Burford Soap Tunnel

PLEASE NOTE: The Burford Soap Tunnel has recently been regated with reinforced metal, which seems to be a regular occurrence, to prevent people from entering it. Time and time again, self-interested maggots come down with tools and grinders to smash open the gate, putting themselves and others at risk.

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Some two years after taking these photos, the tunnel is trashed. It's a common occurence these days with feral nutsacks spraying crap on the limestone walls, even all around the river. For some stupid reason, they seem to think making their mark is more important than the history of the tunnel and it's not just kids!

Many of the supporting beams have been pushed over. Obviously some people are too thick to realise it stops the tunnel from collapsing, not that they would stop to care about anyone other than themselves!

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The 96 metre soap tunnel connecting access from the river to the Burford Soap Factory, was used for discharging liquid waste into the Swan River. It caused the river waters to become soapy, resulting in the area becoming known as “Soapy Bay”. It has been measured as 1.8m high and 1.4m wide.