tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post4710529262182758915..comments2024-03-20T00:48:06.179+13:00Comments on Timespanner: Tunnelling under Albert ParkTimespannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-59962035449598345922013-02-06T12:03:17.301+13:002013-02-06T12:03:17.301+13:00The majority of the tunnels in North Head are open...The majority of the tunnels in North Head are open still. The rumoured massive underground facility is a myth. But there definitely are additional tunnels - I recall playing in their entrances in the early 1970's, before earthworks hid them.JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01932108812693196423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-76931250535951631552013-02-06T12:00:20.367+13:002013-02-06T12:00:20.367+13:00It was not just a sense of security. There was a ...It was not just a sense of security. There was a very real threat of Japanese air raids until well into 1943. The tunnels would have provided some protection to the citizens.JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01932108812693196423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-38889274822244723392012-07-01T15:47:28.426+12:002012-07-01T15:47:28.426+12:00At least some of the soil excavated to make the Al...At least some of the soil excavated to make the Albert Park Tunnels was used to fill a small gully that lay between the Myers Kindergarten and Queen Street. This created the large area of lawn that can be seen today. <br />This piece of land had not been part of Myers Park when it was created in 1916 and it was only about 1941 that the City Council was finally able to purchase it. Up until that Krdheritagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-44589105902705702362011-12-20T07:07:56.386+13:002011-12-20T07:07:56.386+13:00The North Head tunnels are, apparently, partly ope...The North Head tunnels are, apparently, partly open. The rumours around them was to do with airplane parts and ammunition storage, as I recall. Albert Park's mainly just clay bricks.Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-65388471771368008112011-12-20T06:57:02.728+13:002011-12-20T06:57:02.728+13:00It's a bit like the rumours surrounding North ...It's a bit like the rumours surrounding North Head tunnels! Are there NONE that are unsealed?Writer Of The Purple Sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08935896975834415060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-68219475637420998962011-12-17T14:54:32.265+13:002011-12-17T14:54:32.265+13:00I wondered about that too, Phil. After the silly s...I wondered about that too, Phil. After the silly season's over, if I remember, I'll see what Council Archives might have recorded about it.Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-25989189089416218602011-12-17T11:09:53.661+13:002011-12-17T11:09:53.661+13:00I've long been fascinated by this wartime proj...I've long been fascinated by this wartime project and your posting provided a lot of new information (to me, anyway) and some interesting photos, particularly the 1949 one where the entrances were still much in evidence. Out of curiosity, did you discover where the "waiting motor trucks" dumped all the stuff from the original excavations?Phil Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04854510176299290565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-33163109074226723572011-12-17T07:18:54.808+13:002011-12-17T07:18:54.808+13:00So would I, Cat -- but they'd have to do a lot...So would I, Cat -- but they'd have to do a lot of digging!<br /><br />Agreed, Andrew -- it became a white elephant quite soon.Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-33338753080182475102011-12-16T22:37:45.268+13:002011-12-16T22:37:45.268+13:00Wonderful post Lisa - I'd love to visit these ...Wonderful post Lisa - I'd love to visit these if they were ever openedCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883597974635141668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-26852189649319109532011-12-16T15:16:17.562+13:002011-12-16T15:16:17.562+13:00So much money, but I suppose they made people feel...So much money, but I suppose they made people feel more secure. Interesting that it was such a short time between completion and a decision that they were redundant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com