Magazine Wall Fern Type:Unframed the void now holding still

the void now holding still water at its base

sparks arcing across the converter hood as orange-stained concrete absorbs the light

running some 100 bread varieties through a 65-foot oven

its corrugated iron roof streaked with rust and a brick chimney rising above the ridgeline

The factory operated on this Yarra riverfront site from 1890 until January 2012

Magazine Wall Fern Type:Unframed the void now holding stillA fern has rooted itself into the concrete wall of a former magazine at Newington Armament Depot and Nature Reserve, its fronds spreading across a surface once engineered to contain explosives safely. The magazine precinct dates to 1897, built under NSW Military Forces authority from Federation face brick with earth banked blast walls. Nature has been returning here since the Royal Australian Navy vacated the depot in December 1999. Part of the