Bago Maze

The Bago Maze Challenge, if accepted, is to find your way to the lookout towers, searching for hidden items and musical instruments concealed deep within the Bago Maze’s tangled pathways.

Deep within the maze are a series of bridges and boardwalks over a sunken path adding a third dimension and are symbolic of the twists and tangles of an ever growing grapevine. As the walker approaches the end of the maze they will pass through a section representative of a bunch of grapes (the final product of the vineyard) and exit at a point where grapes become wine.

Designed by Landscape Architect, Ian Mobbs the Bago Maze is the largest hedge maze in New South Wales, with a total area of 10,000 square metres and 2000 metres of pathways. There are two different varieties of Lilly Pilly planted in the Bago Maze, and over 1000 plants in total.

The design of the maze has taken inspiration from the surrounding vineyard and bushland, incorporating a myriad of symbolic imagery within its pathways and hedges. The cyclic and seasonal nature of the vineyard together with the flowing influences of earth, air and water is represented in two interlaced spirals. From the centres of these spirals, tendril like pathways radiate to the outer limits of the maze where two lookout towers will enable views over hedges and help walkers plot their ways out.

The construction took 6 years to reach completion, including planting, building of the towers, bridges, walkways and allowing the plants to reach sufficient height – from December 2006 through December 2012 when it was officially opened.