After about 6ish months of lurking I've decided to start making some reports!
I thought I'd start with one of my first drains, the Adelaide Darkie.
This picture is from five years ago this year, scary thought.
Adelaide darkie begins with a beautiful stone bridge, a rarity for the state as the soil composition is very prone to shifting, causing stone and other non concrete construction to shift and warp.
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This then leads into a covered canal (or "capped" canal, if you're in with drain lingo) featuring some awesome skylights.
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Following on, there's a double hit of old construction, a sandstone and brick bridge, one after the other
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From here construction shifts to 6FT box culvert, however an original creek that was covered and re routed by the drain can be accessed from a side tunnel near a grille.
This pipe is called the slurry or silt tunnel, due to the buildup of messy silt in the entrance.
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Following on from the side tunnel however leads to some rather uninspired graffiti and tags, before a grille illuminates the drain once more
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There's then another capped canal section, featuring the drains guestbook.
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This was set up by the cave clan in the early 2000's, and features tags from locals, interstaters and internationals alike. If you use Instagram or browse old forums long enough you're bound to see a name you recognise sooner or later.
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Some fairy lights have been installed, providing some nice light before another old bridge, and the pizza grille.
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Using an address on the side of the tunnel (grille Infront of housing trust) you can order pizza from the Australian pizza house on west terrace and have it delivered through the grille.
The drain then changes to a stoopy 1.5 box, a bad omen for the rest of the tunnel.
However there is one last section of note, the valley.
The valley is capped canal once again, adorned with countless graffiti pieces.
From here the tunnel shrinks to a 1.5 box and stays that way to the end, where it opens to a 2 meter high cube. However that's boring, what's not boring is the final side tunnel.
Dead bodies as it's come to be known features the oldest RBA in the state, at over 120 years old.
With that, I leave you for now. Peace out, do some drains.
I thought I'd start with one of my first drains, the Adelaide Darkie.
This picture is from five years ago this year, scary thought.
Adelaide darkie begins with a beautiful stone bridge, a rarity for the state as the soil composition is very prone to shifting, causing stone and other non concrete construction to shift and warp.
View attachment 1044385
This then leads into a covered canal (or "capped" canal, if you're in with drain lingo) featuring some awesome skylights.
View attachment 1044388
View attachment 1044390
Following on, there's a double hit of old construction, a sandstone and brick bridge, one after the other
View attachment 1044396
From here construction shifts to 6FT box culvert, however an original creek that was covered and re routed by the drain can be accessed from a side tunnel near a grille.
This pipe is called the slurry or silt tunnel, due to the buildup of messy silt in the entrance.
View attachment 1044398
Following on from the side tunnel however leads to some rather uninspired graffiti and tags, before a grille illuminates the drain once more
View attachment 1044400
There's then another capped canal section, featuring the drains guestbook.
View attachment 1044399
This was set up by the cave clan in the early 2000's, and features tags from locals, interstaters and internationals alike. If you use Instagram or browse old forums long enough you're bound to see a name you recognise sooner or later.
View attachment 1044401
Some fairy lights have been installed, providing some nice light before another old bridge, and the pizza grille.
View attachment 1044402
Using an address on the side of the tunnel (grille Infront of housing trust) you can order pizza from the Australian pizza house on west terrace and have it delivered through the grille.
The drain then changes to a stoopy 1.5 box, a bad omen for the rest of the tunnel.
However there is one last section of note, the valley.
The valley is capped canal once again, adorned with countless graffiti pieces.
From here the tunnel shrinks to a 1.5 box and stays that way to the end, where it opens to a 2 meter high cube. However that's boring, what's not boring is the final side tunnel.
Dead bodies as it's come to be known features the oldest RBA in the state, at over 120 years old.
With that, I leave you for now. Peace out, do some drains.
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