NORTH of HOBART

 

1/The Museum of New and Ancient Art (MONA) is in the northern suburbs of Hobart. The size of MONA surprises you, because from a distance, it does not seem to be very large.

2/ When you at last arrive, you discover a range of buildings each using different materials, colors and styles. This is your first hint that MONA is full of surprises.

3/ In all directions you see angles showing the strong link between Architecture and Art.

4/ The first exhibit I saw was this truck, made out of wire. This was a good indication that MONA would have many completely new ideas about Art.

5/ Just outside the entrance was the tennis court. MONA tries to link both Sport and Art.

6/ The stairway to the boat landing was a plethora of angles, colours and textures. This again showed the old link between Art and Architecture. As you descend the stairway, you at last start to realize just how large MONA really is.

7/ The view up from the boat landing showed that MONA was integrated into the rock of the river.

8/ Even the boat landing was a piece of modern sculpture.

9/ Even the location of MONA was well chosen, as from every direction there were great views.

10/ I interpreted this view as showing how MONA is integrated into Nature.

11/ Looking West you can see the northern suburbs of Hobart.

12/The entrance into MONA is through this cult faceted, glass, building sculpture.

 

1/ Everything you experience in MONA is full of surprises. This display seemed quite conventional, until you realized that it is made out of the ruins of Horrors of Hiroshima.

2/ This motion, cinemedia triptych contained a strange juxtaposition of beauty, admidst violence.

3/ This triptypch showed a modern train travelling through a variety of exotic landscapes.

4/ This picture showed subtle, but continuous motion. It is likely that future Art will be moving.

5/ These three exotic crystals were self illuminated for the enhanced visual effect.

6/ This display was a strange mixture of 2D and 3D styles and presentations.

7/ This seven piece motion art work was like looking through a train window.

8/ I have seen many fat people in slim cars, but I have never seen a fat car.

9/ The mummy was enclosed in a dark space, which you entered, as if it were a tomb.

10/ The mummy was presented as both an X ray and a sculpture showing the link between the new and old kinds of Art.

11/ This ancient Egyptian chest was present with a modern art piece to show the link between ancient and modern Art, which is a key theme of MONA.

12/ This dress was presented with electrical equipment to show the link between Art and Science.

13/ This filing cabinet represented a new interpretation of what can be viewed as Art.

14/ This abstract sculpture was capable of many different interpretations.

15/ It took many people a while to realise that this was not a library, but a new form of Art.

16/ This water fountain spelt out a wide variety of modern words.

17/ This sphere was presented in a way that was capable of many different interpretations.

18/ This strange pastel like drawing showed that simple colours can still make great Art.

19/ The show piece of MONA is this vast collage by Sydney Nolan. It shows a dreamtime snake.

20/ This strange creation can be interpreted as a person, a flower or even a bird.

21/ Many people did not realise that this sad, little boy was in fact a confronting, new sculpture.

 

1/ The Derwent River has many moods. This is a tranquil view across Berriedale Bay to the east.

2/ This is looking east across Berriedale Bay to Mount Clarence and Otago.

3/ This is looking north over Berriedale Bay. There is a lot of bird life on the Derwent River.

 

1/ Collins Cap is a 1100 metre peak north west of Hobart. It is west of Glenorchy and accessed from the hamlet of Collinsvale. Before World War One this hamlet was called Bismarck and Collins Cap was called Mount Bismarck. From Collinsvale you take the Myrtle Forest Road then the Myrtle Forest Track. This image shows our party walking down the Track. The first kilometre from the car park was very easy and through a lovely regrowth forest.

2/ The track then gets steeper and includes many steps. This image shows a huge tree that was bridging the trail. We were now surrounded by a dense forest.

3/ The trail then reaches Myrtle Forest Falls, where there is a viewing plaform. The easy walking ends at this point.

4/ You then cross a creek to enter the Myrtle Forest Trail. This ascends 200 metres through a dark and dense forest to reach the wide Collins Cap Track. You then take the Collins Cap Trail to ascend another 200 metres to reach the summit. Both trails were difficult to ascend.

5/ This was my first view out of the forest as I ascended the Collins Cap Trail. It shows Collins Bonnet the adjacent peak to our west. It is a similar height to Collins Cap.

6/ A hundred metres higher there was another break in the forest and I saw this view. You can now see the Collins Cap Trail. This takes you to Collins Bonnet and other peaks to the west.

7/ This was my first view of the summit of Collins Cap. However, there was still 100 metres to ascend.

8/ Finally our party reached the summit and rested. This view shows Collins Bonnet to the west.

9/ This view to the north west looks towards New Norfolk. Hobart is surrounded by beautiful mountains. It is a bush walkers paradise.

10/ This was the view towards the north east. It was a pleasure to discover that our mobile phones worked on the summit.

11/ This was the view towards the east. It shows the Derwent River near Bridgewater.