Max Holland manages the "Tour de Canterbury Rotary" and provided this update of the recent adventures of the rotary bike group.
This week, the ride started from Craigieburn station and went southward along the Hume Freeway bike path to the Aurora Village Shopping Centre for some excellent coffee at the Degani Cafe. We visited Lehmann's Farm Park before heading east to the Darebin Creek trail, which we followed downstream and across to Reservoir for another excellent lunch at the RSL.
The Lehmann's Farm Park is a dairy-themed playground honouring the location's history. The Lehmann family settled in Epping in 1854, producing dairy products, hay, chaff, vegetables, fruit and eggs. In the 1920s, with improved transport, the property became a dairy farm. The family was forced to leave the farm in 1932 when the Great Depression struck. The park has a maze of paths with sculptured blocks of cheese for climbing, butter seats, milk agitator spinning cups, milk urns and many other bits to discover. The park also has the foundations of the original house constructed of local bluestone. The following link has 55 photos of the park.
The photo is of a bucket pouring the milk slide. In the background is a peppercorn tree with pumpkins, melons and a huge cow pat for fertiliser.
