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An Apollonaut travel guide
The place behind the mazes.
A hill named in 1802, a maze begun in the 1990s and gardens that kept on growing offer several ways into the story of Enchanted Adventure.
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A hill with a Scottish name
Arthurs Seat rises to 314 metres above sea level beside Port Phillip Bay. Acting Lieutenant John Murray named it in February 1802, when he sailed into the bay aboard HMS Lady Nelson, after the hill of the same name in his home city of Edinburgh.
From its slopes there are views over the bay and the Mornington and Bellarine Peninsulas.
A maze that grew
The first block of land for the park was bought in 1994, and it opened in 1997 as Arthurs Seat Maze.
Sculpture walks, topiary, tube slides and treetop courses followed, and a hedge maze with a viewing platform at its centre was added between 2018 and 2020.
Gardens in view
Today the park covers 25 acres of gardens, bushland and views.
This history belongs to the place and the people who shaped it. The History page offers a longer introduction, and the timeline gives a short route through selected milestones.
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Sources & further reading
Links lead to the original publishers.
