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An Apollonaut travel guide
Bushland on the peninsula.
An introduction to the setting of Moonlit Sanctuary, on the Mornington Peninsula south-east of Melbourne.
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Read the setting
Moonlit Sanctuary lies in Pearcedale, about 50 minutes south-east of central Melbourne, within the Pearcedale Conservation Park.
A guide can give context without turning a landscape into a backdrop. Notice how the planted bush, the wetland and the open paddocks sit side by side.
A landscape made by hand
The wetland of two acres, its lake and more than 10,000 native trees and plants were all set out after 1998, on land that had been a farm and a pony club.
Begin with a detail and ask how it came to be there. A photograph alone cannot tell you who planted a tree or dug a lake, or the conditions in which they worked.
A peninsula chapter
The sanctuary shows one side of the peninsula: farmland given back to native plants and animals, a short drive from the city.
Look at the meeting of the two: the planted bushland and the farmland that still surrounds it.
Make room for context
Pair this reading with the sanctuary’s history and the Journal. This is an introduction for visitors, not a claim that our team manages these places or represents the people who run them.
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Sources & further reading
Links lead to the original publishers.
