FOCIS Volunteers

18 hours ago

We know how many of Churchill Island's visitors love the old gardens there, so thought you might also be interested in the Parliament of Victoria's livestream series on 3 of Melbourne's beautiful old gardens: Royal Botanic and Herbarium, Exhibition buildings/Carlton Gardens, and the Parliament Gardens. The series starts tomorrow, Tuesday 20th April at 6-7 p.m. See below for details. ... See MoreSee Less

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1 day ago

FOCIS is soon to commence an exciting project rebuilding an old council tipping dray. This old horse-drawn road repairing dray used to be on display alongside the Amess half cellar, but deteriorated and was placed in storage. FOCIS volunteer Jeff Cole investigated the old dray and decided it would be a great project for volunteers to take on as a project in an undercover area where the public could watch the progress. Room is being made in the old Amess Barn, where Jeff previously demonstrated cart wheel making, which was extremely popular. If you are interested in helping out with the tipping dray rebuild, please contact our secretary Leah at secretary@focis.org.au Helpers welcome! Photos show the current state of the tipping dray parts, and another tipping dray in good condition on display by the Kiewa Valley historical society. ... See MoreSee Less

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2 days ago

Many thanks to the 4 volunteers who beavered away at yesterday's Churchill Island working bee to clean the house and farm machinery display area. They did a power of valuable work to keep the historic precinct looking clean and fresh for our visitors. Photos by David Maunders ... See MoreSee Less

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7 days ago

Churchill Island is such a lovely spot to bring the children during the holidays - lots of running around space and no cars to worry about! Also friendly farm animals and activities of course. And on Fridays FOCIS volunteers are often there doing all sorts of tasks and chatting to visitors. FOCIS secretary Leah and her husband pop over some Fridays, and Leah took this photo of the old Amess Barn with some school holiday visitors enjoying the area. Amess Barn was originally a Cobb & Co coach house on the Mornington Peninsula, and was acquired by Amess for Churchill Island about 1880. ... See MoreSee Less

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