Stairwell battery room the walls cracked open by

the walls cracked open by decades of neglect

half-consumed by scrub

Rows of analogue pressure gauges cover a yellow panel in the control room at West Ryde Pumping Station

once painted pink

and stacked chairs cover the floor of the service room at Family School Fureai

Stairwell battery room the walls cracked open byA multi storey timber stairwell at the Braidwood Hotel, its white painted balustrades and turned balusters wrapping around a central void as the treads descend toward a dark lower landing. Bare timber, peeling render, and water staining mark the walls. Built in 1859 as the Commercial Hotel during the Gold Rush expansion of Wallace Street, the building has operated continuously ever since. Part of the Braidwood Hotel series.