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Frankston was declared a city in The foreshore area of Frankston is very attractive and could be considered to extend north to Seaford. It is a km return walk along the foreshore or the 5. At Frankston there is a pier and a surf lifesaving club, picnic-barbecue facilities, a car park and toilets. Boating, fishing, snorkelling, diving, sailboarding and swimming are popular. The estuary of Kanahook Creek is located near the pier. Just inside the mouth is a boat ramp and fishing is popular within the creek which turns in and runs north, parallel to, and just behind, the coastline.

There are numerous fine walking tracks associated with the Kanahook Creek Reserve.

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It contains a substantial theatre and doubles as a convention centre. Also in Davey St are the council offices where you can make tourism-related enquiries, tel: George Pentland Botanic Gardens The attractive and rather informal George Pentland Botanic Gardens have wide open expanses of manicured lawn, a playground, a duck pond, a boardwalk, picnic-barbecue facilities, shady trees and native gardens. A former golf course, they are located at the corner of William St and Yuille St.

The latter runs off the Frankston-Flinders Rd. It is possible to walk along the dunes to Frankston Pier. It specialises in paintings, quality glass, selected ceramics, exhibitions and workshops, tel: The Boathouse Restaurant and Tea Rooms are open daily from There are limited edition lithographs of sailing ships, maritime historical works and nautical giftware, tel: Bunurong Park Bunurong Park was named after the Aboriginal tribe that inhabited the area prior to white settlement.

At 90 metres above sea-level, it offers fine views over the bay and the city and its walking tracks take visitors through over plant and 50 native bird species.


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Access is from the end of Wattle Tree Lane. Casuarina Reserve Casuarina Reserve preserves two hectares of bushland for nature studies and bushwalking and a grassed area with a few trees for picnicking and play. Its walking trails include an orchid track and a play trail. Olivers Hill Olivers Hill was named after a local fisherman who used to scan the bay for fish from this spot.

Holiday homes began to capitalise on the vistas in the late 19th century and the carpark lookout still offers fine views of the bay and of Melbourne and the Dandenong Ranges. To get there just follow the Nepean Highway not the freeway as it climbs the hill just to the south of Frankston. Sweetwater Creek Nature Reserve From the carpark at the foot of Olivers Hill, cross the highway to the ha bushland reserve at the base of Olivers Hill.

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Located by Liddesdale Ave just off the highway , the reserve features rare surviving examples of pre-colonial vegetation. It is based around Sweetwater Creek which was used by the Aborigines and early European settlers as a water source. There are bridges, walking tracks and occasional glimpses of fauna. It was constructed for Wilburham 'Frank' Liardet after whom some believe Frankston is named between and by tradesmen, convict labour and Liardet's two sons. The family were descended from French nobility who fled France for Switzerland after the massacre of Huguenots.

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Wilburham's mother was descended from English diarist John Evelyn and had been lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria. The two-storey homestead is built in the manor of a French farmhouse and sits amidst the remaining 64 acres of the estate. The fine cedar and mahogany staircase, leadlight sashes and deep bow windows were all imported from France and the large oak tree is nearly as old as the house.

The timber verandah features a gabled porch with four-leafed-clover decorations and there is an attractive attic. During the first generation of ownership a lantern was always suspended from the highest window to act as a beacon for ships in the bay and bullock wagons in the bush.

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Ballam Park is open to visitors with Liardet family artefacts on display, including a buggy, a blacksmith's forge and a machinery display. A separate building has been set up as a museum of Frankston and district. There are also tea rooms, a playground and barbecue facilities. The homestead is located in a parkland setting just east of town on the Frankston-Cranbourne Rd no. It is open Sundays and selected holidays from 2.

The property was bequeathed by Nan McClellan who, with her husband Harry, purchased the land and built an artists' studio and retreat earlier in the century.

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The permanent collection focuses on Australian sculpture distributed throughout an immense outdoor sculpture park , plus prints, drawings and works from the George Bell School, including Russell Drysdale and Fred Williams. There is a fine art reference library and there are regular educational programs with guest speakers.

A multi-purpose zone is set aside for concerts, performing art and lectures. The gallery is open from To get there follow the Frankston-Cranbourne Rd out of town for a short distance and turn left at the new hospital into McClelland Drive. Studio Park, which abuts the gallery, has walking tracks, bridges, seats, picnic facilities and a wide range of flora and fauna.

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