We travelled up to this town for the International Mural Fest , and it was a bit slow and there are only 9 people who are painting Murals.
But we got to walk about town where we will be staying in a couple of months for at least 3 months and it will snow and be cold but its a beautiful part of the country and we are looking forward to having a new area to explore and bring to you.
But for now Sheffield has a good number of art works about town some you need to go looking for and they are done so well.
So as it is for a good number of pages this will be a work in progress and I will update it in coming weeks as we settle in here.
But we got to walk about town where we will be staying in a couple of months for at least 3 months and it will snow and be cold but its a beautiful part of the country and we are looking forward to having a new area to explore and bring to you.
But for now Sheffield has a good number of art works about town some you need to go looking for and they are done so well.
So as it is for a good number of pages this will be a work in progress and I will update it in coming weeks as we settle in here.
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So above is couple of photos from around the area where will be house sitting and I am looking forward to being able to replace this with our own Photos for now we have this vista to look forward to.
Great Town Names we are looking forward to visiting.
Winter is coming
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The Colours are stunning
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Town of Murals And the Fest
Below are the art works under way for this years Murals and I took these photos as they start and when we return in a few weeks will again take shots of the finish works.
As you see not many people have turned up to support this people and this was about 10.30am , but the big day is next week it seems it will need to improve a lot before then.
International Mural Fest is both a mural art competition and festival held annually at Easter in Sheffield,
Tasmania’s ‘Town of Murals’. The first of its kind in the world, the competition is held in Mural Park,
a purpose-built ‘outdoor art gallery’ in the heart` of Sheffield, and attracts artists
and visitors from around the nation and globe.
More here about the Fest
And for the camera types I used a Canon eos 7d with a wide angle lens, E.f.s. 10-22mm so I could get close to painting to get best out of picture
As you see not many people have turned up to support this people and this was about 10.30am , but the big day is next week it seems it will need to improve a lot before then.
International Mural Fest is both a mural art competition and festival held annually at Easter in Sheffield,
Tasmania’s ‘Town of Murals’. The first of its kind in the world, the competition is held in Mural Park,
a purpose-built ‘outdoor art gallery’ in the heart` of Sheffield, and attracts artists
and visitors from around the nation and globe.
More here about the Fest
And for the camera types I used a Canon eos 7d with a wide angle lens, E.f.s. 10-22mm so I could get close to painting to get best out of picture
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Buildings Around Town.
Sheffield, in the foothills of majestic Mount Roland, is a friendly rural town where history and art merge to create an entire town of murals.
Once a centre for industry, the town has reinvented itself as an arts community. The famous Sheffield murals trace the history of the area and feature Cradle Mountain pioneer Gustav Weindorfer, Tasmanian Tigers, and pictorial representations of characters and stories of the past.
Below is a few shots from around town and I will add more once we are there as House Sitters, this is more to give you a look at town and we are happy its a clean friendly place
Once a centre for industry, the town has reinvented itself as an arts community. The famous Sheffield murals trace the history of the area and feature Cradle Mountain pioneer Gustav Weindorfer, Tasmanian Tigers, and pictorial representations of characters and stories of the past.
Below is a few shots from around town and I will add more once we are there as House Sitters, this is more to give you a look at town and we are happy its a clean friendly place
Around Town of Murals
Here are a few of the Murals from the town and some are just like photos but are all painted by people from all over the world.
Mural Park is home to the annual Mural Fest painting competition, with nine artists participating in a paint-off over six and a half days. With more than 140 murals, Sheffield is Tasmania's own outdoor art gallery.
While indoors, more murals can be found in Mural House, where murals inspired by native art from a range of cultures are painted by the artist on the interior walls of her home. Mural house is just one of several galleries, studios and museums in Sheffield.
Mural Park is home to the annual Mural Fest painting competition, with nine artists participating in a paint-off over six and a half days. With more than 140 murals, Sheffield is Tasmania's own outdoor art gallery.
While indoors, more murals can be found in Mural House, where murals inspired by native art from a range of cultures are painted by the artist on the interior walls of her home. Mural house is just one of several galleries, studios and museums in Sheffield.
Shed of Murals
Mersey Forth Hydro Electric Development
Various aspects of the Mersey Forth Power Development are depicted in the nine panels of this mural which is believed to be the longest in the Southern Hemisphere. The mural is painted on the workshop and stores building of the Hydro Electric Commission depot. It tells the story of exploration, negotiating scrub on horseback, surveyors, construction, engineering, automated technology, the township of Gowrie Park through to the modern day water skiers on Lake Barrington.
Investigation for the power scheme began in 1952 and construction commenced in 1963. The scheme consists of seven dams and power stations which harness the waters of the Fisher, Mersey, Wilmot and Forth Rivers. The Cethana Dam is the second largest of its type in Tasmania and the Devil’s Gate Dam is a high concrete arch which forms Lake Barrington.
During the construction of the Mersey Forth Power Scheme, Gowrie Park was home for almost 2,000 people. The Hydro Electric Commission created an instant town complete with butcher shop, police station, school, church, cinema, medical centre and general store. The Gowrie Park School catered for the children of the 250 families with some class sizes as high as fifty seven. Many different languages were spoken due to the diversity of countries from which the work force was drawn.
However, with the completion of the scheme, the town disappeared almost as quickly as it had risen. Although the HEC still operates a maintenance depot from Gowrie Park, little remains of the township today apart from daffodils which come up in spring to flag the location of former homes. Much of the township site is now operated as Weindorfers accommodation centre, featuring murals, pioneer settlement and licensed restaurant.
Various aspects of the Mersey Forth Power Development are depicted in the nine panels of this mural which is believed to be the longest in the Southern Hemisphere. The mural is painted on the workshop and stores building of the Hydro Electric Commission depot. It tells the story of exploration, negotiating scrub on horseback, surveyors, construction, engineering, automated technology, the township of Gowrie Park through to the modern day water skiers on Lake Barrington.
Investigation for the power scheme began in 1952 and construction commenced in 1963. The scheme consists of seven dams and power stations which harness the waters of the Fisher, Mersey, Wilmot and Forth Rivers. The Cethana Dam is the second largest of its type in Tasmania and the Devil’s Gate Dam is a high concrete arch which forms Lake Barrington.
During the construction of the Mersey Forth Power Scheme, Gowrie Park was home for almost 2,000 people. The Hydro Electric Commission created an instant town complete with butcher shop, police station, school, church, cinema, medical centre and general store. The Gowrie Park School catered for the children of the 250 families with some class sizes as high as fifty seven. Many different languages were spoken due to the diversity of countries from which the work force was drawn.
However, with the completion of the scheme, the town disappeared almost as quickly as it had risen. Although the HEC still operates a maintenance depot from Gowrie Park, little remains of the township today apart from daffodils which come up in spring to flag the location of former homes. Much of the township site is now operated as Weindorfers accommodation centre, featuring murals, pioneer settlement and licensed restaurant.
