Best Nuclear Bomb Shelters

LGhatT on 12/09/2022 - 12:15
Last edited 12/09/2022 - 12:18

Wondering what the best deals on nuclear bomb shelters are in Australia. Willing to pay several hundred thousand dollars if it's necessary.

Needs to be able to support an internet connection and withstand a nuclear blast (possibly two) within a 500km radius.

I've seen the one at https://www.undergroundbunkersaustralia.com/bunkers and it's tiny; I want one at least triple this size. Doesn't look like it can survive a nuclear blast either.

Very important that I get this by the end of 2022.

Thanks!

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Comments

      • AndyC1 on 12/09/2022 - 13:04
        +1

        Call your local council and ask them.

        • moar bargains on 12/09/2022 - 21:07
          +1

          And please record the call and report back for our entertainment education! :D

      • xdigger on 13/09/2022 - 09:13

        My experience with local council decisions says 2032 at the earliest

    • Transient on 12/09/2022 - 13:04
      +1

      If the bombs drop, don't think the council will be around to kick up a fuss.

      • AndyC1 on 12/09/2022 - 13:07

        Broken Hill will probably survive.

        White Cliffs (what ever council it belongs to) will survive.

        • Transient on 12/09/2022 - 13:14

          But in these remote places where there shouldn't be as much fallout, op wouldn't need a shelter in the first place.

          • AndyC1 on 12/09/2022 - 13:17
            +1

            @Transient: Can always try Maralinga as it's already got the radiation from he previous nuclear bombing of OZ by the poms.

            • Transient on 12/09/2022 - 13:38

              @AndyC1: Interesting read, the history behind that.

              Tynan agreed, saying there are parts of the area that will be uninhabitable for a quarter of a million years.

              "There are parts of the site that you can't go to, that are still very dangerous," she said.

              "The real problem at Maralinga was the plutonium which was detonated in a series of trials… The particular type of plutonium they used, plutonium 239, has a half-life of 21,400 years which takes hundreds of thousands of years for that radioactivity to diminish."

        • LlamaOfDoom on 14/09/2022 - 23:13

          Why would you need a shelter in White Cliffs?
          Just go down an opal shaft.

      • EightImmortals on 12/09/2022 - 14:31
        +1

        Really? I thought cockroaches were the only things that would survive?

      • whatwasherproblem on 12/09/2022 - 21:15
        +1

        That's too optimistic I think. Just watch: when the nukes drop for real, watch as the only thing from modern technology that survives is pencil-pushing bureaucracy.

        • moar bargains on 13/09/2022 - 14:29
          +1

          Prolly Microsoft office as well. Because I'm sure there's a VBA macro in the background somewhere for the nuke launching

    • Lunatic on 12/09/2022 - 14:25

      No need to care about the council after the bombs have been dropped

      • mooboy on 13/09/2022 - 13:30
        +2

        Not so sure - they say cockroaches can survive a nuclear blast.

  • Duckie2hh on 12/09/2022 - 13:06
    +3

    I would say that internet connection would be one of the first things to go should a nuclear bomb go off in your near vicinity.

  • Duckie2hh on 12/09/2022 - 13:06
    +4

    Very important that I get this by the end of 2022.

    Seems like OP knows something the rest of us don't…

  • Tee Rex Arms on 12/09/2022 - 13:09
    +5

    I prefer these type of troll posts to the incessant crash and bullsh1t civil matters that pop up daily

    • mafmouf on 13/09/2022 - 07:32
      +1

      I dunno. OP seems really desperate for this bunker in 2022. Could be legit.

  • Transient on 12/09/2022 - 13:12
    +2

    If you want it in a hurry, may be best to bury a few shipping containers joined together with accessways. You can then spend the rest of the money on air filtration systems and other necessities. Better still, move somewhere remote and you won't have to worry as much.

    • Almost Banned on 12/09/2022 - 16:50

      Yep - bury them deep enough or otherwise harden them enough and shipping containers would be a decent starting point.

    • DarwinBoy on 13/09/2022 - 11:49
      +1

      Plenty of info out there why you cant bury shipping containers. Unless its your grave…

  • iDroid on 12/09/2022 - 13:27
    +7

    Grab a 40ft shipping ($5000 - $6000), hire or buy an excavator. Dig a big hold and drop container in. Add internal supports to the top and sides, back fill container with concrete. Add ventilation (must be closable to stop air entry during a blast event. Add enough oxygen cylinders to provide enough oxygen for > 2 weeks. Add dry food supply for 2 months. Add water supply for 2 months. Generator? Fuel? Etc….

    Though, you're only delaying your death by however long you can stay down there. Eventually you're going to need to return to the surface and enjoy the new seasons nuclear winter. It'll be cold, dark and scary.

    Or just rock the blast when it comes.

    • BewareOfThe Dog on 12/09/2022 - 15:48
      +1

      Make sure there are no structures/trees nearby that if they fell, crumbled etc, don't block the Entrance/Air ways/sewerage/water inlet.

      Also, barbed wire around the perimeter to prevent us mutants from crashing your party.

      • mafmouf on 13/09/2022 - 07:34
        +1

        A moat sounds in order.

    • bigbadboogieman on 12/09/2022 - 18:41
      +1

      What about sewage and waste outlet?

    • trapper on 13/09/2022 - 13:17

      Don't need oxygen, just decent filtration.

    • banana365 on 13/09/2022 - 14:14

      Air exit might be a bigger issue than entry during a nuclear blast. Any decent sized holes and it'll likely suck the air out as the blast passes over. Immediately after is when air entry definitely becomes the bigger factor.

  • foxmulder on 12/09/2022 - 13:55
    +1

    So weird, I currently watched an Six Feet Under episode titled Bomb Shelter.

  • Jugganautx on 12/09/2022 - 13:58
    +2

    Old mate wants the bunker out of blast from the past.

  • 2jzzzz on 12/09/2022 - 14:03

    Go to Lotus Glen and have a chat with the bloke responsible.

    https://www.9news.com.au/national/police-dog-finds-undergrou…

  • netjock on 12/09/2022 - 14:16
    +1

    Needs to be able to support an internet connection and withstand a nuclear blast (possibly two) within a 500km radius.

    Why do you need an internet connection? You think there is going to be interesting new content on Instagram or new Elon Musk tweets after a nuclear war?

    • pharkurnell on 12/09/2022 - 14:30
      +8

      Menulog…

      • I like freestuff on 12/09/2022 - 17:48
        +5

        Looking forward to the “I’ve waited 6 half life’s and the food has still not arrived” threads.

      • Buckshot on 13/09/2022 - 19:00
        +2

        Did somebody say, "Menulog"?

      • muppet on 15/09/2022 - 05:42

        Food arrived "overcooked"

  • pharkurnell on 12/09/2022 - 14:30
    +2

    never understood the concept of 'nuke' bunkers..
    Nuke goes off, your living in your bunker on your 4 weeks of stores… then what?
    Out you go to the shop.. Oops…. its Chernobyl out here.
    Or are you hoping for Menulog to deliver through the radio active planet?

    • netjock on 12/09/2022 - 14:32
      +1

      never understood the concept of 'nuke' bunkers..

      Theory is you miss the blast and initial radiation recovery efforts might save you.

      Proper bunkers have like 5 years of food and water (and a lot bigger than anyone average can afford)

      This might just be another pie in the sky idea post.

      • pharkurnell on 12/09/2022 - 14:33

        even after 5yrs your still fried…

        • jv on 12/09/2022 - 14:59

          Not really, it depends on the type of bomb used.

          • iDroid on 12/09/2022 - 23:24
            +1

            @jv: If Australia is being bombed then we're likely not the only place and ergo can assume an all out nuclear war.

            Even if Australia is not bombed, a full scale nuclear war will without doubt cause a nuclear winter.

            You'd need to be very lucky to last the next 3 - 4 years with almost no food available, freezing temperatures and an atmosphere filled with particulate matter.

            Things may improve after 3-5 years, but you're looking at >25 years before surface temperatures return to anything close to normal.

            Expect to be very cold and hungry for many years.

            • jv on 12/09/2022 - 23:33
              +4

              @iDroid:

              will without doubt cause a nuclear winter.

              That will be cancelled out by global warming though.

              • iDroid on 13/09/2022 - 08:51

                @jv: Wouldn't that be nice.

                But that ain't gonna happen.

            • trapper on 13/09/2022 - 14:04

              @iDroid:

              a full scale nuclear war will without doubt cause a nuclear winter.

              This is actually very doubtful. The theory depends on firestorms in all the targeted cities which isn't very realistic really.

        • AustriaBargain on 12/09/2022 - 16:22
          +1

          Presumably whoever nuked Australia will want to conquer it too for the land and resources. So probably should spend those five years learning Chinese or Russian.

      • whatwasherproblem on 12/09/2022 - 17:52
        +3

        Proper bunkers have like 5 years of food and water (and a lot bigger than anyone average can afford)

        That's not gonna be enough. OP needs enough food for him and his wife to survive 30 years in the bunker so that they can sire a son. Then eventually the son will wander out into the remnants of the real world and strike up an unlikely romance with the Alicia Silverstone character who is somehow attracted to his naivete and sense of childlike wonder.

        • iDroid on 12/09/2022 - 23:27
          +1

          It's like you could make a science fiction show about that!

          Crazy.

    • nigel deborah on 12/09/2022 - 20:13

      Some nuclear weapons aren't actually that bad fallout-wise (2-stage fusion weapons with no significant third fission stage/pressure container produce limited radioactive byproducts, considering their explosive power). Not enough to kill you in the short-medium term, anyway.

      Besides all the destruction, potential lawlessness, and lack of food/water/fuel/etc, you could conceivably be out and about within 4 weeks even pretty close to ground zero.

    • trapper on 13/09/2022 - 14:10

      After a few weeks it will be safe enough to leave the bunker so you can evacuate to a safer area.

  • wouldyou on 12/09/2022 - 14:43
    +1

    Your shelter will run out of food eventually and the the aftermath of the nuke would then kill you lol

    • Duckie2hh on 12/09/2022 - 15:10
      +2

      Just use your poo to grow some potatoes like the Martian.

      • AustriaBargain on 12/09/2022 - 16:21

        Better off growing mushrooms in poo tbh.

        • MrThing on 12/09/2022 - 16:44

          the mushrooms will love the co2 you emit as well, since eventually you will die from asphyxiation

  • garetz on 12/09/2022 - 15:01
    -1

    You would propably have to move to the usa, i dont think what you want exists in australia.

    • wouldyou on 12/09/2022 - 15:16
      +2

      Some secret bomb shelters in NZ. check this vice doco - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh1JZVjKUAo

    • xdigger on 13/09/2022 - 09:19
      +1

      Nah mate, as the main antagonist for wars ever since world war 2 ended I'm guessing the USA would be a bigger target for nukes than us.

  • cashless on 12/09/2022 - 15:13

    I dunno where you can buy one, but I can give you Gus Fring's phone number if you like.

  • FLICKIT on 12/09/2022 - 15:21
    +3

    I've seen the one at https://www.undergroundbunkersaustralia.com/bunkers and it's tiny; I want one at least triple this size. Doesn't look like it can survive a nuclear blast either.

    Those bunkers are just expensive underground cubby houses really:

    Our bespoke unit can provide you with a range of uses, including:
    • Secure shelter for family safety and privacy
    • Concealed storage for items such as wine cellars and general racking
    • Safe space for valuable documents and goods
    • Gun vault for dangerous goods and firearms

  • Ozbar Gain on 12/09/2022 - 15:23
    +1

    Would one have to get council permission to build/install a bunker?

  • Caped Baldy on 12/09/2022 - 15:30

    I'd very impressed by a nuke with a 500km blast radius.

  • MrThing on 12/09/2022 - 16:40
    +1

    Have you checked wish?

  • Bid Sniper on 12/09/2022 - 16:44
    +3

    I have these on my front lawn, had issue with council as it sits within 200M of a school zone.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome

  • try2bhelpful on 12/09/2022 - 16:50
    +1

    Bugger nuclear shelters. I’m inner city Melbourne. I want to be a shadow on the ground rather than dealing with “preppers”. Let me got up with the first bombs.

  • Willy Beamish on 12/09/2022 - 18:01

    9 reports already, geez.

    If you actually want to prepare, simulate a blast and just buy a property away from the major cities that won't be affected:
    https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

  • Empharand on 12/09/2022 - 18:01
    +3

    Here you go
    Budget option encase you want to save a few $$$

    You might as well get one of these too

    You're welcome btw.

  • nephilim on 12/09/2022 - 18:08
    +1

    With WFH, consider moving to a small town thats 2-3 hours from Adelaide or Perth on the coast
    Then filling a boat with as much descale tablets and food as you can

    keep in mind, there are a lot of military zones randomly all over aus, and John Howard signed off on allowing USA any use of Australian Military land.

    • Roman Sandstorm on 14/09/2022 - 14:54

      consider moving to a small town thats 2-3 hours from Adelaide or Perth on the coast

      Frankly, the idea that Russia or China (the only potentially hostile powers actually capable of delivering a nuclear weapon over ballistic distances) would target Adelaide, is laughable.

      In a balls-to-the-wall all-out nuclear exchange between US, Russia and China, despite the at-first-glance large total quantity of warheads, it would still be strategic targets prioritised: military installations, infrastructure, select civilian sites. Not just every random city over a certain size. Australia might have a couple of isolated outback US bases/installations worthy of a small strike. At a pinch. But certainly not worthy of wasting valuable and scarce missiles on our cities.

  • HangryCakeStore on 12/09/2022 - 18:24

    The only post he responds to is to fake DonaldHump 😂😂 someone been watching too much American shet.
    Edit: I’m slow to this game nvm

  • bigbadboogieman on 12/09/2022 - 18:52

    https://risingsbunkers.com/layouts-pricing-bunkers/

    Options and layouts. For several hundred grands they will come and install for you anywhere in the world.

  • goraygo on 12/09/2022 - 19:19
    +1

    Seriously.

    1. If you are preparing a one off strike: just move out of major cities. You will never get nuked.

    2. If you are preparing for WW3 and nuclear winter, you will need to be realistic on what you can expect:
      (a) can you expect internet still able to work? Probably not. Even starlink is unlikely to function.
      (b) how much food and water you need to stock? Say you are unlikely and build around where it is nuked, you need to have stock for 10 years before it is safe to open your shelter door.
      (c) are you also building something that blocks out radiation? That will likely put the price right up.

    Good luck.

    • nigel deborah on 12/09/2022 - 20:17

      There's actually a fair few theories about how a post-nuclear war world would look like. I agree with you generally, but I think some scientists don't actually believe there would be a large scale nuclear winter. There's going to be 'shortages' (or total supply chain collapse) definitely, but possibly not total environmental collapse.

      Living remotely, with a self-sufficient farm, you might be in with a shot to survive for a while, anyway. At least until some prepper comes and robs/murders you.

      • trapper on 13/09/2022 - 13:42

        Yeah the nuclear winter theory isn't that realistic

    • trapper on 13/09/2022 - 13:41

      Even if your unlucky enough to be directly in a fallout zone you still only need a few weeks supplies until the radioactivity outside will have dropped by 1000 times.

      Then it's time to head out to an unaffected area.

  • Pussqunt on 12/09/2022 - 20:21

    Most people seem to be taking the piss.

    You won't build a nuclear bomb proof bunker before Jan 1st with your budget. You need council approvals and we are in a labour shortage.

    Buy an old underground coal mine. You should be able to buy one for your budget.

    You will likely need a large supply of diesel as most mines in Australia flood so you will need to run pumps, as well as ventilation, off grid 24/7. Or a more affordable option would be oxygen tanks, a survival hut and SCBA/SCUBA training.

    Internet is the cheap part. Buy a Star Link system. If the internet is still around, daddy Musk will be your best bet.

    • Jamiea on 13/09/2022 - 21:54
      +2

      Most people seem to be taking the piss.

      Geez I wonder why…

      • Pussqunt on 15/09/2022 - 08:40

        Woosh…

  • DiscoJango on 12/09/2022 - 20:28
    +2

    Toyota hilux. Built to withstand nuclear bomb blasts since 1983

  • ipiok on 12/09/2022 - 20:34

    I think internet will be the least of your worries lol

  • justgooddeals on 12/09/2022 - 20:54

    https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x88sxqq

    The day after.

    Better to go the day before.

  • congo on 12/09/2022 - 21:06

    Might be better to buy a cabin in a remote area? Best on a hill, so that the wind blows downwards?
    Then you can live of the surrounding vegetations and poo in the bush.
    There is only limited space you can store in a bunker.

  • living4music on 12/09/2022 - 21:08

    Since you got several hundred thousand dollars to burn, why not just talk directly to them, they maybe able to work something out for you, or buy 3-4 of them custom made so they can all be interconnected.

  • meong on 12/09/2022 - 21:16
    +1

    I want the one that Colin Furze has!

  • BeoWulf on 12/09/2022 - 21:29

    What's the difference between this and a modified shipping container?

  • knasty on 12/09/2022 - 21:45
    +2

    I would just follow Iron Maiden's advice:

    Run to the hills
    Run for your lives
    Run to the hills
    Run for your lives

  • peterw1 on 12/09/2022 - 22:07

    Australian law prohibits the sheltering of terrorists and nuclear bombs. You are allowed to shelter ex-racing greyhounds.

  • tomleonhart on 13/09/2022 - 00:07
    +2

    Don't buy a nuclear bunker, buy a house in Bluff, New Zealand. Technically the same without the bunker bit.

  • xdigger on 13/09/2022 - 09:04
    -1

    On a serious note, preferably our enemies would be wise to just bomb Canberra and isolated miltary bases and leave the civilian population alone, most of us do not agree with our politicians decision to wage war as proxy for the AUKUS pact. We now know how previous US-led wars such as Iraq only benefited the US tremendously in oil gains at the costs of hundreds of Aussies lives.

    While the pollies are pissing away hundreds of billions on nuclear submarines that enriches either the US or UK, everyday Australians are losing access to bulk-billed GPs and universal free healthcare.

    • FLICKIT on 13/09/2022 - 12:02
      +1

      Canberra and Pine Gap near Alice are the most likely targets..

      • trapper on 13/09/2022 - 19:31
        -1

        There are no likely targets in Australia.

        It doesn't make any strategic sense to target a non-nuclear power with nuclear weapons.

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