Art & Culture

Toolangi Sculpture Trail

Toolangi Sculpture Trail

by Steve Meacher   In 1996, nine artists from Australia and across the Asia-Pacific were selected to create the first ever Sculpture Trail in the Toolangi Forest. The sculptors created installations using materials sourced predominantly from the forest, drawing from...

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Bob Pockett, Local Historian

Bob Pockett, Local Historian

Bob Pockett, Local Historian by David Pockett   Bob was born in Healesville, in May 1922, right in the middle of the guesthouse and tourism boom. At this time many of the key ‘players’ in the district were themselves making their own impacts on history, while...

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Artists of Toolangi

Artists of Toolangi

Artists of Toolangi by Sunderai Felich Originally from metropolitan Melbourne, my partner Savaad and I moved to the Yarra Valley in 1986 after the birth of our son Meeran. We were thinking of building in Chum Creek when a local builder, Chris Overend, mentioned that...

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