Thanks to the team at Open House Hobart for another great weekend of privileged access and peeks behind doors that are normally closed.
Tag: architecture
Open House Hobart 2016
The annual Open House Hobart provides the opportunity to have a good old stickybeak inside buildings that are not normaly accessible to the public.
The ridiculously picturesque bridge and Coal River at Richmond
Richmond, in the Coal River Valley near Hobart, has been a tourist hotspot since before there was tourism.
Dark Mofo Part 2 – Painting the Town Red
It’s not just large public buildings and infrastructure that are lit up to celebrate Dark Mofo in Hobart (see my… Read more Dark Mofo Part 2 – Painting the Town Red
A summer afternoon stroll at Tranmere
While many of the backyards adjoining the foreshore are fenced, others tumble informally out into the shared public space…
A summer Saturday in Hobart
Sometimes exploring places that are most familiar through the lens of a camera reveals unexpected delights.
A rare glimpse inside Australia’s oldest synagogue
… all I recalled of the interior was the very hard, high-backed bench seats.
Adaptive re-use of Holy Trinity Church, North Hobart
… the various requirements and relationships enrich the congregation and the community and in no way are seen as burdensome or limiting.
The Cornelian Bay Boatsheds – one of Hobart’s hidden secrets
Once utilitarian storage and workshops for rivercraft, the boatsheds occupy a north-facing aspect in Cornelian Bay, a cove just to the north of central Hobart and the Tasman Bridge
Shene Estate – Tasmanian gothic revival splendour in the southern midlands
The gothic revival splendour of Shene Estate is offering up secrets from the past that would have been lost if not for the care of a passionate family
