What we have been up to

LISGAR GARDENS HORNSBY FRIDAY 17th OCTOBER 2025

“A hidden gem” in suburbia.

Great to see so many eager walkers on Lindfield Station on Friday 17th October.

When we arrived at Hornsby, we walked across the road to Dural Lane where we found a trompe l’oeil which was painted in 2018. It depicted the old Hornsby featuring the comic strip cartoon character Ginger Meggs. Ginger Meggs was created by Jimmy Bancks who lived in Hornsby from 1892 to 1910 and drew on childhood experiences and local characters for his comic strips.

After much talking we walked a couple of blocks to Lisgar Gardens where the National Parks ranger met us to operate the inclinator down to the main path. We wandered through the hillside gardens. There are over 200 varieties of camellias but none were in bloom. We saw Koi fish in the sheltered fish ponds, tree ferns and birds nest ferns plus very tall eucalyptus trees. Two walkers did the 1.8 loop walk along the creek in the bottom of the valley. We all made it to the top of the gardens to walk to the Hornsby RSL where a delicious lunch was enjoyed by all.

Dawn Miller