In a quest to hit a number of neighborhood walking trails, Bob and I headed out about midday today to walk the northern section of the 20k Gardiners Creek Trail. We aim to attempt the southern (longer) portion tomorrow or next week. This is a paved, accessible trail through lovely parkland along Gardiners Creek in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.
The section we were on today also went along the Box Hill Golf Course and provided an Art Walk of sorts, as it gave some information on the art camps and artists that used to work in the area. From the signs posted, we learned about 3 local artists, Tom Roberts, Frederick McCubbin, and Louis Abrahams, that established an art camp in 1885 on a local farm that is now occupied by the Box Hill Golf Course to encourage open-air painting as was popular in Europe at the time.
that provides information and sample paintings
of two artists that painted at the camp — Jane Sutherland (born in New York) and John Llewelyn Jones (born in Carlton, Victoria)
and Charles Conder (born in London)
We walked an out and back route from the house, but on the way back we veered off to check out Artists’ Park since it seemed to fit with the theme of the day. The only art we saw at the small neighborhood park was incorporated into the play area.
Peckish Travels 