Australia: Travels in Tasmania
Informative and entertaining travel documentary about Australia's island state of Tasmania that covers many of the outstanding scenic, wildlife and cultural aspects of this special place. Your guide, Robert Stephens, takes you to Battery Point, Rektango, Salamanca Market and MONA (Museum of Old and New Art) in Hobart. He then heads to Bruny Island to go on Bruny Island Cruise, then to the 500 acre Inala Conservation Property of Dr, Tonia Cochran. She shows the rescued wildlife in her care that includes an Albino Bennetts Wallaby, a red neck Bennetts Wallaby and a Rufous Bellied Pademelon. Dr. Cochran also talks about her work with one of Australia's rarest birds, the forty spotted Pardolote. The tour finishes on Bruny with a visit to see a wild Echidna at South Bruny Island National Park and Lighthouse, and a dusk vigil to see the the Little or Fairy Penguins at the Bruny Island Isthmus Rookery. The tour heads north to the Midlands towns of Ross and Oatlands, and then on Launceston and Tasmania Zoo to see Tasmanian Devils up close. As the video closes, Robert heads to the Freycinet Peninsula to see Wineglass Bay. Tags: David Walsh, Bruny Island Cruises, Rektango, Salamanca Arts Centre, Kettering, Bruny Island ferry, Penguin Cafe, Hotel Bruny, Forty spotted pardalote, Rufous Bellied Pademelon, 6 month old Tasmanian Devils, Devil Ark, Devil Heaven, Oatlands, Callington Mill, Town of Ross, Convict built Ross Bridge, Stonemason Daniel Herbert, Launceston or Lonny, Kurrajong House, Adelaide Room, Breakfast or Brekkie, Hillwood Berry Farm, Boags Brewery, Railton Topiaries, Port Arthur, Tesselated Pavement, Tasman Arch, Tasman Peninsula, South Bruny Island Lighthouse, Echidna, Freycinet Lodge, Honeymoon Beach, Kate's Berry Farm, Video shot in February 2012, best Tasmania travel video, tasmania tourism, visit Tasmania, Stillwater restaurant, eccentric mailboxes, Video, writing, editing and voiceovers by Robert Stephens, Photography by Marie Stephens and Robert Stephens.
Sheffield - Town of Murals (Tasmania)
Sheffield is a town 23 km inland from Devonport on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia's island state. Sheffield has long been the rural hub for the Mount Roland area. The Sheffield area is well known for its high quality butterfat production via dairy farming. The area is suitable for lamb and beef production. The town of Railton is nearby. At the 2006 census, Sheffield had a population of 1,397.
Town of Murals.
Inspired by the story of Chemainus, a small Canadian town that had through mural art, rescued itself from ruin, the Kentish Association for Tourism (KAT) worked valiantly on the vision to combine the arts and tourism to revive and reinvent the town of Sheffield.
Sheffield has become a major tourist attraction due to it being promoted as a Town of Murals, based upon the instrumental contributions of the Kentish Association for Tourism (currently known as Sheffield Inc) and local tourism pioneer Brian Inder.
The first town mural was painted in Sheffield in December 1986. Since then over 60 murals depicting the area's rich history and beautiful natural scenery are painted on walls scattered throughout the town and buildings along the roadside. The murals attract an estimated 200,000 people to the town annually.
In the heart of Sheffield, there are a number of studios open to the public where visitors can watch the artists as they do their work. There are artists of every discipline, including photography, fine art, glass, woodcraft, pottery, ceramics and specialised crafts.
The International Mural Fest art competition has been held annually since 2003 and returns in April each year. A poem is selected which the artists use as their inspiration. After each competition the 9 finalist murals remain on display at Mural Park for approximately 12 months until the next competition. In 2012, an interactive mural and workshops were added to the artistic activities of the festival for the Mural Fest 10th anniversary celebrations.
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Intro -
Kevin Blight (Stratboy999)