The Secrets of Dubbo Gully
Explore the historical remains of Dubbo Gully when Mangrove Creek was a thriving river community with wharves, inns, and slab homes. Visit hidden sites, Fairview homestead and St Thomas Cemetery.
On this Autumn walking tour we drop down into Dubbo Gully to Mangrove Creek and explore the hidden sites of a former community. First fleet lemons and blackberries, former orchards and slab huts. Our expert guide illuminates the histories of settlers from the 1830s and 1840s and living stories from growing up in the area – hear about what happened at ‘the Matchbox’ and ‘Mead Gully’. We trace the original road from Sydney to the coast across heritage wooden bridges within the extraordinary landscape of gymea lilies, sandstone bluffs and trickling creeks.
Gain insight into the past at St Thomas Cemetery in this rarely visited part of Mangrove Creek. Explore the graves of Starkeys, Douglass, Andrews and Crafts and hear about the challenges and fortunes of the interconnected creek families. We visit Fairview to hear about the experience of growing up in the area along with the campaign to save this last remaining homestead and unearth the stories behind the ‘Inn of the Damned’.
National Trust members are eligible for a special discount using the code NTMember at check out.