Windsor's rum smuggling tunnels

maizniek · 09 Aug 2013, 10:25 pm

Hey everyone

I'm only very new to urbex and i haven't done much exploring yet, but i guess you have to start somewhere..

Ive recently come across some information that talks about two separate "rum smuggling" tunnels located in Windsor, in Sydney's North West. They're believed to have been created to smuggle rum from the nearby Hawkesbury River to the Macquarie Arms Hotel. It is also believed these tunnels would have been created just before 1815.

The two tunnels should run parallel to each other in streets located next to each other. ( I have the names of the streets). One of the tunnels is believed to be 8ft x 10ft and constructed of brick.

It seems like little effort has been put in to actually discover their existence, has anyone heard about these before?

P.s Thanks to Spades for linking me to this great site.

Cheers.

twisties · 10 Aug 2013, 9:04 am

Never heard about them but I live 20minutes away so it would be interesting to find out if they're legit

Where abouts did you read about them?

Aydun · 10 Aug 2013, 1:08 pm

Wrong section FYI

maizniek · 10 Aug 2013, 4:42 pm

Heres the link for the site where i found a few things:
http://www.hawkesburyhistory.net.au/stubbs/tunnel.html

maizniek · 13 Jan 2014, 8:27 pm

old thread yes, but i had a solid look around here today and found two things.

1. i found a square concrete hatch with a heavy lid on top, it was loose but i didnt have the strength to lift it. What could this be?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/102893795@N04/11926198313/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/102893795@N04/11926387784/

Nuggs · 13 Jan 2014, 10:06 pm

Certainly appears old enough.
A very heavy lid, if opening it was ever intended.

Nick · 17 Jan 2014, 8:52 am

Oh man, I've been on so many adventures based on rumors and hearsay.

Sorry to stomp on your parade, but that concrete box is probably not what you're looking for, it's cast with fairly modern concrete, and it has ridges that look like it's been done with roofing material as the cast.

Could you contact the hotel and ask if you can have a poke around in their basement?

shanAus · 07 Jul 2015, 9:08 am

Maybe a late reply but as i was born in Windsor in the early 80s, yes you are correct about tunnels in the area but there are alot of tunnels around the Hawkesbury district, including tunnels for the convicts and servants and one tunnel that you can see from the road is behind the big white house behind the RAAF Base Richmond. Hope this helps

blakjak · 07 Jul 2015, 1:07 pm

maizniek wrote:Hey everyone

I'm only very new to urbex and i haven't done much exploring yet, but i guess you have to start somewhere..

Ive recently come across some information that talks about two separate "rum smuggling" tunnels located in Windsor, in Sydney's North West. They're believed to have been created to smuggle rum from the nearby Hawkesbury River to the Macquarie Arms Hotel. It is also believed these tunnels would have been created just before 1815.

The two tunnels should run parallel to each other in streets located next to each other. ( I have the names of the streets). One of the tunnels is believed to be 8ft x 10ft and constructed of brick.

It seems like little effort has been put in to actually discover their existence, has anyone heard about these before?

P.s Thanks to Spades for linking me to this great site.

Cheers.

Is THIS your source?

dodger · 07 Jul 2015, 1:28 pm

Lol, this thread is so old it appears the OP has been deleted as a user?

Crispex · 07 Jul 2015, 1:59 pm

Gotta love a necro!

blakjak · 07 Jul 2015, 2:02 pm

Yeah I went through new posts without reading the rest of the thread.

Maz is still around, why did he leave here?

dodger · 07 Jul 2015, 2:34 pm

blakjak wrote:Yeah I went through new posts without reading the rest of the thread.

Maz is still around, why did he leave here?

Perhaps he hadn't logged in for too long and was culled?

Aydun · 07 Jul 2015, 2:36 pm

He requested it.

blakjak · 07 Jul 2015, 4:09 pm

Probably got a new job with ASIO or something, but he's on other urbex forums.