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Woodlea’s sustainable mantra will be boosted further by the planting of some 11,500 plants in the next few weeks, with 5,500 of those planted at Aintree Reserve for its annual Community Tree Planting Day. ....
Woodlea estate’s $7.5 million Bonniebrook Bridge is now complete, which connects the two suburbs of Bonniebrook and Aintree, while providing residents with alternatives to typical transport measures. ....
Advertisement Weeds are growing in the dining room, the slate roof is long gone and no beers have been sold here in over 150 years. The bluestone walls are crumbling; if only they could talk. But experts hope an archaeological dig at the heritage-listed Rockbank Inn north-west of Melbourne will yield insights into Victoria s gold rush history. Heritage Victoria principal archaeologist Jeremy Smith at the ruins of the Rockbank Inn. Credit:Justin McManus They say thousands of artefacts, dating from as early as the 1840s, could be uncovered during the eight-week excavation, which will start in February. The single-storey, two-room inn was built around 1853 by liquor merchants James Stewart and John Como Brown as an overnight stop for gold miners, just off a busy main road from Melbourne to the Ballarat goldfields. ....