Bench dark room its slab construction a record

its slab construction a record of the hands that built and then left it

A grease gun lies where someone left it

Conveyor Counterweights at Wangi Wangi

The Powerhouse

A heavy industrial exhaust fan

Bench dark room its slab construction a recordA counter thick with dust holds a bottle of Super Pine disinfectant and a green wrapped Winning Post package, surrounded by small forgotten objects on worn timber. Behind them, the wall is covered floor to ceiling in overlapping Opera House Lottery tickets, layer upon layer of faded paper. This is the bench inside Marina Picture Palace on Gardeners Road, Rosebery. Part of the Marina Picture Palace series.