Geelong deputy mayor Michelle Heagney reveals the rolling, leafy landscape of her hidden hideaway at Sutherlands Creek.
Words: John Van Klavern
Pictures: Reg Ryan
It’s the councillor’s hideaway that’s no longer as hidden as it once was.
Blue Wren Park is a stunning private garden and residence on a 60-hectare farm in the picturesque Moorabool Valley, owned by Geelong deputy mayor Michelle Heagney and husband Brendan.
With a lovely undulating landscape running down to the Moorabool River, the Sutherlands Creek property is growing in popularity as a wedding backdrop.
With features like magnificent 80-year-old gum trees, a stand of she oaks shimmering in a series of night lighting and a lily-filled pond fringed by weeping willows, the possibilities are wide and varied.
The property is also home to myriad birdlife, from soaring wedge-tailed eagles to the farm’s tiny namesake, the fairy blue wren.
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