...and I use the word "awesome" in the sense that it inspires awe, as opposed to being mildly cool. I discovered two amazing things almost in my backyard today. (Actually about 130km away from home, including about 80km of gravel roads, pretty much par for the course in TAS.)
The first I had known about for a while, but had shrugged off as "whatever..." rather than visiting: The Wall in the Wilderness, a 3m high, 100m+ long relief sculpture in huon pine by Greg Duncan. A work in progress since 2005, pictures just do not do justice to the literally poignant detail. I demurred briefly at the $20 entrance fee, but it's worth every last cent.
The second thing that totally blew me away on the way back when we took a little side trip to Laughing Jack Lagoon (gotta love these Tasmanian place names like Awesome Wells, Nowhere Else or my favourite, Lovely Bottom but I digress
)...
...was this.
This, my dear Giant Lemons, is part of Northern Tasmania's hydro power network. There are miles and miles of this wooden-stave pipeline (just like a gigantic barrel) still in use after 90+ years. The sheer effort and incredible craftsmanship involved in such a project, often in terrible conditions dwarfs the imagination.
The first I had known about for a while, but had shrugged off as "whatever..." rather than visiting: The Wall in the Wilderness, a 3m high, 100m+ long relief sculpture in huon pine by Greg Duncan. A work in progress since 2005, pictures just do not do justice to the literally poignant detail. I demurred briefly at the $20 entrance fee, but it's worth every last cent.
The second thing that totally blew me away on the way back when we took a little side trip to Laughing Jack Lagoon (gotta love these Tasmanian place names like Awesome Wells, Nowhere Else or my favourite, Lovely Bottom but I digress
)......was this.
This, my dear Giant Lemons, is part of Northern Tasmania's hydro power network. There are miles and miles of this wooden-stave pipeline (just like a gigantic barrel) still in use after 90+ years. The sheer effort and incredible craftsmanship involved in such a project, often in terrible conditions dwarfs the imagination.
