Locals at the Locale

Perspectives from Panton Hill residents
Sunday 6 December 2020

In the sixth event of Walking, Talking, Listening, Learning long time Panton Hill residents, environmentalists and academics, Stewart Dickinson and Janice and Rocky Crosswhite led a heritage walk exploring significant settler sites in Bunjil Reserve. The walk featured evidence of a miner’s hut, alluvial diggings, remnant Chinese gardens and discussion about the way in which the formal development of the reserve has changed the bushland over time. Finishing with participants' poems, the walk included personal reflections on relationships with place and the idea of bush as a refuge.