Travellers Rest River

Today we drove a lot and saw a lot of different landscapes. We stopped at Derwent Bridge, a tiny village in the highlands. Lunch at the hotel was fantastic, they gave us a heater at our table and blankets! Mum and Dad loved the Sri Lankan curries too.

While we were there it started snowing. Exciting! It was only light so the snowflakes melted when they touched anything.

Then, we went to The Wall in the Wilderness. It was an incredible gallery where one man with a chisel and ladder is working on a huge mural made of Huon pine. It is many many metres long and tells stories about the environment and the hard lives of workers over time. Really it was beautiful and so clever. We couldn't believe the sculptures with details of clothing and skin we're all chiseled out of wood.

Huon pine is special and rare, the trees are endangered so we can't cut them down and artists can only salvage wood from naturally fallen trees. So this huge mural was very valuable and incredible. We weren't allowed to take photos so bought some postcards to show you.Leer más