I'm not a mudder myself, but have been amused by their nonsense. Some of the reconstruction drawings are amazing. I though they might latch on to a story like this.
The first one is just an early water main you are looking at a blank end. There are miles of wooden water pipes under sth melb sth yarra all the inner city areas. There are many tunnels used for electricity cables and phone cables in the city and so on that are large enough to walk in and many crib rooms attached. As a City Melbourne was one of the first to be Electrified and all the high voltage cables are underground in these tunnels. They follow the footpaths and roads so to avoid foundations. Most are only 10 feet below the surface. Theres a "tunnel" between both Myers stores under Bourke Street it used to be used by shoppers I suppose now its used as storage.
Back in the 80s where i grew up you could follow this wild underground tunnel at blind creek from the east to the west underneath Knox City shops. it was sketchy as doing that mission especially when the council blocked off the end near the skateboard park and you had to walk all the way back
I remember finding a cave clan zine and map in the '50th' under Sunshine back in 1990. The map took us to a meet up in the city loop underbelly. Fun times
There are tunnels from the building Whitehouse is now located in that have been blocked off that lead to what is now southern cross station. I was always annoyed I never had a spare moment for some exploration. Wasn’t one of them turned into an art gallery of sorts?
I've read your comment a few times, and it's got me stumped. I don't know the Whitehouse & I'm not sure about one of them being turned into a gallery, although that recently happened in Sydney 🤔
@@CaveClanMedia Whitehouse is a University in the old GPO building. I just had a look to see if I could find the tunnel turned gallery but I think that may have been closed off again since starting those new tunnels. That one was closer to flinders street than southern cross/spencer st station.
The Cave Clan began in 1986? I did my HSC in 84 and I remember seeing 'The Cave Clan' Graffiti on Richmond station. BTW Does anyone remember about 1983 White brush painted Graffiti at East Richmond station: 'Blinky Bill Shall Rise'?
Yeah, we started doing stuff in the summer of '85 / '86 then cane up with the name on Jan 26, 86. I don't remember the Blinky Bill stuff specifically, although I remember big white wash letters that spelt CINEMA5. I'm yet to find someone else that remembers it.
It's sad. Indigenous Australia knows their history back to when they came to this land, while transported/migrant Australia has forgotten most of the 235 years since arrival.
This documentary blew my mind as a kid. I was obsessed with water and sewerage infrastructure and its history. The VHS tape that held it was very well worn. Weird kid ... I wish the full thing was available. But a massive thanks to you for this much!
If I was the developer digging he foundations for that building, I would have just dug it up and taken it to landfill. And wouldn’t have said anything.
Australians believe all kinds of crap. Lots and lots of dummies in Australia! Brainwashed boot lickers and nitwits that believe in legal fictions and silly fairy tales.
"Britain chose Australia as the site of a penal colony, and in 1787, the First Fleet of eleven convict ships set sail for Botany Bay, arriving on 20 January 1788 to found Sydney, New South Wales, the first European settlement on the continent. Other penal colonies were later established in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in 1803 and Queensland in 1824. Western Australia - established as Swan River Colony in 1829 - initially was intended solely for free settlers, but commenced receiving convicts in 1850. South Australia and Victoria, established in 1836 and 1850 respectively, officially remained free colonies."
There's also a tunnel system that runs under the roads of the CBD about 10M down that follows the roads of the CBD. They even have street signs says what street your under. They're used for Power, Comms & other utilities. I've worked in them, and parts of them are very old. You do need high security clearance to access them though.
True. They actually built newer ones (concrete) when the redbrick ones became congested. They are all alarmed now to a rapid response security firm. It's also a federal offense under the telecommunications act to enter them without permission.
@@CaveClanMedia. Yes, when I was working down them, they were concrete, though the outer extremes I believe are still the old red brick. They were when I was working down there in the mid 90's. Story goes, that at the very end off the tunnel along Burke st leading to what is now Southern Cross Station, someone had gotten a skeleton and dressed it up with PMG overalls, gloves, boots, and a helmet, and left it against the very end wall as if a PMG worker had gotten lost & died down there. lol.
I haven't seen them since they upgraded the alarm system & the federal police warned us to stay out of them, but they've changed a lot since the 90s. Sydney has an amazing system too, but they were locked up and alarmed after a disgruntled ex-worker cut some cables (he avoided the emergency lines).
the 'news' clips keep saying about deadly deadly in Melb's drains, have there been any such issues in Melbourne. (my favourrite, and ony one I've been in decades ago is the Yarra entrance through to River Street)
There's been a few near misses & Brian McHugh got washed out if a drain in Thornbury & drowned. A fireman also drowned in a drain during rescue training in the 70s.
I have heard rumours of child trafficking in the underground tunnels of Melbourne for many years, I didn’t think much of it but now seeing this on the news, it makes me wonder.
Qanon rumors. If you were going to traffic children, then using trucks would be easier than tunnels that regularly flood or are regularly used by service people. Cave Clan and hundreds of other people have been exploring under Australian cities & never seen a single sign. The usual Qanon cultists' response to me saying this is to say that I/we are all in on it. That's generally how you know a conspiracy theory is garbage - when it requires thousands of people, in this case, to cover up for evil traffickers of children.
In the late 60s and 70s my friends and I would go down the 'darkies' storm water drains in Melbourne. After a couple of firemen died in them they were all sealed up 😢
@@CaveClanMedia ...........Man then questions why Victorians citizens aren't allowed to know or explore their own Airport and its history? We're the taxpayers who fund the infrastructure so why are we kept away from it? Why hide a potential train station?
@@albertsaffron7582Maybe. Definitely a past Era. I think there was a global cataclysm, or a nuclear war, and we are rebuilding on the over the graves of once mighty, and advanced, civilizations.
