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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 NSW.
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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Gypsy Jokers- Horsley Park
A Horsley Park property once used by the Gypsy Jokers – which came under the spotlight in 2018 when bikies were alleged to have had sex with an alpaca there – remains shrouded in mystery.
Legal action in 2018 saw the property declared a restricted premises, allowing police to raid the clubhouse.
The Gypsy Jokers’ ex-clubhouse in Horsley Park.
The property was raided by police after it was declared a restricted premises. Picture: NSW Police
A motorcycle front and centre. Picture: NSW Police
The clubhouse in Western Sydney made headlines the same year when the ex-partner of a Gypsy Joker bikie was allegedly abducted, stripped of her clothes and beaten.
The woman, then 22, claimed half her hair was shaved off during the two-day incident at the clubhouse.
The Supreme Court at the time heard police allegations that gang members on site had “stolen an alpaca and were having sexual intercourse with it”, but it was later dismissed as “rumour”.
The court declared the clubhouse a restricted premises because reputed criminals had frequented or were likely to attend the base in the future.
Records indicate the 1Ha property has remained in the same hands since 2005. It last traded for $215,000.
A police officer during the raid on the Gypsy Jokers’ clubhouse.
Joker Lane no more.
Hells Angels – Petersham
A Hells Angels clubhouse in Sydney’s inner west that was firebombed multiple times before police forced its closure in 2013 has been on and off the rental market over the years since.
Records indicated the latest rent was listed at $30,000 a year. It’s understood the building is currently being used as a pilates studio.
The property made headlines in 2007 and 2009 when it was targeted with firebombs. The bigger, 2009 explosion was reported to have blown apart the shopfront. A nearby tattoo parlour was sprayed with bullets the same night.
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The wreckage of The Hells Angels clubhouse in Petersham, Sydney, that was firebombed in 2009.
How the property looks today.
The Petersham property allegedly underwent renovations and has mixed zoning, allowing for a multitude of uses. It last traded in 1999 for $535,000.
Bandidos- Molong
A one-time Bandidos clubhouse in regional NSW has changed hands for $675,000 since it was dismantled in 2019 by police following a raid.
The raid had uncovered firearms, ammunition and an illegal puppy farm at the remote 8Ha property in the state’s northwest.
Police also found cupcakes with the club’s logo and items related to the illegal supply of liquor.
The property had previously traded for $325,000 in 2014, records showed. It’s understood to now be used as a private farm and lodgings.
Bandidos- Petersham
A former den for the inner west chapter of the Bandidos was listed for sale in 2011 and finally changed hands in 2014 for $1.05m.
Police had raided the Parramatta Rd clubhouse in 2009 after an under-age party was held inside and teenagers as young as 13 were caught drinking alcohol, according to police.
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Inside the former Bandidos clubhouse at Petersham.
Prior to establishing this particular clubhouse, local Bandidos members had been using a nearby Queen St property as a clubhouse before it was firebombed.
The two-level building was listed for rent at $56,600 in 2019.
It has been used as a print shop and warehouse. The 2019 rental listing advised the property had a “modern nightclub theme”.
Prior to establishing this particular clubhouse, local Bandidos members had been using a nearby Queen St property as a clubhouse before it was firebombed.
That event occurred just weeks after a gunman fired eight shots into the building.
Hells Angels- Haymarket
A one-time clubhouse of the Hells Angels in Sydney’s Haymarket is now a commercial premises.
Police raided the bikie clubhouse in 2013 and promptly shut it down after reportedly discovering evidence of illegal alcohol sales.
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The clubhouse was raided and shutdown in 2013.
The street-level shop was later used as a video store and more recently as a restaurant. There is an Asian-massage parlour upstairs.
Records of when the property last changed hands are not available, but the property was listed for sale through an expressions of interest campaign that ended in March.
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