Empty buildings vandalised –

Waiting for demolition

 

1. TV Report 1989.

2. Photos by Malcolm Brinkley, 1992.

These sad images, from a 1989 TV report, show what was left of Honeysuckle after vandals had been at work, before the ACT government decided to bulldoze the empty buildings.

door of hinges
A door of the Operations Building ripped off its hinges

from the antenna site
Looking from the antenna pad.

from carpark
The Ops Building – from just past the carpark.

gatehouse
The Stop sign and locked gate didn’t deter vandals.

 

Malcolm Brinkley (who worked at Deakin NASCOM Switch) took these photos in 1992 –

 

gatehouse
The gatehouse.

HSK 1992
Approaching the Ops Building from the entrance driveway.
The plants at left are where the microwave link tower once stood.
(Compare this 1980 photo by Bill Wood.)

HSK 1992
The antenna pad.

HSK 1992
Antenna footing.

HSK 1992
Cable run as seen from the antenna pad. Servo window at left.

HSK 1992
The sad sight of the Ops Area, looking inside from the Servo window.

HSK 1992
The Ops Building from the car park at the northern end.

HSK 1992
The Ops Building as seen from the road to the Powerhouse.

HSK 1992
The Powerhouse.

HSK 1992
The Powerhouse.

HSK 1992
Plant Room.

HSK 1992
Power cabinet.