If you’ve ever heard talk of secret tunnels and winding labyrinths from World War II that lie forgotten beneath Sydney city, you’re not alone. Well, it turns out, the rumours are true. And the best bit? Finally, we are allowed to see them with our own eyes. Better yet – they’re going to be filled with a wild light show, laser beams and robots. Yes. This is real life. The entrance to this secret tunnel is hidden in plain sight in one of Sydney’s busiest train station thoroughfares. If you’ve ever grabbed something from the Wynyard Coles, you may not have ever paid too much attention to the emergency access door that’s situated right next to it. Unbeknownst to most of us, this nondescript door has long been the entrance to a series of secret tunnels that lie beneath Wynyard Station. For the last century, these tunnels were the abandoned relics of a city engineer’s grand plans to build a train line between Mosman and the Northern Beaches, but (as it is with many things), this plan fell to the wayside, and into decades of obscurity. Now, in a move that’s been in the works for a long, long time, ‘Dark Spectrum’ will be taking over this historical subterranean network during Vivid, 2023. Kicking off on May 26, and running until July 16, this wild and immersive light show will take visitors through 900 metres of the tunnel system, where they will be taken through eight underground rooms that will each be decked out in a vibrant variety of lights, robots, animations and laser show
This week in our Harbour City there is so much to do, see and taste that it's hard to know where to start.
It's getting chillier, but that doesn't mean that the good times aren't heating up. From Monday to Friday, we'll be making sure we frolic through the wonders of Vivid Sydney 2023, with a notable stop off at the subterranean fantasia of Dark Spectrum. We will also be getting down at Sydney's highest silent disco (268 metres off the ground, to be exact), watching epic free (and ticketed) talks at Vivid Ideas, kicking back at the opening of the Sydney Film Festival, and freaking ourselves out at Darkfield (think a seance, and a plane disaster).
We will also be watching a party gal take on pregnancy at Pony, checking out the Archibald, throwing ourselves into this new pop-up cocktail bar that's filled with 500,000 glowing LED balls and catching a Wes Anderson flick at this Sydney cinema on Thursday night.
The good times are just getting started.