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wrapped
After the resounding success of our Wrapped in St Marys event, it’s wonderful to relive it through the many photographs that were taken.
Editing and uploading them is a mammoth task due to the sheer numbers of images.
However, I’m making good progress, and you can now enjoy the event virtually here …
Enjoy!
Photographs in this post contributed by Peter Troode, Wendy Fowler and Rita Summers
people’s choice award
Visitors to our 2013 event were invited to vote for their favourite power pole wrap, and did so with enthusiasm.
After votes were counted at the end of day 2, the results were extremely close, with only 1 vote between each of the top 3 choices.
And the winner is (drum roll please) – Kelly Farrell of St Marys!
Here is the wrap she created:
Connected with Love, by Kelly Farrell, close-up view
Appropriate subject too, since Mt. Elephant is a prominent local landmark!
2013 awards
What a great 1st day we had for Wrapped in St Marys!
Radio interview with Chris Whisbey on ABC Statewide at 7.12 am, yarnbombing at 8 am, and power poles wrapped by 9 am.
The rest of the day was full of activity, with the market in the town hall, exhibitions at Gone Rustic, St Marys Childcare and the Community Hall. There was a great ‘buzz’ as people strolled around admiring the street art and taking advantage of all the activities on offer, such as an exhibition of batik panels by St Marys Highschool Students:
Fifty people attended the awards presentation at 4 pm. Event co-ordinator Rita Summers welcomed everyone and expressed thanks to all the sponsors and participants. Afternoon tea with locally made pizza and cream sponge cakes, as well as hot sausage rolls, party pies and mini spring rolls, warmed and fuelled everyone before votes were taken on the connected textile art display. Janet Drummond, co-ordinator of the St Marys School Association Op Shop, presented certificates and vouchers to the winners (Rita and Ros).
Then GET president Peter Troode spoke briefly before handing over to Vice-President Wendy Fowler, who presented the awards with assistance from Break O’Day mayor, Sarah Schmerl.
The winners for 2013 are:
Group, junior category – St Marys Childcare (certificate + $150)
Group, adult – St Marys School Association Op Shop (certificate + $150)
Connected, theme, 2nd – Kelly Farrell (certificate and $150)
Connect, theme, 1st – Judy Duckett (certificate and $250)
Open, textile art – Stitchedupmama (certificate and $300)
Congratulations to all the winners and to all the entrants! The standard was very high, and the judges had a difficult task in deciding on who should receive the awards. An executive decision was made to offer a 2nd prize this year in the theme category because of this dilemma. Rather a nice position to be in!
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!
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:
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]
winter afternoon
such a beautiful day today … frost this morning, then sunshine and just a hint of spring in the air
visited our block after work this afternoon, and couldn’t resist taking these photos of a wonderful gum tree not far from where our house will be built
photo 1 (that’s mt elephant in the background) –
photo 2 (the cattle are on the neighbouring property) –
photo 3 –
[photographs are copyright to rita summers 2012]
unique flora
just to show you what ‘the bush’ is like around st marys – here’s a photo of some wildflowers in the bush section of our block of land near mt elephant –
there are also a lot of banksia trees growing there, which look quite strange to anyone used to the vegetation in the northern hemisphere (myself included) –
next time i go out there i’ll take some more photos, as spring is just around the corner
who knows what will be growing there next …
mt elephant
two views of mt elephant – not hard to see why it was given this name –
[both photos taken from our land near st marys in tasmania]
st marys rivulet
this section of st marys rivulet runs parallel to the main street; it flows behind the public library and various other buildings in a loop between two bridges
this photo shows the river in idyllic and peaceful mood, but after heavy rains it can become a raging torrent
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