This abandoned paper mill is, without doubt, an amazing and somewhat creepy place to visit. Decommissioned some years ago, it has been sitting derelict ever since, awaiting its inevitable destruction to be replaced by an apartment complex. Over a couple of separate visits, a few friends and I probably spent around 6-8 hours exploring.
Follow along on our explorations through these 20 photos, and enjoy. If you are interested in seeing more of my work, feel free to check out my Instagram!
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We began our exploration in a small outer building that was still standing. After climbing a set of rickety, rusty metal stairs, we were greeted by this weatherbeaten entrance.
Once inside we could pretty quickly tell we weren't the first visitors by a long margin.
Along with a massive amount of graffiti, almost every window in sight had been smashed by vandals.
On the top story of this smaller building, it became pretty clear that someone had started a fire here, with scorches covering the floor and ceiling, and melted lights.
Once making our way down the precarious metal stairs, looking back the tower we had just been in looked a little like some kind of dystopian castle.
Walking up to the main factory, it was striking how much of it was still standing, and still seemed strong enough to be explored.
No attempts to stop visitors to the site had been made- with all the dangerous parts sealed off, we simply walked in.
Inside the factory, as well as a copious amount of pigeons, it was amazing how much machinery was still left in place.
It seemed like some if it was left exactly as it had been when the plant shut down.
A dark corridor proved to be a somewhat creepy, with the floor covered with debris, and cast off machine parts.
Once through the other side of the corridor, we found this amazing door, painted by a previous visitor- an artwork in its own right.
The factories previous life before becoming derelict became clear from the machinery and equipment left behind.
Some parts of the factory had been completely emptied, leaving nothing apart from paint on the walls.
Eventually we followed a sturdy concrete staircase upwards, further into the building.
The interior windows provided a fascinating view into how derelict the building had become.
The upper floors where a lot less packed then the lower ones, with parts of the mills machinery still in place.
Some parts we avoided... better safe than sorry.
A conveyer system of some description left over from the factories old days, now a nest for pigeons.
After a lot more stairs, we reached the top, and only then did we realise how high up we were.
It was quite the view from up there, and after taking in the view, we returned back down the stairs, and back into the local bushland track from whence we came.