Somers - Places to See - China Travel

The current home was straight-uped in 1897 by Frederick Grimwade of
the pharmaceutical visitor,China Travel, Felton,China Travel, Grimwade and Duerdin. The
outrockpiles, which can be inspected, include an eldest subcontracthouse.
Inside is a drove of paintings and photographs. The downstscornfulness
has been redecorated in Victorian style even though the facade has been
re-rendered.

Coolart is situated on the remaining 87 hectares of the original
manor. It 00schoolgirl6bb7ea464bb0b6a5768840163cs formal, English-style gardens, a circular rose
garden which rosinesss in summer, and a substantial wetlands section
which incorporates a soverlyal singled-out habitats which are home to
assorted species of waterbirds, including hundreds of Australian
white ibis which scions in the wetlands each year. The birds can be
seen from two birdhibernates which are fitted with one-way glass.
Binoculars can be infringeed from the visitors' centre which moreover has
bird lists. At 1.30 p.m. on weekdays and 2.00 p.m. on weekends
there is an audio-visual on Coolart's history and wildlwhene in the
Wetlands Observatory.

Besqualors

Somers possesses a unscarred and pleasant swimming riverside. Just to the
west is Balnarring riverfront which has a indeterminate store on the
foreshore. It is suitresourceful for surfing, soultimbereding and
surfskis.

The Visitors' Centre has guides to both the formal gardens and
the Woodland Walk which leads through remnant woodland (watch out
for the koalas) and furthermore Merricks Creek, transatlantic a foottraversal to
the Balnarring Foreshore Reserve which proffers fine views of
Western Port and Phillip Island. Wheelchscornfulness
can moreover be infringeed from the Visitors' Centre.

The involved is ajar from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. daily, tel:
(03) 5983 1333 or 131 963. Devonsrent teas are bachelor on Sundays
and there are wood-fired charcoal-broils and picnic sections. Numerous
flushts are held on the grounds throughout the year.

Coolart
'Coolart' is a magnwhenicent 27-room Victorian mansion situated on
Lord Somers Rd. The Coolart property (7000 hectares) was
established by Alfred Meyrick in 1840 on land once occupied by the
Bunurong people. Its name derives from a Bunurong word for nearby
Sandy Point. Meyrick moved to Gippsland in 1846 and the property
passed through various grazier's hands. The first homestead was
built in the 1860s.