GPs - Geelong Power Station

I first explored GPs back in either 1997 or 1998. Some mates and I drove down there looking for drains and old world war 2 bunkers. While wandering around town early in the morning looking for stuff to explore we approached this guy on the street and asked him if he knew of any good abandoned buildings to explore. Like this was just a normal run of the mill pedestrian type. But the guy did know of a building he thought would be good to explore, and pointed out some directions to find the place. The directions were spot on so we drove north to the edge of the town and came across the power station.

The photos taken that day were the best I've seen of GPs They are on the web elsewhere, but I forget where. Just do a search for "Geelong Power Station" and you'll find them. I am in 2 of the photos there.

I have been back to the power station two times since then. This gallery shows images from both of those times.

This is the power station in 1999. Note the pavilion on the roof. It is plenty high enough to stand under.

The power station taken under an early morning sky. The clouds are tinged with gray but were not as threatening as they looked.

The giant glass windows on the south end of the power station.

Just in case you didn't know already.

From the interior you can barely make out the skeletal framework that once supported boilers and catwalks.

The infamous staircase. Six stories straight up. Note the dodgy barriers where once platforms connected with the stairway.

View from the roof first thing in the morning. Note the many hatches in the ceiling. Several of these had no covers on them.

Grain loading pier north of the old power station.

Looking towards the rising sun.

Over the side you can see the roof of this lower part of the power station.

The roof is not all that wide. This is the stairway leading back down to the bottom of the station.

Looking out of the windows from the top floor of the staircase.

I seem to have a fascination with fuse boxes.

Typical graffiti. No one can read what the hell it means.

Interior of a small workshop in the power station.

Well at least some vandals have a sense of humor.

Same location in 2002. Sadly several parts of the building were sealed off with welded on metal grids. Including the big staircase.

Power station in daylight. Note the pavilion and staircase on the roof.

Mysterious bomb crater on the ground outside.

The massive southern end of the building and the glass wall. Note the graffiti at the top. I have no idea how it was painted as there is no platform all the way up there.

This image gives you an idea of how big the place is. Note the sealed off sections.

And this gives you an idea of how high the ceiling is. Note the supports on left and right that once held up a series of catwalks.

More detail of the skeleton of the building. There were barriers hanging out in mid air from where platforms once spanned this space above here. There was no way to get up there though.

More of those platforms.

Debris and concrete as I look down the building to the sealed off stairway up to the roof.

Stairway from the ground up. Six stories high to the roof. Mind you only 5 stories are visible here.

Base of the office block area

Stairway in the office block.

Office block and upended desk

That's the base of the stairway, well beyond my reach. Doh!