Address:

P.O. Box 1512

Suburb:

Geelong

Postcode:

3220

Phone:

Enquiries to Jennifer Bantow (03) 5240 3446 or 0407 504 262

Email Address:

geelong.nattrust@gmail.com

Details:

Chilwell Primary School students enjoy lunch beside the Barwon River under the gorgeous Moreton Bay fig in Barwon Grange garden.

Clonard Secondary College DOHAA visit part of their Exploration of the Barwon Year 8 program.

During 2007 the Geelong and Region Branch education program DISCOVERING OUR HERITAGE FOR ALL AGES (DOHAA) has conducted many events with school age to seniors participants, numbering in total nearly four hundred people both local and visitors from across the state.

The Co-ordinator Mrs Jenny Yeats has involved twelve local volunteers to assist in presenting tours and activities to Trust property Barwon Grange and to other heritage places in the region. The program is a marvelous success in bringing the value of heritage to the community and implementing the Trust's mission as well as a sound financial benefit.

Mrs Yeats said " There is always enthusiastic and positive feedback from primary students to seniors that the DOHAA events provide a better understanding of our local heritage. In particular the school program always maintains an interactive approach which allows students to discover for themselves what life and times were like in the 1850s."

DOHAA Seniors group event.

Mrs Jenny Yeats DOHAA Coordinator with St Robert's Primary School students.

Newly elected Committee from left to right, front row, Pam McGrath, Jenny Yeats and Jennifer Bantow, back row, Elizabeth Stevens, Elizabeth Fairlie, John McVilly, Bruce Bodman, Chris Gordon and special guest Martin Purslow (CEO). (Absent: Geoff Mann and Jan Short).

DISCOVERING OUR HERITAGE FOR ALL AGES GROUP TOURS

Tours available weekdays only.

Tours arranged to heritage places in the Geelong region, such as Bells Beach, Queenscliff hotels, Geelong Botanic Gardens or Trust properties. Themes could include classified or registered places, historic gardens, antique stores, sea-side or industrial heritage destinations. Groups of 10 to 50 people, full or half day, coach or self-drive, notes provided and optional refreshments or light lunches. Costs kept to a minimum. You can discuss your plans with Jenny to tailor a package to suit your interests and schedule.
Phone 5255 2097 or 0407 504 262 or email geelong.nattrust@gmail.com.