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Current Outing : Rippon Lea Estate – Tue 7^th May 2024 (1st Tue)

Details sent via mailout on 18th April 2024

Our outing for the first Tuesday in May (7th May) will be to The Rippon Lea Estate.

Rippon Lea is a large nineteenth-century mansion surrounded by 14 acres of Victorian pleasure gardens. It is listed on the National Heritage Register because it is one of the finest examples of an original suburban estate in Australia. The Rippon Lea Estate’s Garden is of national significance. It boasts an abundance of beautiful trees, sweeping lawns, a lake, a look-out tower, an orchard of historically significant fruit varieties, and a windmill.

The National Trust is responsible for the Rippon Lea Estate.

The address is 192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick.

Our visit will commence at 10.30 am at the gate house where National Trust volunteers will serve tea and percolated coffee & a biscuit, this is all included in our $15 entry fee.

At approximately 11 am there will be a half-hour open house when we can view and photograph inside the mansion. Please note that volunteers will be on hand to point you in the right direction and answer questions.

Mansion visits are usually guided tours, so to have this freedom is greatly appreciated.

After our time in the mansion, we will adjourn outside to visit and photograph the magnificent garden.

Photos taken at Rippon Lea are for personal use and are not to be used for commercial purposes.

Lunch will be at approx. 12.15 pm at the nearby by Elsternwick Hotel, 259 Brighton Rd, where there is a large car park.

Public transport options:

Train – the property is a five-minute walk from Rippon Lea station, on the Sandringham Line.

Tram – route 67 to Carnegie, stop 42, Glen Eira Road, then walk east along Glen Eira Road and down (south) on Hotham Street to the property.

Bus – route 216 or 219 – bus departs from city, southeast corner of Queen & Collins Sts., and depending on the traffic takes 30-45 minutes. Stops outside Rippon Lea Estate, ask the driver to set you down at the first stop after Glen Eira Road.

And by car – street parking, there is no onsite parking.

For those coming by public transport, we will arrange a ride to the Hotel for lunch.

Hope to see you there.

Sara & Jim

To get to The Elsternwick Hotel use Glen Ira Road > Byron St > Tennyson St > Glen Huntly Road > Car Park.
If the car park is full, continue onto Brighton Road and park on Brighton Road.

Future Outings:
Tue 21 May 2024 (3^rd Tue): Chinatown & Museum – Joe H – CCC – Coffee: Melb Central Food Court and Lunch: The Elephant & Wheelbarrow Pub
Tue 4 Jun 2024 (1st Tue): City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection – Jim W – MCC
Tue 18 Jun 2024 (3^rd Tue): Australian Sports Museum, MCG – Joe H – CCC
Tue 2 Jul 2024 (1st Tue): Southern Cross, Docklands Walk – Terry N – MCC
Tue 16 Jul 2024 (3rd Tue): Melbourne Laneways – Joe H – CCC
Tue 6 Aug & 20 Aug: No Outings – Winter Break

(Updated: 18 Apr 2024)