Douglas Park

In 1945 Douglas Cook and Bill Crooks set to and plant what was to become Douglas Park (10 ha). However a lengthy drought followed and the whole planting failed. Douglas took it as a judgement and did not go back to replant until 1949. At this point the material from England had begun to arrive in quantity. So today we have as a focal point of this valley a marvellous collection of oak species about the main tracks that make up Douglas Park.