The following article was contributed following the first reminiscences session held at Watsonia library April 2008.The pine trees at the Watsonia Railway Station were planted by the Railway Station masters husband, Mr Phillips around 1940. The Station masters house was demolished with the Greensborough Highway in the mid 1970’s. By Helen Tamme (2008) Comment received […]
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Batman Apple Tree
On the eastern bank of the Plenty River at Greensborough stands a solitary apple tree, referred to as the Batman Apple Tree. The story behind it is both fascinating and of historical interest. The tree, once part of an orchard planted by Frederick Flintoff, is on a small river flat, adjacent to the Maroondah aqueduct […]