After seeing Scott McCarten’s “Heartbreak Hotel” photo posted on Urban Exploration Adelaide we just had to locate it. It took a while — it wasn’t an easy find, but items in the distance beyond the window frame gave us clues…
Constructed in the 1850’s it was used as a Hotel until the early 1900’s after which it became office space. This heritage listed building now sits in a state of disrepair.
A massive abandoned and disused shed that was once the Department of Marine and Harbors Dockyard where their fleet of ships was repaired.
The Islington Air Raid Shelter is one of several built by the South Australian government should World War II come to Australia.
Many people think the shelters were meant for people to hide within during an air attack however they were built to store emergency food, blankets and other supplies.
Currently this one is being used for document storage but parts of its original make can still can be seen…
