Our weekend away this year will be to the Illawarra Grevillea Park Botanic Graden.  It’s only a short drive (about 1.5 hours) so if you can’t make it for the whole weekend, it’s an easy daytrip.

Saturday 13th July:    Meet at the Grevillea Park at 10am where we will start with morning tea and an introductory talk by Ray Brown OAM, Park Manager.  Ray is the founder and driving force behind the ongoing development of the Grevillea Park.

Bring your own morning tea including hot water as there are no tea making or water heating facilities at the park.  Following this we will spend the remainder of the day exploring the park and enjoying a lunch with the group.  Once again BYO lunch.

Entry fee to the park is $7 per person.  They have a wide range of excellent plants for sale ranging from tube stock to larger established plants.  Lots of Grevilleas and Eremophilas, propagateded from cuttings and grafted, along with a wide variety of other Australian plants.

If you are staying overnight in the region this link may be helpful in booking accommodation:
https://www.visitwollongong.com.au/accommodation/

Sunday 14th July:    There will be one or two short walks during the morning in the Wollongong area followed by lunch (venue to be decided) before making our way home in the afternoon.  We are planning to make the walk(s) as easy as possible so those with limited mobility can still participate.

Potential Sunday walks:

      Puckey’s Estate Nature Reserve
      Mt Keira Lookout

I’m told these both have short walking tracks and are easily accessible.  There is a kiosk/café at Mt Keira Lookout so this may be a good place for our Sunday lunch.

Location of Gumnut Hall

Gumnut Hall, Gumnut Place, Cherrybrook.

Gumnut Hall is at the closed end of Gumnut Place, a side street off Gumnut Road, Cherrybrook. On weekdays this hall is used by Cherrybrook Community Preschool, so on maps it is often referred to by this name. Gumnut Place is narrow and winding, and parking is limited, so it is best to use any parking space you see, and walk the short distance to the hall. Gumnut Road is much larger and parking is easier.