article_snippet: Asbestos-riddled and home to more pigeons than could be counted before Daily Mail Australia was taken through the cavernous building - not to mention the local bat colony
article_snippet: - the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority spent nearly $5 million in 2014 to preserve what was still standing.
article_snippet: Authorities have boarded up the windows of The White Bay Power Station but any extensive redevelopment will reveal a spectacular panorama of Sydney's famous harbour .
article_snippet: Asbestos riddled and home to more pigeons that could be counted and the local bat colony, the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority spent nearly $5 million a year ago, to preserve what was left.
article_snippet: Several sections are still boarded up to keep away the unwanted intruders, still, the most spectacular view of the harbour panorama that once was, is visible through the slats.
highlights_snippet: Pigeons and bats made the buildings Pigeons and bats home for three decades until $5 million was spent to stop Pigeons and bats destroying industrial artefacts .
  