"Attractions"

	Horsham Victoria
	Jane Duff Park
The Jane Duff Roadside Park	On Friday, 12th. of August, 1854, Hannah Duff, wife of shepherd John Duff of Spring Hill Station, sent her three children Jane, Isaac and Frank, to gather firewood. The children became lost and were not located for 9 days and 8 nights after wandering for almost 80km. through dense bush-land. During their ordeal without food they gathered water by sucking dew from leaves. Jane tried to protect four year old Frank from the winter cold by huddling together at night and covering him with her dress. During the day Jane and Isaac took turns at carrying Frank when he was too tired to walk. After the children were found, Jane became a national heroine and the trio became known as the "Babes in the Wood", and a book and film were produced of their ordeal. A memorial to Jane and the children will be found in a roadside park erected by locals in 1935, as close as possible to where they were found. Ten kilometres west of the Mount Arapiles turn-off on the Goroke Rd., the park has toilets, a picnic area, a small lake with a foot crossing, and walking tracks. It is an interesting place to visit and reflect while touring the Mt. Arapiles area.