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Tahbilk launches Indigenous Native Flora Walking Trail

By Alex Mitchell

Mar 28, 2021

Tahbilk Winery's latest sustainability initiative will launch on Wednesday, March 31, as it opens its Indigenous Native Flora Walking Trail.

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The 2 km trail is the brainchild of Hayley Purbrick — whose family has been at Tahbilk for five generations — and features 12 highlighted native species following the existing wetlands walking track. Signs along the track reveal the information, while a brochure features artwork from Taungurung elder Mick Harding.

Ms Purbrick thanked the other parties who had made the trail possible.

“We’re so delighted to see the Indigenous Native Flora Trail come to be and I give huge thanks to our collaborators — the Taungurung Land and Waters Council and the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority — whose experience, knowledge and wisdom were invaluable,” she said.

“We could not have done it without them and I am glad they will be here to celebrate with us next Wednesday.

“We look forward to welcoming all community to Tahbilk, to learn more about our indigenous history.”

One of Australia's oldest family-owned wineries — and home of some of the country's oldest vines — Tahbilk has been ‘carbon-zero’ since 2012, meaning it has zero net calculated carbon emissions. The winery says it is committed to "restoring the delicate balance once known by the Taungurung people and determined to leave a sustainable legacy for those to come".

The trail will be launched on at 9.30 am on Wednesday, March 31.