The final steps of Dan & Ria’s journey towards Box Hill pass through Surrey Park, near Elgar and Canterbury Rds, where an old clay quarry is now filled with water and life.

The Surrey Park Model Boat Club meets at Surrey Park Lake every Wednesday and Sunday to sail their incredibly detailed hand made model boats. We talk to Vice Commodore John about the Club community, their boats and his personal history at The Dive.

www.spmbc.org.au

The Surrey Dive was the antecedent of the swimming pool that’s now next door, providing a place to cool off and swim after the clay quarry and the brickworks had closed. The chimney of the Surrey Brickworks still looks over the lake and the Box Hill Standard Brick can be seen all over Box Hill and features heavily in the landscape design at Box Hill Gardens where our walking journey concludes.

www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-12/curious-melbourne-history-of-surrey-dive-veritable-death-trap/9285176 

www.vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/154 

www.bricksinvictoria.blogspot.com/2013/11/box-hill-standard-brick.html

Listen to the end to hear Ria Soemardjo’s sonic response to her time walking and talking, following the flows, loops and lines of the Suburban Rail Loop East.

Please follow the walking journey by following maps and biographies of all artists and guests on the ~FLOWING LOOPS~ website at www.flowingloops.com 

This artistic program has been supported by the SRL Community Projects Fund www.suburbanrailloop.vic.gov.au/communityfund