Local History Park Walkshop along the Gardiners Creek Trail

Join Dan Koop and Emily Bowman for an introduction to the ~FLOWING LOOPS~ journey and an exploration of time, place and space along the Gardiners Creek Trail. Together the group will do a tour of the monuments along the trail and get a deeper sense of time through exercises that help us explore the past, present and future of this place.

Emily is a Contact Improvisation dancer, who like Dan is completing a PhD at Deakin University. Together they’ve been walking along the line of the Suburban Rail Loop from Glen Waverley to Burwood, experiencing time, mapping community relationships and making embroidered maps along the way.

Led by Dan Koop, ~FLOWING LOOPS~ is a temporary public art program that has taken inspiration from the flows, loops and lines of the Suburban Rail Loop. When built, the new rail line will alter the flows of people through our urban landscape but we’ve investigated the types of flow that already exist in the region, such as flows of water, exchanges of knowledge and the relationships between human, animal and plant species of the unique catchments of the Mordialloc Creek and KooyongKoot (Gardiners Creek).

We acknowledge Country, land and waterways of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation and pay our respects to the ongoing custodianship of elders, past, present and future.

More information is below or please see our website at www.flowingloops.com

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Please Dress for the Weather:

It may be wet or cold, or dry and hot, and we will be doing some gentle walking so please come prepared for the outdoors. We’ll retreat to undercover seating areas if the weather gets too much!

Access:

This is an outdoor event that will engage multiple senses. When booking please advise us of your access requirements and we can discuss your needs.

As we move around Glen Waverley the group will stay on paved surfaces. We anticipate traversing about 2km over the course of the walkshop.

There are no public toilets along this stretch of the Gardiners Creek Trail, however there is a Hungry Jacks outlet nearby on the corner of Burwood Hwy & Elgar Rd (Google Maps)

Travel to Local History Park:

By Public Transport - Route 75 Trams run regularly to the Elgar Rd/Burwood Hwy stop (Google Maps), Route 767 Busses stop at Burwood Hwy/Elgar Rd from Box Hill (Google Maps)
By Car - Suburban Street Parking is available nearby along McIntyre St and Judith St, which has direct access to the trail and our meeting place (Google Maps)

~FLOWING LOOPS~ is supported by:

Suburban Rail Loop - This artistic program has been supported by the Suburban Rail Loop East’s Community Projects Fund. Please see more about the Community Projects Fund here: www.suburbanrailloop.vic.gov.au/communityfund
Deakin University - Dan Koop is a PhD researcher at Deakin University, exploring the possibilities of Temporary Public Art in urban environments. Please see more about Dan Koop’s research here:

www.flowingloops.com

With more community groups welcome to support and engage with the program! If you’re connected to a local community group that loves nature or works to enhance your local outdoor spaces, please get in touch here: dan@flowingloops.com