Hunt for model as Herb rebuilds his past

July 25, 2014, 4 a.m.

HERB Morrow was a keen young apprentice builder when he and his father spent weeks making an intricate scale model of the Tower Hill natural history centre designed by acclaimed architect Robin Boyd.

HERB Morrow was a keen young apprentice builder when he and his father spent weeks making an intricate scale model of the Tower Hill natural history centre designed by acclaimed architect Robin Boyd.

Retired builder Herb Morrow with a picture of himself as an apprentice in 1969 with the model of the Tower Hill natural history and visitor centre, which he is now hoping to locate. 140724RG14 Picture: ROB GUNSTONE

The detailed structure helped Herb win a bronze medal in the state apprenticeship awards and local apprentice of the year.

It took him about six months to finish with help from his parents and teachers, one of whom happened to have detailed plans of Boyds unique design.

When the Victorian Apprenticeship Commission awards were announced the model was displayed in Melbourne for a week.

Sadly, it now seems to be lost, thrown away or forgotten. It was last seen in the former tourist information centre on Swan Reserve before it was relocated to Flagstaff Hill about a decade ago.

Herbs wife Lois has made several inquiries, including the city council and Tower Hill Reserve, without success.

Wed dearly love to have it back again just to show our children, she told The Standard.

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Hunt for model as Herb rebuilds his past