Whipstick Gully is smack bang in the middle of Warrandyte but in 1970’s once you headed down the Gully it was so quiet, dank and remote,you felt you were in a forest far from anywhere. Warrandyte in 1975 was a smaller village than it is today, and Whipstick Gully had a total of 2 houses […]
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Reminiscences of Hurstbridge in the 1970’s
Hurstbridge in the 1970’s was a small town which felt a little bit ‘separate’ and different from the creeping urban sprawl for a number of reasons. People were attracted to the area in the move to ‘the land’ as the ‘back to earthers’ moved into farm houses and rental cottages in the area. These properties […]