"Lakeside" drain

wolatile · 25 Jun 2025, 11:02 pm

Hi, im new here, but not new to storm water drain urbex. I have been to all of Panic!'s (may he rest in peace) documented ones on his old blog (www.uer [dot] ca/urbanadventure/www.urbanadventure [dot] org/members/drains/index.html) except for one. I have also been in a few not listed here that im willing to share

The one im missing is the lakeside one and I have been looking for it for a month or so. From the text on the site I think it must be northside but I have no idea where.

Could anyone point me in the right direction? What lake the name is referring to? Possible coordinates to where it enters the lake?

Thanks in advance

dodger · 01 Jul 2025, 11:39 am

You've done all of them?! Post some photos!

I have been to the Lakeside location. Which city are you looking for it in?

wolatile · 02 Jul 2025, 5:57 pm

Yes, all of them that are in Canberra.
Last Sunday I found the lakeside one so now this thread is moot (for anyone that wants to know the "drop" entrance is at -35.2447, 149.0735, and if you are scared of heights and dont mind crawling you can enter at a small drain around -35.2433, 149.0744 or so), but sure I can post some photos
(im not sure if the imgur links are working so just in case the album link is https://imgur (dot) com/a/wJ9J5zy, im sure you can match the photos to the descriptions)

This is the drop entrance I was looking so hard for. Its less impressive but also sketchier in person somehow

A random drop (never found out whats down there, I couldnt think of a good way to get down safely

Somehow theres a leak but going the wrong way

My friend inside one of the Mawson drains

The entrance to the shittiest but still cool drain ive ever seen

Blocked off. I found a different way around but its still annoying

Again blocked, but with concrete this time

A photo I took seconds before remembering what gps is (I wanted to know where this lined up with on the ground)

A small room inside a very small drain with an even smaller drain inside it

An actual, live snake inside the drain

"Bong on", artist unknown

Abandoned building in the middle of the city (heritage listed im fairly sure)

A spa outside an abandoned house

Office chairs. Im still not sure if this building is abandoned or not

Under a skate park ramp

On top of the old bank. I wish I took a photo of inside the vault

Trophies inside a long abandoned house just north of Canberra

Finally, a nice wombat hole (I didnt actually urbex this one)

dodger · 02 Jul 2025, 9:49 pm

No the images aren't working. You've got to put the

tags around the link to the image, like this:

Glad you found Lakeside! It's a good drain! (Was there still a chain attached to the drop in entrance?)

wolatile · 03 Jul 2025, 11:55 am

Yeah there was a chain there, but it was broken. There was also an orange polymer rope about 6-7mm in diameter that I just didnt trust.

Heres a bonus photo of a motorbike inside the same house as the trophy one

(I figured out how to post the imgur links, you need the image tags (which I did add last post) but you need the *direct* link to the post, including the file extension)