• Enjoy a colonial morning tea at the Hawkesbury Duck, a new museum space on the Lower Hawkesbury River.

• Meet Max Burns-McRuvie, expert history teller and raconteur

• Hear stories about the first post office of 'Fernleigh', stories from Ma Hanna's boatshed; CurlyKneebone's boatbuilding site and the white house

• Learn about  Greenmans and Government wharf for the 'mosquito fleet' at the confluence of the Hawkesbury and Mangrove Creek

Join historyteller extraordinaire Max Burns-McRuvie as he regales you with tales - improbable - fabulous and mainly true. Our tour starts at the Hawkesbury Duck Spencer's new museum workshop space for a heritage morning tea where we hear stories of the characters and lives of 'Fernleigh' at the mouth of Mangrove Creek. Our trail meanders through Spencer village taking in Peter Rush's ephemeral sculpture Serenity and the one teacher school. We learn about boatbuilding on the river and the 19C trading boats when the river was the highway. Visiting the Dunkirk Hotel we may hear a yarn or two from a local as we survey the tales of Arthur Philip's landing at 'a mashy place' on his voyage in search of land, food and where in the world he was. Colonial stories, land speculation and resistance.