Post: Dust to Dust
Date: 2006-11-24.
Tags: powerstation, rip, tennyson, tps
Teeps and I go back a long way. Hell Teeps and many of us go back a long way. Dozey, ekweleks, twinky-z, myself and many others have visited Teeps countless times. Some just to reminisce together, others to party. We'd just drop in quickly at the end of a long night without any reason at all. Teeps welcomed our visits without words. The presence alone was enough, it was comforting.
So with little fanfare in late 2006 Teeps, friend and companion, was demolished to make way for of all things, a tennis centre. Tennis At Tennyson - what genius conceived such a brilliant concept. Teeps we'll always remember stalking through your empty halls while dodging the holes in the floor and trying not to wake the guard dogs. Sitting upon the concrete rooftop as a ferocious electrical storm brewed over head making our hair stand on end. Or camping out on the roof with airmats and mad snax0rs awaiting a perfect sunrise.
It's odd how attached one can become to a hulking mass of bricks, mortar and steel. I'm not going to question the feeling, just run with it and let it be. RIP Tennyson Power Station.
We are gathered here today to mourn the loss of a friend. Not the usual kind of friend, but one of stability and reassurance. The kind that, when all else fails, you can fall back upon because you have so much history and so many shared good times that nothing could come between you.
Teeps and I go back a long way. Hell Teeps and many of us go back a long way. Dozey, ekweleks, twinky-z, myself and many others have visited Teeps countless times. Some just to reminisce together, others to party. We'd just drop in quickly at the end of a long night without any reason at all. Teeps welcomed our visits without words. The presence alone was enough, it was comforting.
So with little fanfare in late 2006 Teeps, friend and companion, was demolished to make way for of all things, a tennis centre. Tennis At Tennyson - what genius conceived such a brilliant concept. Teeps we'll always remember stalking through your empty halls while dodging the holes in the floor and trying not to wake the guard dogs. Sitting upon the concrete rooftop as a ferocious electrical storm brewed over head making our hair stand on end. Or camping out on the roof with airmats and mad snax0rs awaiting a perfect sunrise.
It's odd how attached one can become to a hulking mass of bricks, mortar and steel. I'm not going to question the feeling, just run with it and let it be. RIP Tennyson Power Station.
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19 Comment(s)
Well said.
Wow, I've seen bit of the this place here and there, and heard about it to. I'm always sad when a power plant gets torn down :(
that reminds me when i was working in the mines.i would come to work at 5am eat my ham roll then i would wack up over a vb tallies,god they made me cum all over the place in my pants on vl commo.anyway i got a news paper the other week and on the front page it said how cool i fucking was.
reminds me of an oversized meab ... I just skooted through a powerstation today in London, it had sliiiiiiiiiides in it and sacks to stuff yourself into to increase da speeds, f'n rad :)
as 'the other' aussie...you do alright with an interesting update :-p
Haha Durgin you make me smile, Teeps had no sacks and definitely no slides... even the coal conveyors were long gone! Flame... The Other Aussie - what a mad title!
I used to go driving around out behind this stretch of the river when I was on campus at UQ for no good reason; I'd see this place from miles away and wonder what the hell it was. It just looked so cool and imposing, even from a distance. Sad that it's gone.
I only did Tennis Son once n had to squirm on my belly for 200m to get past the workers repairing the front gate then spend 20 minutes unravelling fences to get in. Got to the roof which was sweet then got scare off when a Ford station wagon drove in and 3 Alsatiens jumped out.
RIP indeed.
I loved this place, was devistated to see it slowly be pulled apart. It felt like home to quite a few groups of explorers I think.
It would be interesting to know how many others were visiting over the past few years, I wager it would be a pretty decent number. Access was a little more difficult with the dogs - I bet they scared the shit out of a few peeps.
That Sucks... I get dissapointed when I hear about places like this getting torn down, Swan Bank PS, now this one... Its a good thing they dont rip out too many drains!
shit fuckin no good! cooling tailraces were the funnest way to get in!
Yeah millsi, they were always the most fun. Squeezing through the lil grate and crawling through. Good times!
Yeah its a shame. I was greatly disspointed as I never had a chance to visit. I only really came about when it was already half demolished. Ah well at least you had your good times - theres plenty of powerstations in the sea.
i always wanrted to explore this place but now its gone and i feel sick in my stomach, dammit
any1 know any other cool places to go in brisbane?
What you got to trade kid?
Great collection of pics. Have you joined Flickr photo program? I have a number of pics there that are "duplications" of some of your pics. Wonderful invetions, these disgital cameras. In case you want to view my stuff, my non de plume is Tannykid or The Tanny Kid.
Hey Tom, I perused your flickr but didn't see the photos to which you refer. I've added you as a contact on flickr.