Disheartened protesters express sadness as they leave Admiralty
Debris and discarded supplies strewn across area as disheartened protesters leave site
It may have been anticipated, but the end left parts of Admiralty like a depressing ghost town.
Lone tents stood among emptied spaces, piles of leftover protest supplies were strewn across the road and scraps of wood and tarpaulin were scattered everywhere.
Most protesters had already cleared out their valuables and personal belongings in the morning, leaving behind items that they were prepared to discard.
Lunch hour brought in people planning to take their last photographs of the area, but once the police warned them to leave or be arrested, they quickly left, while other bystanders and the remaining protesters thinned out.
What was once a commune - with thousands of people passing through, leaving aspirations of genuine democracy on walls and befriending like-minded strangers - had turned into an almost desolate ghost town under the cloudy winter skies.
The main stage that had hosted night rallies had been dismantled. So too had the green "I control my fate" platform outside the Legislative Council building.