The Hunter Economic Zone is an abandoned industrial park development located around 120 km north of Sydney and 30 km west of Newcastle. First identified in the early 90s as a potential site for industrial development, construction commenced on the site in 2002 and finished in 2005. However, only two tenants ever moved into the site. The site now sits mostly abandoned, and is the home of dead-end roads, overgrown vegetation, poorly maintained roads, illegal dumping and illegal street racing. So...what went wrong with the HEZ? In this video, I'll answer that very question. Support me over at Ko-Fi! https://ko-fi.com/buildingbeautifully Check out my store! https://building-beautifully-merchandise.myshopify.com/ Check out my TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@buildingbeautifully Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/building_beautifully/ Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/build_beaut Enjoy this video? Check out the rest of my Lost Sydney series! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuqkgdTuh-yMy9g4jVyNFZ725LEiAGYD8 Links: The earliest ever iteration of the HEZ website (11/06/2002): https://web.archive.org/web/20020611080240/http://www.hez.com.au/ The second iteration of the HEZ website (2005): https://web.archive.org/web/20050717201457/http://www.hez.com.au/ The third iteration of the HEZ website (2007): https://web.archive.org/web/20070624223851/http://www.hez.com.au/home/default.asp The fourth and current iteration of the HEZ website: https://hez.com.au/ A Google Drive folder filled with various HEZ maps and brochures that I found using the Internet Wayback: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1riJJ8AJ2HJSaZYBXtDxccDrBmqEKhiYr?usp=sharing One of the news articles claiming that the HEZ was “launching” in 2021: https://apnews.com/press-release/marketersmedia/business-australia-environment-economy-635ee0ccc7449fdab7a7566c42974d6e
