Sheffield

Railton

A small town on our way to Sheffield.

Nothing much in this town so the locals have spiced it up by creating topiary figures all around the town.

Sheffield - a town of murals

 An old and interesting arty town where you can wander around and enjoy the many buildings painted in murals.

Link to the Sheffield site

The Don Store, an interesting building.

Circa 1883

Yes - it is a shop dedicated to marbles. It seemed to be well patronised.

I don't think the committee approved this one but it was worthy of an entry in the blog.

The Wilderness Gallery Mural Fest

Link to The Wilderness Gallery Mural Fest

The Wilderness Gallery Mural Fest is a unique international mural art competitive event held in April each year. Nine artists engage in a paint-off inspired by a single poem. They have six and a half days to complete a 2.1m x 4.8m artwork on boards set up in Mural Park.

A couple of Asian girls having a bit of fun with photography.

Winner - The Peoples Choice.

Patricia Smart and Olaf Grohs, `The World Open’

Winner - The Judges Choice.

Christian Griffiths, 'Connectivity'

On the way back we stopped at etc, a trendy bakery, in the middle of nowhere. They are a local favorite and worth a stop.

Evandale

Link to Evandale

Evandale plays host to the Penny Farthing Championship every year.

John Glover

Glover is best known now for his paintings of the Tasmanian landscape. He gave a fresh treatment to the effects of the Australian sunlight on the native bushland by depicting it bright and clear, a definite departure from the darker "English country garden" paradigm.

Reference Wikipedia

Australian landscape with cattle

 Oil on canvas by John Glover. National Library of Australia.

Circa 1835

Clarendon

Circa 1838

Set in 7 hectares on the banks of the South Esk River, Clarendon was the centre of a large pastoral enterprise developed by James Cox. Complete with servants wing and many farm buildings the House is surrounded by extensive gardens and parkland's.
When the National Trust took over the residence was in a crumbling state of disrepair. When you look at the top of the internal doors you see a 3cm gap at one end, a testimony of how much the building sank.

Link to Clarendon

The Drawing Room.

The Dining room.

An old cooler.

Water is poured in top tray and drips down the hessian sides.

The outbuildings are huge. Some housed the convict farm hands.

The Perth Baptist Church.

An unusual house in Perth.



Longford

Woolmers Estate

Revisited.

We felt we missed a few of the outbuildings so we called back to the estate for another look.

Link to First visit of Woolmers Estate

The entrance to the main residence.

Part of the additions.

Looking across to Brickendon Estate.

Some of the outbuildings.

Farming equipment and woolshed.

Shearing equipment.

The stables and garage.

One cylinder childs car.

The pump house. Horse operated

The old wooden windmill.

Close up of the windmill.

Brickendon

Link to Brickendon Colonial Farm Village