Mont Park, Macleod - February Walk and Talk

Image: View of former chronic wards from Ernest Jones Drive

 

Please join us for the AGHS Vic Branch tour of Mont Park led by Trevor Pitkin.

Mont Park was the base for landscape designer Hugh Linaker from 1912 until his death in 1938. The tour will focus on the southern, much-reduced section of the original 1200 acre Mont Park site, taking in Linaker’s legacy work for the Superintendent’s Driveway, Pinetum, The Common, Ernest Jones Hall and Cherry Street Memorial plantings.

THIS IS A FREE EVENT for members & guests

Time: 5.30 for 6pm

Meet: Ernest Jones Drive in front of administration building (Italian Australian Institute)

Bring: - Picnic dinner & drinks, rug or chairs.

Getting there: 

• Plenty of parking in Ernest Jones Drive after 5pm
• 15minute walk from Macleod Railway Station