Length of Hike: 45 minutes from Newcastle Army Camp. The trail to Clifton Mount begins in the Newcastle Army camp and is a 15 minute drive from Heritage Gardens. The walk is only lightly inclined and you will find yourself in the middle of a 19th century garden and coffee estate.
Cost: $ 90.00 per person (inc: pic nic lunch and transport)
The front garden at Clifton Mount
A bank of Impatiens and Agapanthus
The 1/2 hour's drive to Clifton Mount goes around and up through Newcastle directly to the garden.The property is owned by Richard Sharp and the gardens are a showpiece. The property is a working coffee farm and has a cut flower nursery.
Clifton Mount showing the Hydgrangea border
Clifton Mount interior with cedar paneling
The house is extremely picturesque and very interesting with many authentic features of a bygone time including a wooden bathtub!
