On to other matters.
from the top of which you can view Maria Island and the lighthouse at Okehampton
After all this art, of course you need a good sit down.
planter box made of caterpillar tyre
the image of Triabunna that many want to cling to
Thursday, 23 March 2017
Yesterday at the Mill
Things have gone very quiet at the Spring Bay Mill lately and some of us are getting worried. The 10 Days on the Island Festival is on and, thanks to the Festival's website, we discovered there is an exhibition at the Mill. No local advertising. Steve and I visited yesterday.
As usual, just being at the site is magic. It is hard for me to tell what is 'art' and what has just been left lying around. This exhibition consisted of 3 walks: Transition, Reflection and Pro-seeding.
The Mill hopefully is in the process of Transitioning to an arts hub with high end accommodation. However there is a proposal to build salmon pens in Okehampton Bay with the land-based part of the business in Spring Bay. The photo above shows part of Spring Bay.
You can follow this headland around to Okehampton Bay. For the first time I could understand why Graham Woods has said he will not proceed with the Mill Development if the salmon farm goes ahead. The farm will operate 24/7 so the noise and lights will virtually circumnavigate the Mill constantly. Not good for high end accommodation. I had objected to the salmon farm development on environmental grounds and because I think the levels at which the pens are stocked with salmon constitute cruelty. Now I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that the salmon farm proposal is aimed at halting the Mill re-development.
On to other matters.
I was thrilled to see dichondra growing - which has re-ignited my aim to introduce into our garden / lawn. Back to the Exhibition.
Visitors are invited to climb the scaffolding
from the top of which you can view Maria Island and the lighthouse at Okehampton
and from which you are invited to make seed laden paper planes and launch them - Pro-seeding.
After all this art, of course you need a good sit down.
I continued on the Reflection walk but couldn't find any of the little discs of clay you were invited to contemplate upon and either throw into the dam or keep.
I did contemplate this eucalypt with wattle growing at its base.
Another look at the as yet unspoiled Okehampton Bay.
On to other matters.
from the top of which you can view Maria Island and the lighthouse at Okehampton
After all this art, of course you need a good sit down.
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I heard Tim Smit talk on RN today about the redevelopment of the Lost Gardens of Heligan and the Eden Project, where huge biodomes built in an old clay pit have attracted much interest. Both developments / projects are in Cornwall. He sounded very pragmatic about such developments, not the least bit nostalgic, rather pragmatic. Your site looks interesting in the photos, I like the beauty of the coast and the import of the industrial archeology - reminiscent of Cornwall, I suppose and Wales. Maybe you should contact Tom Smit! Anyway, I am a bit off salmon after the recent news. Tasmania now has a reputation for attracting free-thinking financiers who take a different perspective on the topic of in what real value resides. LJ
ReplyDeleteActually the biodome concept has been suggested for the development of Macquarie Point in Hobart. I shall google Tim Smit.
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