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Bikie clubhouses are now worth millions.
For decades, the hangouts of outlaw motorcycle gangs have been found in cities and suburbs across Victoria.
But police crackdowns in recent years have put an end to a number of bikie clubhouses.
Here’s a look at some of the state’s most notorious gangs and what has become of their gathering places.
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Finks- Cranbourne West
The home of the Finks bikie gang in Melbourne’s south east was raided in 2019 as part of an attempted murder investigation and firebombed in 2020.
But in 2022 the outlaw motorcycle group made it clear they were still there, with about 300 members arriving at the industrial property from around the country before they took off to Wodonga on the NSW-Victoria border en masse.
Finks Outlaw Motorcycle Gang members during one of their national rides to Cranbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire
Near neighbours include a home builder, gymnastics group, automotive businesses and a specialty cake store.
The 1651sq m complex the clubhouse is located within is divided into a number of strata spaces.
Hells Angels – Alphington
A distinct mural on the front gate of a suburban house on a main road in Melbourne’s north east tells you when you’re on the Hells Angels’ turf.
After more than four decades of police raids, it’s still considered the group’s spiritual home – even after the front gates were ripped off in a 2013 search for machine guns at the property.
But it’s no longer the club’s headquarters in Melbourne.
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The gates were ripped from the Alphington premises during a 2013 police raid.
In an area better known for tranquil river walks and schools, it’s surrounded by family homes and close to a new housing development.
The property is estimated to be worth $1.04m-$1.88m, but hasn’t changed hands in decades.
Hells Angels- Thomastown
There’s another Hells Angels crest on the gate in front of a Thomastown address surrounded by automotive and logistics businesses.
The home of the group’s Nomads offshoot, it was raided after a woman’s murder in 1999.
It’s also understood to have been the site of bashings and even someone having their toe cut off by bolt cutters.
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The Hells Angels clubhouse in Thomastown during a 2011 police raid.
Despite the club house’s reputation, a coffee shop across the road serves up toasties, burgers, souvlakis and an array of fried foods from potato cakes to hash browns.
Records show the address that backs onto the Western Ring Rd was last sold for $126,000 in the 1980s.
Today, estimates put the industrial property at somewhere between $646,000 and $990,000.
Bandidos- Delacombe
Finding this Ballarat-area clubhouse isn’t exactly difficult – it has its own listing on Google, complete with a five-star review from a user by the name of “chicken terrorist”.
When you arrive, it’s the joint with the big imposing fence topped with security cameras and a “Bandidos MC” sign – almost at the end of a dead-end street, or court – both seem oddly appropriate.
The Ballarat Bandidos got five stars on google. Picture: NCA NewsWire
It’s an industrial area, and the last time the property changed hands on the open market in 1996 the price was just $33,000.
Records show it was transferred for $0 last year, and today it’s classed as ‘owner occupied’.
Its value is estimated at between $238,000 and $388,000.
Bandidos – Brunswick
A former club house, this is another bikie spot you can still find on Google – though it is now marked as ‘permanently closed’.
Today it’s painted black with all of its past signage removed, but once bore a Bandidos sign over the door.
The Bandidos’ abandoned clubhouse at Brunswick has been a wine sotry and a gym since closing as a bikie haunt.
But there’s no indication of a sale or a lease, and valuations put the property opposite a shopping plaza at $1.01m-$1.52m.
The property was run as a handcrafted wines and produce store in 2007, and as a gym in 2017 – so it’s certainly had a colourful past in more ways than just visits from bikies.
If you’re wondering, this one also has a five-star review on Google – left five years ago.
Rebels- Sunshine West
There have been many police raids at this Rebels stronghold, set at the rear of an unassuming industrial estate in Melbourne’s western suburbs.
Police have visited over everything from a murder to liquor license breaches.
In 2018 it was also the site of one of Australia’s biggest bikie gatherings when members from across the country descended on the property.
Police take evidence after executing a search at the Rebels Sunshine West premises in 2014.
Local businesses include signage firms, automotive companies and wholesale cleaning supplies groups.
Part of an industrial complex with a variety of businesses associated with it, most of the sites are around 330sq m in size and were sold within the $330,000-$380,000 range in 2005 and 2006.
The largest, at the rear of the site, changed hands for $530,000 in 2016.
Rebels- Long Gully
The Bendigo home of the Rebels outlaw motorcycle gang is so close to the local RSL they could ditch the Harley and ride their push bike down for a pot and parma.
It used to be the home of the Satans Soldiers bikies, but they were ousted during a hostile takeover in 2019 – with the lower-profile gang allegedly threatened with being shot if they continued to wear their colours.
While it was sold for $42,000 in the late 1990s, the property has gone through a few $0 transfers in the meantime according to online property records.
The more than 2500sq m property is classed as having four bedrooms, but appears to be much more industrial in nature – though there are homes across the street.
Mongols- Port Melbourne
Once upon a time, you knew you were in Mongols territory in Port Melbourne when you saw a street-art representation of Heath Ledger’s Joker on a roller door.
The bikie group’s inner Melbourne location has since had the not-so-subtle hint painted over in black.
But more recent images from inside show a mural of Melbourne present during their time at the property still adorns the interior walls.
Heath Ledger’s Joker meant there was no missing this Mongols haunt in Port Melbourne.
The property is surrounded by homes and businesses in what is considered a fairly desirable part of Melbourne, and is just around the corner from eateries and shops along popular Bay St.
It was raided by police after the 2019 mistaken-identity murder of fruiterer Paul Virgona.
Records show it changed hands for $660,000 in 2016, and was listed for rent in 2019.
These days it’s valued at $691,000-$916,000.
The bikie group seemingly have a taste for art, with their previous clubhouse, in a nearby property in South Melbourne, displaying a hulking Mongol warrior with bikie tattoos looming over the city’s skyline.
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