FOREST FOTOS

Trentham is situated on the edge of the Wombat Forest. Not far from us is Victoria's highest falls.

We took guests there only last week. I've posted photos of the Falls previously however this time other parts of the reserve attracted my attention.

A few FUN GUYS having a good time!

TREE-MENDOUS!!

What we like about the Country

Scenes like this is what makes us like living here.

Up the Garden Path

We recently took a drive 22 kms up the road to Daylesford for lunch at the Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens. The gardens are located at the highest most point of Daylesford - a great outlook.
But once within the gardens, you are in a world of colour. Paths lead in different directions taking you to little surprises.

One of those surprises was a statue shown here. Reading the plaque, you see that it was presented to the Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens by the family of Stuart Rattle. Stuart Rattle died in tragic circumstances which can be Googled. No need to be discussed here. Needless to say, Stuart was very talented and brought much joy to those who love their gardens.

Attached below is a youtube segment of Stuart Rattle's MUSK FARM. It's just 15 kms from Trentham. 

This book, available thru Booktopia explains the process of Stuart Rattle's development of Musk Farm. Paul Bangay who wrote the forward, is a local hero of gardening of the district.

Le Boudoir

This is most likely the last post on the interior of our new home in Trentham, although the two additional bedrooms are still being decorated.

So, here is our bedroom. We never saw an example of the house before we built. The builder didn't have a display of our plan. We did however make a few alterations, one of which was that we deleted the baths and made the showers open and larger.

Where the en-suite bath was to be located, we turned the wall around so it became an alcove to the bedroom. Sue uses this as her reading area.

Our bedroom entrance is off the hallway and actually has a small foyer where we have mounted the family photos.

The opening to the left is a walk in robe. Family photos on the wall.

Our original bedroom furniture seems to blend well in the new house and for us offers that bit of familiarity that helped us to feel more comfortable after such a short time here.

Sue loves her little reading alcove in the bedroom. The original plan had the alcove in reverse with a bath tub in the en-suite

We no longer fight over using the en-suite basin now that we have two.

So that's the house and from this point on, posts will be of Trentham and our surrounding district.

The area is alway busy on weekends with festivals, markets, cafes and hidden treasures. We hope to bring you more of these with now regular posts.

Tomorrow we have a BBQ for a foodie group that Sue converses with in a Forum and this is the second time that some the group have met. On Sunday we are all off to a huge market day in Daylesford, 22 kms up the road so most likely we'll post photos of it.

No More CHOO, CHOO

Trentham these days is 22 kms away from the nearest railway station. There are two, one at Kyneton, the other at Woodend. Should you wish not to drive, there is a regular bus service to the Woodend station. There was at one time a railway that ran from Daylesford through the smaller towns of Musk and Bullarto to Trentham and then on to Fernhill and meeting up with the Bendigo to Melbourne line. The Trentham station is now our Tourist Information Centre and is used for our monthly craft and garden market. Its also used for a starting point for our local Classic Car Club runs.

Commencing in 1880, it was a continuous working railway up until to 1978. As well as a passenger train, goods trains ran timber from several mills in the area. Being a prolific potato growing area, the goods train would transport produce to the markets in Melbourne.

Typical of Victoria's stations, the maroon and cream colour scheme has been retained although most of the existing rolling stock may well be past any form of restoration. Being halfway between the starting point of Daylesford and Woodend, it is the largest existing station where there is little sign left of the smaller stations on the past line.

From what I can see, it had three sets of tracks into the station with the goods train picking up produce from the north side. There is a tourist train that utilises the original tracks up the line which starts from Daylesford and ends at Bullarto, midway to Trentham. Maybe one day the line might be reopened to Trentham as a further tourist attraction, however I doubt it due to the cost.