Carpentry Workshop yubari Weeds push through cracked concrete

Weeds push through cracked concrete and corrugated iron walls carry rust and peeling paint in layers

Shafts of sunlight push through gaps in the iron cladding

its mosaic tile fascia intact beneath layers of graffiti

carries the weight of decades overhead

its corrugated iron walls rusted and concrete slowly returning to the bush around it

Carpentry Workshop yubari Weeds push through cracked concreteA tool storage cage in the carpenter's shop at Elrington Colliery, Abernethy, ferns colonising the mesh and timber framing in the decades since the mine closed in December 1962. The carpenter's shop occupied a lean to addition along the main workshop building. Part of the Elrington Colliery series.