Cave Hill Road, Lilydale

Cave Hill Road, Lilydale

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Posted 2021-01-02 by Neil Follettfollow
In the 1850s, a 130-foot deep cave in Lilydale was a tourist attraction, where tourists were lowered into the cave by bucket and windlass with a candle for illumination. One such person was David Mitchell, a Melbourne builder and father of Dame Nellie Melba.


Realising the cave was almost pure limestone, he purchased the property and founded the Lilydale Lime Mine, which only recently ceased operations.


Cave Hill Road is 1.6 kms in length, running from Melba Avenue in the south to Nelson Road in the north, crossing Maroondah Highway.




It covers three distinct sections. The first from the railway crossing at Melba Avenue to Maroondah Highway would have seen some of the first residences in Lilydale. Due to the deep blocks backing up to the railway line, most residences have been replaced by blocks of up to six units.


The tree-lined road attracted many birds, including a wattlebird, Indian myna and many magpies.






A most unusual garden ornament was a burrowing dog.




It was nice to see several picket fences and some floral escapees from them along this section.




Cave Hill Road crosses John Street at a roundabout.


Burdens Bathrooms occupy one corner and Grand Oaks Early Learning Centre is opposite.




This section is a no through road for vehicles to the highway.


However, Cave Hill Road continues over the highway to Beresford Road. As there is no pedestrian crossing to cross the highway, extreme care is necessary to cross. The eastern side is all industrial, dominated by Cave Hill Industrial Gardens


Of interest is the large Dancesport Kingdom complex, where you could waltz in to learn to dance.


It was in this area that I encountered two plovers, a mudlark and what I think was a brown tree-creeper.





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The western side is mainly residential with a takeaway food shop on the Beresford Road corner.




A couple of residents taking a walk were encountered as was a gentleman zooming along the road on his motorised scooter.





The Beresford Road to Nelson Road section is mostly residential with Poyner Reserve on the Beresford Road corner.



It was along this section that most of the floral photos were taken.




It is a most interesting walk, offering the old, the new and the industrial.

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150558 - 2023-06-14 04:23:34

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