AUSSIEMANDIUS - THE COACH HAS BOLTED
(BEST VIEWED LARGE)
Civilization was held together with staples, bolts, screws, mortar, cords, straps, bands, rivets, nuts, glue, welds, dovetails, studs, buttons, cables, joints, pegs, dowel, nails, clamps, wires, ropes, pins, tape, plugs, connectors, and strings.
Even the Fall did not undo what was done up.
At first.
Time too is a tool.
Rot, rust, decomposition, slippage, fracture, failure, vibration, flex and fatigue were its versatile tool heads.
In short.
After the Fall.
Everything fell apart.
Eventually.
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Another detail from my favourite Abandon, Moorabbin's Linton Street Football Oval, which continues to moulder away as the local council and St. Kilda Football Club continue their prolonged wrangling over what to do with the site.
I'm the last person who should have any say in the dispute but my cheeky vote is for the picturesque ruin!
I love the way that the wooden cross beams that this metal plate held fastened together with coach (or carriage) bolts has entirely dropped away. Leaving the nuts grasping thin air. The textures are fascinating!
AUSSIEMANDIUS - THE COACH HAS BOLTED
(BEST VIEWED LARGE)
Civilization was held together with staples, bolts, screws, mortar, cords, straps, bands, rivets, nuts, glue, welds, dovetails, studs, buttons, cables, joints, pegs, dowel, nails, clamps, wires, ropes, pins, tape, plugs, connectors, and strings.
Even the Fall did not undo what was done up.
At first.
Time too is a tool.
Rot, rust, decomposition, slippage, fracture, failure, vibration, flex and fatigue were its versatile tool heads.
In short.
After the Fall.
Everything fell apart.
Eventually.
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Another detail from my favourite Abandon, Moorabbin's Linton Street Football Oval, which continues to moulder away as the local council and St. Kilda Football Club continue their prolonged wrangling over what to do with the site.
I'm the last person who should have any say in the dispute but my cheeky vote is for the picturesque ruin!
I love the way that the wooden cross beams that this metal plate held fastened together with coach (or carriage) bolts has entirely dropped away. Leaving the nuts grasping thin air. The textures are fascinating!