of Doom said this on November 26, 2012 at 2:20 pm | Reply
Do you know any places around Melbourne that are still there? heaps of the cool abandoned places lately have been demolished or renovated.

Harrison said this on February 18, 2013 at 10:57 am | Reply
- Yeah I know, disappointing hey, but that’s life. I haven’t been to any new places since I got back from Europe, and yeah most of the old ones are on the way out.
  
  Kitten of Doom said this on February 20, 2013 at 11:29 am | Reply
  - could you give me the address of any that you know of? demolished or not ? cause ill go take a look at them in the next few days(:
    
    Harrison said this on February 21, 2013 at 9:09 am
Could I Have the address for this? Send it to my email ryleyclarke12@gmail.com if you could 🙂

Ryley Clarke said this on September 28, 2014 at 8:19 pm | Reply
- It’s been demolished now.
  
  Kitten of Doom said this on September 29, 2014 at 12:26 am | Reply
  - Oh Okay! Any other abandos that you could suggest?
    
    Ryley Clarke said this on October 5, 2014 at 4:47 pm
Does anyone here know of any places I could visit? My crew is myself and this guy so nothing too hard to get into. Also less security as possible. Thanks

Niamh C said this on November 15, 2014 at 11:36 am | Reply
Would like to check some of these buildings out could I please have some addresses please 😃😄

Elisa said this on August 21, 2015 at 12:14 am | Reply
- Sorry but I don’t give out addresses. This place has been demolished anyway.
  
  Kitten of Doom said this on August 21, 2015 at 12:30 pm | Reply
  - Was wanting to know where it was for photographic scenes that’s ok not a problem 😃
    
    Elisa said this on August 21, 2015 at 5:06 pm