Director's Residence - Mount Stromlo

Another collage that Marnie may be interested in.

This is a collage of the Director's Residence at Mount Stromlo. It was severely damaged in the 2003 Canberra bushfire. As you can see the outside of the building has been restored to its former glory but the inside has just been stabilized so that people can visit and watch videos of the history of the building, the effects of the fire and restoration process.

It is a sad but interesting place to visit.

You may be interested in the link below.

https://services.anu.edu.au/campus-environment/heritage/projects/mount-stromlo-directors-residence

[KWind]

Wow... what a transformation!

[haskar]

Great collage.

[Richard Brown]

Interesting method of preservation. I imagine it's quite a shock when you walk inside!

[Dawn]

A cool collage

[Sheralee S]

It looks so good from the outside, a bit of a shame if they aren't going to restore the interior.

[ChristineL]

Interesting to see all the images from your visit, the fire must have been devastating.

[Beryl Lloyd]

A well presented collage Babs - a shame if they are not going to restore the interior of the building !

[Peter Day]

.....great story

[Casablanca]

Fascinating to see the contrast of inside and out. I take it you enjoyed your Canberra visit then?

[Peter]

How interesting they have made a lovely job of the exterior, looked at the link how building regulations have changed since the original construction photograph, interesting collage beautifully presented and captured Babs:)

[Jennifer Eurell]

What a shame - I did know of the fire but didn't even know there was a director's residence (I used to live in Canberra years ago). We'll be going through Canberra in March - maybe I'll visit if there is time. You have put together a nice little visual story.

[Lou Ann]

Very interesting, I liked the link’s explanation too.

[Diana]

A fabulous collage and very interesting history.

[Merrelyn]

What an interesting way to preserve the history.

[Henri Russell]

Nice collage. Do they have plans to redo the inside at some point?

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful collage and interesting information.

[carol white]

A super collage

[gloria jones]

Great collage of your shots

[bkb in the city]

Great collage

[Islandgirl]

Nice restore of the outside!

[Pat Knowles]

You would never think the inside wasn’t just perfect & liveable, fire has a lot to answer for! Glad they saved it & so interesting to tell it’s story!

[Jodie]

Such an interesting collage, it is a shame when beautiful old buildings like this are lost, hopefully one day some one will restore the interior.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Interesting place- I hope they are able to restore everything to its condition before the bushfire. At least people can still come and learn about what the building was like when it was first built. Good collage!

[Marnie]

Thanks Babs, I've found all this material and photos very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[Babs]

@kwind @haskar @rjb71 @Dawn @inthecloud5 @peterday @casablanca @louannwarren @ludwigsdiana @merrelyn @mittens @seattlite @bkbinthecity @radiogirl @happypat @olivetreeann @golftragic Thanks. It was interesting and I would have liked to have spent longer there, but we were short on time because we were on our way to the arboretum too before returning home.

@bella_ss @beryl @pcoulson @jodies @henrir Thanks. They can't restore the interior any more than they have already because the fire caused so much damage and it is only able to be made structurally sound and used as an historical site.

[Sue Cooper]

Interesting set of images and story.

[Nicole Campbell]

You packed a lot into your visit to Canberra

[Babs]

@nicolecampbell We did, it was non stop.