THE Langwarrin South home of an iconic author will be opened to the public next month to showcase a personal Valentine’s Day collection.
Joan Lindsay, the author of the 1967 novel Picnic at Hanging Rock, shared the Mulberry Hill home with husband Daryl Lindsay. Every Sunday from 11 February to 31 March, the public will be invited in to view a collection of Joan Lindsay’s Valentine’s Day cards.
Valentine’s Day was the day that she and her husband married, and was also the day of the titular picnic featured in her novel.
Joan Lindsay died in 1984. The conserved personal Valentine’s Day Card collection includes cards between Lindsay and her family.
The Mulberry Hill home was entrusted to the National Trust of Australia (Victoria). The My Day of Days exhibition at the home, at 385 Golf Links Road in Langwarrin South, will open each Sunday between 11 February and 31 March from 11.00am to 4.00pm.
Tickets with a guided tour can be purchased at nationaltrust.org.au/event/my-day-of-days