... Mount Buffalo...Mount Buffalo is one of the most prominent beauty spots opened up by Carlo Catani. The mountain resort was noted for its roadway, lake, the Chalet and its golf course - perhaps inspired by the Alpine resorts of Carlo’s birthplace.... engineering works were not restricted to the metropolitan area. There are a number of rural roads that Catani designed, such as the Mount Buffalo and Mount Donna Buang roadways, as well as providing us with access to the heart of the Grampians. These roads ...
After more than forty-one years of public service that never ended with his retirement, through surveying and direct design, contracting, supervision, and collaborative approaches, perhaps more than any other single figure, Carlo Catani re-scaped not only parts of Melbourne, but extensive swathes of Victoria ‘from Portland to Mallacoota’, opening up swamplands to farming, bringing access to beauty spots, establishing new townships, and the roads to get us there.
