We leave Tasmania (the south island of Australia, as we have found out) in 2 days after 6 weeks here.
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| Figure of Ram - Egypt 100 BCE |
Last week in Hobart we spent a full day at the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA). It has become Tasmania's leading attraction having opened only a year ago. It is the brain child of a David Walsh who built it for approx $75M, and collected all the pieces. Visitors walk around with an "O" device (ipod in disguise) to discover the details of the pieces. No labels on the wall! The "museum" is almost completely underground, carved out of the rock, and definitely not your typical museum or art gallery.
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| CLOACA - Wim Delvoye |
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| Wim Delvoye - Tattooed pigskin (Osama) |
The current special exhibition is works by Wim Delvoye which consist of bronze rotating Crucifixes, tattooed pigskins and the CLOACA , a digesting machine which creats excement, and smells like it! It is fed twice a day.
Enough of culture.... We then headed back out into the majestic mountains of Tasmania to Mt. Field National Park, where we did a hike at Mt Dobson in the snow. We are now sure we will not return to live in Canada!
We than proceed on to the Gordon River Hydro electric dam, where we were able to walk across the top of the dam, and watch in amazement as several women abseiling 140 meters down the inside face of the dam. Bobbie didn't think it looked that difficult, but unfortunately it was late in the day, and they were packing up.
We are now in Cradle Mountain and spent the day hiking around this world heritage area. It attracts close to 200,000 visitors a year, so the accessible trails are well maintained, with boardwalks across many of the sensitive areas. We managed to make it to Marion's Lookout, with views over the nearby ranges and lakes. See right. Tomorrow, we we do more of the same, and then Wednesday head for our 6 pm ferry back to mainland Australia, arriving at 6 am in Melbourne. Cheers for now Bill&Bobbie
We than proceed on to the Gordon River Hydro electric dam, where we were able to walk across the top of the dam, and watch in amazement as several women abseiling 140 meters down the inside face of the dam. Bobbie didn't think it looked that difficult, but unfortunately it was late in the day, and they were packing up.
We are now in Cradle Mountain and spent the day hiking around this world heritage area. It attracts close to 200,000 visitors a year, so the accessible trails are well maintained, with boardwalks across many of the sensitive areas. We managed to make it to Marion's Lookout, with views over the nearby ranges and lakes. See right. Tomorrow, we we do more of the same, and then Wednesday head for our 6 pm ferry back to mainland Australia, arriving at 6 am in Melbourne. Cheers for now Bill&Bobbie
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