Scenic & Romantic
Seaside History Walk at Ross Bay Cemetery
Ross Bay Cemetery holds 20,000 stories, Emily Carr, a herd of resident deer, and the ocean glinting over the wall.
Ross Bay Cemetery, Fairfield
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Ross Bay Cemetery holds 20,000 stories, Emily Carr, a herd of resident deer, and the ocean glinting over the wall.
Ross Bay Cemetery, Fairfield
More infoTrust us: Ross Bay Cemetery makes a surprisingly lovely, slightly delicious date. Collecting Victoria's stories since 1873, its 20,000 graves read like the city's history book, Emily Carr resting among coal barons and rogues beneath century-old trees. A resident herd of deer roams the gravel lanes with total indifference. Time it for late afternoon when the light turns golden and the deer emerge. All free.
Yes, a cemetery, and a lovely one: wander the gravel lanes reading epitaphs aloud and inventing backstories, ocean glinting over the wall and deer drifting through. Budget about an hour and time it for low light when everything goes golden. The Dallas Road waterfront is a block away, so you can walk straight from epitaphs to the water's edge.
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