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Ogre's Hovel, Clogged Clam and Vertigo
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In the last couple of months I got back into doing drains as I hadn't done them in a while and I was definitely not disappointed. I did over 20 drains in that 2 month period with a good range of short, long, big, small, new and old drains that were a lot of fun to go see. The full write-ups of them are on my website but I thought I would share some here as I have not seen Ogre's or Clogged Clam get mentioned very much and so some may be curious as to what they look like. I will start with Ogre's Hovel:

It starts next to one of the entrances to Rushcutters and finishes about 400m up once it reaches the bay. It has quite a lot of oysters and other ocean animals in it though surprisingly no eels.
ImageOgre's Hovel by Abandoned Sydney, on Flickr

I found this old Cave Clan tag from 1989 too
ImageOld Cave Clan Tag by Abandoned Sydney, on Flickr

It also features this old disused sewer oviform which runs above Rushcutters. Not sure where this goes as I didn't explore it but I may come back if I find out it is worth seeing.
ImageDisused Sewer by Abandoned Sydney, on Flickr

Now I will move onto Clogged Clam. Despite this drain's close proximity to the city I have never seen anyone talk about this one and the lack of tags inside further prove that it seems to be relatively unknown.
ImageCity Drains by Abandoned Sydney, on Flickr

It ends up becoming quite tall, around 10' however it is very slippery and had some eels in it so not the most fun...
ImageCity Drains by Abandoned Sydney, on Flickr

Soon after it turns to the right it shrinks to only about 6'
ImageCity Drains by Abandoned Sydney, on Flickr

The final oneI will talk about is Vertigo. Unlike the other two I have seen this one talked about quite a bit.
ImageCity Drains by Abandoned Sydney, on Flickr

After about 300m you come to this junction room with Vertigo on the left and a 4' offshoot to Streamway to Heaven on the right. I am hoping to come back soon to take the other tunnel to go see Streamway to Heaven though I have heard the slide you come to is quite hard to do.
ImageCity Drains by Abandoned Sydney, on Flickr

Further up Vertigo with a nice little friend on the roof
ImageCity Drains by Abandoned Sydney, on Flickr
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Ooft I do not miss the eels in the drains around Rushcutter's! Way too eely for my liking
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