Sunday 4 May 2025
2:30pm - 4:00 pm
Meet at the Barkly Street Bus 246 Stop, near Glen Huntly Road,
Opposite Bluff Mansions
Our journey with historian Isaac Hermann will take us down the 'Slaughterhouse Road' between the 'Abattoirs', over the bridge by the 'Dung Heap', dodge the bullets by the 'Riffle Butt', pass the 'Coal Mine', go onto the 'Quarantine Ground' through the Tea-Tree and up to the 'Glen Huntley Graves' at Little Red Bluff…
Our walk will find the true course of the creek, explore the failings of the canal, the flooding of 'Ellwood', the failure of the Street Railway, the fall of Red Bluff, and the fall of
Tommy Bent.
Elwood local historian and author, Isaac Hermann, has frequented Point Ormond and the Elster Creek for near to six decades, savouring its silence, taking in its views, and more recently giving voice to its rich and diverse stories.
Isaac is the author of Kingsley: Our House & Home: A History of the Elwood and St Kilda Neighbourhood Centre and of A Labour of Love - The Public works of Carlo Catani, Victoria 1876-1918; as well as co-author, with Heather Arnold, of Enchanted Beneath the Bluff, Agnes and Geraldine's Pursuit of Elwood's Elusive Black Diamonds.
We recommend bringing a water bottle or thermos.
This is a free member only event. Booking essential as places are limited to 25 members.