2013 program

It’s building up to be a wonderful Wrapped in St Marys event this year!

A number of businesses and community organisations are participating – more than in 2012, which is great.

Some have even offered discounts on presentation of the program!

Street art, exibitions, the annual car show and more are on offer.

AND the latest news is that there will be a shuttle bus service around the streets, thanks to Community Transport Services Tasmania.  Great for anyone who isn’t as mobile as they would like to be!

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The program also includes details about where to eat, where to stay and even where to go to church on Sunday.

Time to start making plans to come and stay for a great weekend!  And don’t forget your winter woollies …

Download a copy of the full program here:

Program – Wrapped in St Marys 2013

enter your textile art

Wrapped in St Marys has become an annual event!  Hooray!

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Are you a textile artist?

Then you might like to download this entry form and keep a power pole warm this June:

Official Entry Form 2013 – Wrapped in St Marys

Are you a business or community member who would like to participate?

Download this file to join in:

Business + Community Participation 2013 – Wrapped in St Marys

Help us put our beautiful town and valley ON THE MAP!

St Marys icon featured in new book!

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this book has just been published and features museums and small collections in tasmania

page 65 features my favourite man and the museum he set up, called st marys cranks and tinkerers

it also features his prized 1949 anglia ford tourermuseum book - 3he opened the museum in an old supermarket a few years ago, and when that was put up for sale, he had to pack it up

now the museum is open again, in the historic st marys railway station

this very high-quality book was put together by museum consultant sue atkinsonmuseum book - 1our copy features her personal autographmuseum book - 2tasmania is full of treasures and this book is a great way to find out about them!

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YES!

Recently, I blogged about the strong possibility for ongoing funding for our Wrapped in St Marys event.

And the good news is …

We have secured funding for 2013, and as an annual event thereafter!

Many thanks to Break O’Day Council, which has agreed to provide ongoing funding.

Now the preparations will begin – more soon!

Power pole wraps 2012 - St Marys Tas

funding?

i’ve been silent for a while, mainly because we’re waiting on some important news

recently we were encouraged to apply for funding to our local council so we could make wrapped in st marys an annual event

Wrapped in St Marys 2012

after filling in the application we’ve been told by a council officer that our application has been approved in principle

hooray – this is fantastic news!

the council meeting is on monday 17 december – i can’t wait to hear what their final decision is …

winner – viewer’s choice

as i mentioned in a previous post, the winners of the annual Greater Esk Tourism Photographic Competition were announced at a special function on 14 November 2012

the photo which attracted the most votes from the public is entitled autumn with a touch of winter, by peter troode

it’s not difficult to see why this lovely photograph topped the list

owen hughes, who selected a winner for the main prize (fingal artist maggie fletcher), is shown below (right) with peter and the photo which won him the viewer’s choice award

there were a large number of entries this year, so it would not have been an easy task to either judge or vote which was the best photograph

stay tuned to find out what the theme will be for 2013!

and the winner is …

… maggie fletcher from fingal with her stunning photograph entitled frosted webs

maggie is a talented artist who is well known for her wonderful paintings and drawings, including miniatures

a well-deserved win, i think you’ll agree!

[judged by launceston photographer owen hughes and presented at a special function on thursday 14 november 2012]

winners announced tonight

GET (Greater Esk Tourism) runs a photography exhbition each year

this year’s theme was seasons in the valleys, and it certainly attracted some wonderful entries – here’s a sampling

tonight the winner will be announced at a cocktail party at purple possum wholefoods and cafe (5 p.m., $10 each)

hope to meet you there!

[to see all the entries, please click here]

dramatic skies

here in oz it’s still winter, but a hint of spring is in the air

these photos were taken within about 15 minutes at around 4 pm one afternoon this week

in this one, i tried to capture the quality of light filtering through the branches of a large gum tree

the sky was amazing, with the sunlight and the clouds interracting and changing all the time

[photos – rita summers]