Much of the landscape along Boundary Road is dotted with dry stone walls. In particular, the area past Troups Road South provides many examples of double walls n varying condition. Follow Boundary Road then turn right into Mt Cottrell Road. Area 7 Approximately 4km along Mt Cottrell Road just before Greigs Road West is an historically significant disused farm complex. It features several dry stone structures, illustrating just how versatile stone walling can be. From the road you can see dry stone construction in sheep yards, a long sheep dip and paddock boundaries. One Wall is in stark contrast to the old, roughly constructed walls nearby. It was rebuilt in May 2006 from remnants of a former wall by the artisans of the sculpture at Willow” Historical Park in Melton and participants in a community workshop. “The Area 8 This section of Greigs Road takes you past three excellent walls. On the left as you approach Leakes Road is a fine example of a double wall with post-and-wire, with another similar wall on the right, beyond Leakes Road. About 700m past Troups Road on the left you will notice a first-rate but short double wall this is the last of – the stone walls on Greigs Road. Turn left into Hopkins Road and return to Melton on the Wester Highway. As you back along the highway keep an eye out for more drystone walls in various degrees of conditions. The landscape around the Shire of Melton bears the signs of its volcanic origins. Low hills that are long-extinct volcanic cones, deep valleys of the creeks that cross the otherwise flat landscape and the profusion of rocks that are scattered across the sparsely-treed plains. Unlike the more angular stones found elsewhere in Victoria, the characteristic rounded or oval shaped volcanic stones found in the Shire enabled the wallers, of the past to build composite walls using materials at hand in both creative and practical ways. The Shire has some of the oldest and most interesting examples of the different styles of dry stone walling fences that can be seen close to Melbourne.
Much of the landscape along Boundary Road is dotted with dry stone walls. In particular, the area past Troups Road South provides many examples of double walls n varying condition. Follow Boundary Road then turn right into Mt Cottrell Road. Area 7 Approximately 4km along Mt Cottrell Road just before Greigs Road West is an historically significant disused farm complex. It features several dry stone structures, illustrating just how versatile stone walling can be. From the road you can see dry stone construction in sheep yards, a long sheep dip and paddock boundaries. One Wall is in stark contrast to the old, roughly constructed walls nearby. It was rebuilt in May 2006 from remnants of a former wall by the artisans of the sculpture at “The Willow” Historical Park in Melton and participants in a community workshop. Area 8 This section of Greigs Road takes you past three excellent walls. On the left as you approach Leakes Road is a fine example of a double wall with post-and-wire, with another similar wall on the right, beyond Leakes Road. About 700m past Troups Road on the left you will notice a first-rate but short double wall – this is the last of the stone walls on Greigs Road. Turn left into Hopkins Road and return to Melton on the Wester Highway. As you back along the highway keep an eye out for more drystone walls in various degrees of conditions. The landscape around the Shire of Melton bears the signs of its volcanic origins. Low hills that are long-extinct volcanic cones, deep valleys of the creeks that cross the otherwise flat landscape and the profusion of rocks that are scattered across the sparsely-treed plains. Unlike the more angular stones found elsewhere in Victoria, the characteristic rounded or oval shaped volcanic stones found in the Shire enabled the wallers, of the past to build composite walls using materials at hand in both creative and practical ways. The Shire has some of the oldest and most interesting examples of the different styles of dry stone walling fences that can be seen close to Melbourne.
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