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15/08/06 : Sydney Morning Herald - "Wizard's Urbex Website"
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For those who appreciate an abandoned tunnel but don't want to crawl into one, try the Wizards Urbex website. The Wizard is a member of the national network of Cave Clan groups who like to explore man-made underground facilities. He has posted some very good photos of abandoned sections of St James underground station, including the lake and World War II shelter. The Wizard has also infiltrated the Bankstown bunker, the Wakt drain under the harbour and the Milsons Park rainwater pipe, which, of course, we encourage you not to do. |
21/01/08 : Fortress deaths
Two graffiti artists tragically die when a storm hits fortress and washes them over 1km downstream and onto bars at the outfall. Amazingly a third member of their party manages to survive by squeezing through an opening made many years earlier by the drains discoverer, Predator. Questions are raised about the need for a lockdown of drains around the state. A media frenzy ensues, and photos from Urbantwilight.net appear on various news websites, MX, the Daily Telegraph, and Today tonight.
22/01/08 : Daily Telegraph - "Death Trap" 
Urbantwilight photos used on the front page of the Daily Telegraph 22/01/08
22/01/08 : Daily Telegraph - "Tunnel vision "
Photo of Predator's memorial in article about mysterious underground explorers
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When it rains, no drains. That is rule No. 1 in the “art” of drain-exploring as outlined in the manifesto of Michael Carlton, aka Predator.
It is a short, snappy saying which could have prevented the tragedy which befell three young people who were trapped in a Sydney stormwater drain on Sunday.
“The last thing you want is to inflict the responsibility of rescue upon some poor SES member or fireman who really doesn’t need to risk his life getting you out.” Carlton wrote.
“To jeopardise the lives of such people is selfish and stupid.”
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22/01/08 : MX - "Let's Party"
Mx use Urban Twilight picture of Nivelo in the fortress outfal. |
This is The Fortress – the death trap where two graffiti artists drowned and another miraculously escaped on Sunday.
It is also the end of a deep 1km maze that houses cavernous rooms that are regularly used for parties by an underground community of “urban explorers”.
The adventurers claimed yesterday they observed one critical rule: When it rained, no drains.
This was ignored by the trio, who were swept away after a sudden squall of rain flooded the drain. A man and woman were trapped against the bars that open on to Sydney’s eastern beaches; the other man managed to squeeze through.
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24/01/08 : Today Tonight - "Secret society... the Cave Clan"
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