Heritage Ventures
Taste your History: PopUp at the Hawkesbury Duck
creators and speakers
Historian Bernadette Flynn
location
The Hawkesbury Duck, Spencer
time & date
10am - 4pm
Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June 2026
access
A few steps leading to the Hawkesbury Duck
ticket price
Free entry to the Hawkesbury Duck, pay for what you purchase.
highlights
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Sample native sweet treats and 'bush tea'
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'Talk to an historian' insights into Mangrove Creek
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Teas and coffee throughout the day
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Purchase unique gifts from local artisans
the event
Meet a historian and gain fascinating insights into the histories and stories of the Lower Hawkesbury River landscapes and waterways - check out who lived where through Parish maps and browse through rare and out of print books. Exhibition of archival photographs. History books, award-winning local raw honey and handcrafted cards for sale. Curated selection of vintage china and beautifully created ceramics formed from Hawkesbury clay by Geoff Hawkins.
Local Bushman
The Lower Mangrove Bodging Woodworkers like old school traditional crafts using traditional tools. Loving working with local timbers they shape them, working with their strengths and weaknesses to form something useful. Using local Sassafras, Cedar, Turpentine, Ironbark, Blue gum, Blackwood, Cheese tree and Mangrove tree all the senses are used to discover the smells, textures, grains and colours of timbers. Hear conversations about the use of local timbers past and present. Lovingly crafted timber spoons available for purchase. With Mike Breheny from Mangrove Creek.
The Historian
Dr Bernadette Flynn is a local historian and curator with a passion for researching and sharing the layered histories of the Lower Hawkesbury River. Bernadette established Heritage Ventures to introduce people to the delights of the landscape and waterways around the Mangrove Creek catchment area and local sandstone country. Since moving to Spencer 15 years ago Bernadette has explored places off the beaten track on foot and by kayak, building up knowledge of the local flora and fauna and delving into the archive for historical and archaeological evidence. Her PhD is in interpretative cultural heritage and she has a background in museums and education.
