salisbury air raid bunker

Will-043 · 16 Dec 2014, 2:08 pm

I used to live about 5 mins from the old bunker on either commerce or progress st, used to go past it every monday when i played paintball down the road from it. I've always been curious to find out what's in there, but sadly never managed to find the time to check it out for myself
Has anyone here checked it out? If so, do you have any photos?

I also used to play in the bush at Beryl Roberts Park in Coopers Plains a lot as a kid and used to find all sorts of old military looking gear,from old rusted up bayonets to old .30-06 and .303 rounds.

Also, just up the road from the old bunker off Evans Road in Salisbury, I have found literally thousands of old lead projectiles and some steel casings in the old quarry just down the hill from Pegg's Lookout. does anyone know the history of this quarry? there are old concrete foundations and a few pieces of old mining equipment still in the area too.

Kto · 16 Dec 2014, 4:46 pm

I believe most WWII remnants in Salisbury have been demolished.

Will-043 · 17 Dec 2014, 12:53 pm

The old air raid bunker was still standing at the start of the year, and is the only standing WWII remnant that I am aware of in the Salisbury area.

Barnz · 17 Dec 2014, 12:59 pm

Only I bunker remains, have been inside nothing special. I thinks the floor is hollow. Story has it the 2 bunkers were joined by a tunnel.

Will-043 · 17 Dec 2014, 1:29 pm

The other bunker being the one that was found under the then Salisbury High School?

phytrix · 18 Dec 2014, 12:17 am

Will-043 wrote:The other bunker being the one that was found under the then Salisbury High School?

Do you mean the one at the primary school? If so, I've heard that the bunker found there was possibly a communication center with a tunnel leading away from it. Unlikely that the tunnel led anywhere meaningful.

Will-043 · 05 Jan 2015, 3:28 pm

sucks that they demolished the one they found under the school. would've been cool to check out, even if the tunnel went no where meaningful.

Bravado · 26 Mar 2015, 8:50 pm

24.03.15 Went over to the Salisbury Air Raid Bunker. Still standing, Fenced & Padlocked.

Echo · 26 Mar 2015, 9:08 pm

Bravado wrote:24.03.15 Went over to the Salisbury Air Raid Bunker. Still standing, Fenced & Padlocked.

What exactly am I looking at? Looks like a concrete wall...

Aydun · 26 Mar 2015, 9:30 pm

Echo wrote:
Bravado wrote:24.03.15 Went over to the Salisbury Air Raid Bunker. Still standing, Fenced & Padlocked.
What exactly am I looking at? Looks like a concrete wall...

Bravado wrote:Salisbury Air Raid Bunker.

Echo · 26 Mar 2015, 9:33 pm

aydun wrote:
Echo wrote:
Bravado wrote:24.03.15 Went over to the Salisbury Air Raid Bunker. Still standing, Fenced & Padlocked.
What exactly am I looking at? Looks like a concrete wall...

Bravado wrote:Salisbury Air Raid Bunker.

Wow so informative. Much knowledge was learnt. Thanks.

Barnz · 26 Mar 2015, 9:50 pm

Bravado wrote:24.03.15 Went over to the Salisbury Air Raid Bunker. Still standing, Fenced & Padlocked.

Yep that's the left wall.

Echo · 26 Mar 2015, 9:53 pm

Barnz wrote:
Bravado wrote:24.03.15 Went over to the Salisbury Air Raid Bunker. Still standing, Fenced & Padlocked.

Yep that's the left wall.

So it IS a concrete wall. I am correct as usual. I expect full written apologies from everyone who doubted me. You know who you are.

Kto · 26 Mar 2015, 10:30 pm

Echo wrote:So it IS a concrete wall. I am correct as usual. I expect full written apologies from everyone who doubted me. You know who you are.

Echo · 26 Mar 2015, 10:32 pm

Kto wrote:
Echo wrote:So it IS a concrete wall. I am correct as usual. I expect full written apologies from everyone who doubted me. You know who you are.

Why you scare me like this Kto.... That picture should be rated R18+.

Barnz · 27 Mar 2015, 9:58 am

Its a besser block wall. Yes it contains concrete. Your a regular detective.

No+Pro · 27 Mar 2015, 10:03 am

wouldnt be surprised to find three other walls of similar construction, maybe even a roof

Echo · 27 Mar 2015, 10:14 am

Barnz wrote:Its a besser block wall. Yes it contains concrete. Your a regular detective.

Wow thanks!!!!! I'm just too good.

No+Pro wrote:wouldnt be surprised to find three other walls of similar construction, maybe even a roof

What?!?!? Mind = Blown.

No+Pro · 27 Mar 2015, 4:55 pm

i deleted this!

Bravado · 27 Mar 2015, 5:27 pm

The outside of the walls seemed to have air vents. Do they come through into the bunker anywhere?

Dynamite · 27 Mar 2015, 5:36 pm

Yep they do. Just in an offset fashion, I presume so that shrapnel won't pass through.

Will-043 · 30 Mar 2015, 8:50 am

Good to see that it's still standing, thanks for the photo Bravado. fences I can deal with, padlocks are a pain in the arse though.

Will-043 · 30 Mar 2015, 8:52 am

No+Pro wrote:27.03.15 Went over to the Salisbury Air Raid Bunker. Still standing, Fenced & Padlocked. Still pretty easy to get in though

Sorry to hijack your thread!

LOL all good, thanks for the photos man, have always wondered what the inside looked like

No+Pro · 30 Mar 2015, 4:13 pm

you can stop wondering then. if only i could bring the smell and sense of being in a small, dark stanky hole to the post... maybe you should go back and immerse yourself properly sometime

Barnz · 30 Mar 2015, 5:04 pm

Lol it looks better in the photos then real life.