Wonga Park Community Cottage

Our philosophy is to provide a meeting place that encourages friendliness, support, opportunity and choice. We endeavour to offer everyone a chance to grow and enrich their lives through our program's activities. We would like to encourage all ages in our community to take two hours each week to participate in the many and varied recreational and leisure activities available.

We are classified as a Restricted Child Care Service for ages 0 to 6 years. We offer occasional care for parents 'time out', appointments or shopping etc. or at a reduced rate for people attending our classes.

We offer an extensive range of Arts and Crafts: painting of all kinds, French Polishing; Leadlighting; Floristry; Patchwork. Health and Wellbeing: Yoga; Tennis Coaching; Walking; Bellydancing; Pilates; Strong People Stay Young; Rhythmic Resistance; Latin Mix Aerobics; Meditation; Tai Chi and information sessions on health issues. Personal Development: First Aid; Creative Writing; French; Italian and German languages. Children: after school classes, occasional specific school holiday activities, 3 to 5 year old children's activity group 'Wonga Wombats', occasional childcare. Teenagers: workshops, occasional specific school holiday activities.

History of Cottage
This house was built around 1950 by Alan Bickford for his family, on their orchard property. In 1978 the Lilydale Council purchased the cottage and some of the land to form part of the Wonga Park Reserve.

The building is a simple gabled cottage with a skillion section at the rear and a corrugated iron roof. There are two precast concrete component chimneys on one side, each with a rubble stone base. The chimneys are unique in the Manningham municipality.

The building has been used as a community cottage for Wonga Park since 1980 and has become a social landmark and centre for community activities. The cottage represents the orcharding way of life for this period in Wonga Park.

Wonga Park Community Cottage

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