Bathhouse Blog

July 22, 2010

The gay community has been warned to stay alert after a staff member from Collingwood gay sauna Wet on Wellington was bashed in a vicious robbery.

Wet on Wellington manager Shane Gardner told Southern Star the staff member, who wishes to remain anonymous, left the premises on Sunday, July 4 at around 9.30pm and was walking along Peel St, towards Smith St, when he was set upon by at least three men wielding baseball bats.

Wet on Wellington

To read more click the article Gay Sauna Staffer Bashed written by Andie Noonan

May 28, 2010

A conservative church buys a former gay bathhouse! Strange bedfellows indeed. The church paid $6.35 million for the two and three-storey buildings in March and at the time of the sale a video library, café and gymnasium were operating on the premises.

The former Steamworks building in La Trobe Street; the church’s sign on display inside the foyer. Photo: A. Shaw

To read more about this interesting sale click to the article Church Buys Former Gay Sauna written by Michael Magnusson