Reflections Size:S its drawers empty

its drawers empty

A piano stands on the floor of a disused room inside the former Family School Fureai building in Yubari

its dolerite walls rising steeply on all sides

and a green-trimmed doorframe and exit sign remain against the emptied shell

Honcho Shotenagi at Yubari

Reflections Size:S its drawers emptyWater pools across the cracked concrete floor, throwing back a reflection of the decaying walls and silent machinery above. This was the factory floor of ABBCO Bakery in Leichhardt, once described as the biggest independent bakery in Australia. Dust and stillness replaced the 65 foot oven and six thousand dozen rolls an hour. Part of the ABBCO Bakery series.